Cryotherapy - What Is It?

Cryotherapy refers to the process of utilizing cold temperatures for their great health benefits. For more than three centuries, this form of therapy has been used in various ways to improve recovery and health, reduce muscle spasms and pain, and slow cell aging.

Athletes have been soaking in the ice baths and cold tubs for many decades but modern technology now allows for Whole Body Cryotherapy (WBC) in a specialized liquid nitrogen chamber, and in modern references, the form is commonly known as Cryotherapy.

In the 1970s, this form of cold therapy was invented in Japan and was only introduced in the United States and other countries in the past decade. It’s quite popular with athletes and individuals with particular chronic diseases.

Benefits Of Cryotherapy

1. Weight Loss

While healthy eating and regular exercise are key factors in maintaining a healthy body weight, cryotherapy can assist, if combined with a routine exercise and proper diet, to burn up to 500 to 800 calories after every three-minute session. Frequent cryotherapy can assist to reset the metabolic rate of the body and naturally boost the metabolism of the body for up to eight hours after every three-minute session.

• Improves metabolic rate after numerous treatments.

• Elimination of toxins from the body and blood and increases circulation.

• Naturally increases the metabolism of the body to burn 500 to 800 calories the following eight hours after every three-minute treatment.

• Resets the natural metabolic level of the body.

2. Health And Wellness

100% safe and natural treatment, the benefits of cryotherapy assist in increasing cellular survival, reduce inflammation and pain and promote overall health. During a Cryotherapy therapy, blood quickly to the core as the survival mechanism in response to sub-zero temperatures and blood becomes extremely nutrient-dense and oxygenated. Minutes after the therapy, blood rushes back through the body, removing inflammation and toxins and enhance natural healing.

• Reduced muscle inflammation, spasms, and soreness.

• Pain relief from the joint disorders such as fibromyalgia and rheumatoid arthritis.

• Reduced incidence of flu and colds.

• Alleviation of anxiety, depression, migraines, fatigue, insomnia and the effects of stress.

• Prevention of conditions such as osteoporosis.

3. Beauty and Anti-Aging

Cryotherapy is a natural and safe alternative to attain anti-aging results with no expensive surgical procedures. The benefits include stimulated collagen production and tightened skin. It also boosts blood flow to the skin to help rejuvenate the skin and lower toxins, including the lowering of visible cellulite.

Enhanced collagen production that lowers the visible signs of aging by helping to reduce wrinkles & cellulite and even skin tone.

Lowers the damage of the oxidative stress by boosting blood flow to the skin and eliminating the unwanted toxins. Healthier complexion and the amelioration of skin conditions such as acne, blemishes, and psoriasis.

4. Sports And Fitness

Pro-athletes, weekend warriors, and competitors of all levels have seen the benefits of cryotherapy for an athletic recovery as an effective technique to reduce inflammation after strenuous training and exercise.

Cryotherapy enhances recovery by inducing a natural anti-inflammatory effect of cold on the