What is Cryotherapy?
Cryotherapy is a form of therapy where extremely cold dry air (approximate temperature -184F to -260F or −120°C to −160°C) is applied to the body. Cryotherapy can be a whole-body (WBC) treatment, a localized treatment, or applied as a facial. This treatment works because very cold temperatures stimulate the body’s healing processes at three levels: the circulatory system, the energy meridians and the nervous system.
WBC first started in Japan, and then traveled to Europe and the United States. There have been many clinical studies which document the affects of cryotherapy on pain management, sports related inflammation, fibromyalgia, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, and skin conditions such as psoriasis and dermatitis. The efficacy of cryotherapy varies from person to person because the process activates your own body’s repair response. Cryotherapy supplies the stimulus, your body will do the rest. Please click to read more about
Safety:
Cryotherapy is very safe despite the extremely cold temperatures and a trained technician is with you the whole time to walk you through the process and to answer questions you may have. The nitrogen used to cool the cryosauna and cryochamber is the same nitrogen found in the air around us (air is composed of 78% nitrogen). Oxygen sensors inside the cryosauna and the cryochamber ensure that the level of oxygen in the air does not decrease appreciably.
Localized Treatment has been used for:
- Rheumatology.
- Sports medicine.
- Aesthetic medicine.
- Rehabilitation.
- Traumatology.
- Neurology.
- Orthopaedics.
- Athletic recovery.
You Should Not use WBC if you have:
- Untreated Hypertension
- Heart attack within previous 6 months
- Decompensating diseases (edema) of the cardiovascular and respiratory system.
- Congestive heart failure
- COPD
- Chronic liver disease
- Unstable Angina Pectoris
- Arrhythmia
- Pacemaker
- Peripheral Arterial Occlusive Disease
- Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) or known circulatory dysfunction
- Acute febrile respiratory (Flu like respiratory conditions)
- Acute kidney and urinary tract diseases
- Severe Anemia
- Cold Allergenic Phenomenon (known allergy to cold contactants)
You Should Not use WBC if you have:
- Heavy consumerist diseases (abnormal bleeding)
- Seizure disorders
- Seizure disorders
- Bacterial and viral infections of the skin, wound healing disorders (open sores or discharging wound/skin conditions)
- Alcohol and drug related contraindications
- Valvular heart disease
- Cardiac Stent
- Conditions after heart surgery
- Ischemic heart disease
- Raynaud’s disease Polyneuropathies Pregnancy/Breast Feeding Vasculitis
- Claustrophobia
- Hyperhidrosis – heavy perspiration
- Sever Diabetes
- Inserted Aneurysm Clips in the brain
*These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA. This procedure is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.