Cryotherapy
Cryotherapy is now in Spring Hill!
This modality provides the local or general use of low temperatures to freeze and remove abnormal tissue. It’s a great treatment for inflammation and pain management.
Why Cryotherapy?
When the body is vulnerable to extreme cooling, the blood vessels are narrowed and make less blood flow to the areas of swelling. Once outside the cryogenic chamber, the vessels expand, and an increased presence of anti-inflammatory proteins (IL-10) is established in the blood.
For decades, people have been using cryotherapy to accelerate recovery in athletes after exercise. Cryotherapy decreases the temperature of tissue surface to minimize hypoxic cell death, edema accumulation, and muscle spasms, all of which ultimately alleviate discomfort and inflammation and reduce pain.
Cryotherapy has become even more popular in recent years as celebrities and professional athletes — including NFL teams and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, per the Tampa Bay Times — have embraced it. For example, what do you think Floyd Mayweather, Christiano Ronaldo, Will Smith, Tony Robinson, and Jennifer Aniston have in common? They love cryotherapy and have been using it to complement their active, healthy lifestyle regimens. Now, you can try out Cryotherapy in Spring Hill and join the club of celebrities who loves it!
Benefits of Cryotherapy
Cryotherapy benefits are vast, ranging from muscle and injury recovery to relief from inflammatory conditions, which is why icing skin has been rapidly evolving in the world of health and wellness. Cryotherapy might be a safe alternative treatment and preventative for many ailments.
Controlled studies suggest that WBC could have a positive influence on:
Cryotherapy and Pain Management
Cryotherapy literally means cold therapy. When you press a bag of frozen peas on a swollen ankle or knee, you are treating your pain with a modern (although basic) version of cryotherapy. It can be applied either locally (e.g., ice packs) or non-locally (e.g., partial and whole-body cryotherapy) depending on the location of the pain.
The history of cryotherapy actually spans back thousands of years. For example, Egyptians were applying cold to help heal inflammation and ease pain as early as 2500 B.C. Also, Hippocrates (the father of medicine) used cold therapy for swelling, pain, bleeding, and more.
There are many studies with proven evidence supporting the use and effects of cryotherapy on chronic pain associated with chronic diseases. However, don’t take a word for it, try it yourself! See our work schedule.
