Cryotherapy is a pain treatment using localized freezing temperatures to desensitize your agitated nerves.
The subzero temperatures work rapidly to flush the tissues of fluid and waste, causing a massive return of regenerative blood supply as the area rewarms after application. This microcirculation delivers more oxygen to your blood. The oxygenated blood serves as a natural analgesic and reduces muscle tension in your treatment areas. This results in those muscles recovering faster, allowing increased exercise tolerance while strengthening both the muscles and the joints, with a reduced risk of future injury.
Its origin as a recovery therapy stems from Europe & Japan where it was first popularized in the 1980s.
Now, most professional sports teams in the NFL, NBA, and Major League Baseball employ some sort of cryotherapy for their players to address nagging injuries.
According to the National Library of Medicine, a survey of human studies between the years 2000 and 2020 that included the application of cryotherapy in patients with chronic pain associated with chronic diseases indicates that Cryotherapy applications show promise in reducing chronic pain associated with various chronic diseases including those of rheumatic and degenerative origin. It shows that local cryotherapy is a safe therapy, affording low-risk and easy treatment options to add to the management of chronic pain.
Local Cryotherapy offers these benefits:
- Instant reduction of pain in muscles and joints
- Relief from chronic pain & swelling
- Reduction of inflammation
- Increased sports performance
- Reduced risk of muscle spasms
