Showing posts with label runners knee. Show all posts
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Tuesday, July 12, 2016

Holistic Healing: Inflammation Reduced with Cryotherapy

Holistic Healing: Inflammation Reduced with Cryotherapy

Spraining your knee, straining your back, or suffering any similar injury is never fun. Whether this injury occurred while exercising or not, leaving it slowly heal on its own might not always be the right thing to do. For instance, if you sprained your wrist and the pain is unbearable with inflammation increasing, you would probably want to alleviate the pain and reduce the swelling. A good way to do that is by doing a cryotherapy treatment, which uses holistic healing to treat the pain and inflammation.


How Inflammation Occurs
Inflammation is the body’s way of dealing with injuries. In fact, it occurs when white blood cells toward the site of injury. Fluids always accompany white blood cells, and it is those fluids that cause the irksome swelling and create pressure on the site of injury. And while those fluids are essential for healing, they can become bad when they take too long to go away or get worse.

How Cryotherapy Reduces Inflammation and Pain
Cryotherapy treatment is the cool new trend where people get inside an icy chamber for two to three minutes and reap tons of health and beauty benefits. The reason for that is the fact that cold temperatures have a numbing effect on soft tissues since they can slow down the spreading of nerve pain signals which essentially let our brain know that we have an injury. Thus, when nerve pain signals are halted, the body can’t feel as much pain.

At the same time, when you get an injury, there is an increased blood flow in the site of injury so that more white blood cells can defend that area. And when you have an increased blood flow, the extra fluids create that inflammation. However, using cold temperatures decreases blood flow, which decreases inflammation. Thus, using cryotherapy treatment is a great holistic healing method for decreasing pain and reducing inflammation caused by an injury.

Just like putting on an ice pack but better, cryotherapy can help heal your body. Lots of athletes suffer from sports injuries and inflammation, and when they use cryotherapy, the pain goes away, the inflammation is reduced so that they don’t feel the aching pressure anymore, and they heal faster and can go on with their sport.


Some athletes and even people who do intense workouts use cryotherapy treatment to help their bodies heal after a workout. Instead of feeling sore and waiting days for the pain to slowly go away, they rely on this holistic healing method to quickly help them get better in order for them to continue doing what they do best.



Cryotherapytreatment is the best cool, new way to reduce inflammation and alleviate pain naturally. It is a fantastic holistic healing method that helps the body get better quickly without negative side effects. 

Friday, May 27, 2016

Cryotherapy: a Holistic Approach for Chronic Pain Management




The use of cold for the benefit of health is found world wide from athletic locker rooms to doctor’s offices. Could cryotherapy benefit you? We believe the answer is Yes, 100%!

Cryotherapy is the "I" component of R.I.C.E. (rest, ice, compression, and elevation). This is a treatment recommended for the home care of many injuries, particularly ones caused by sports. The analgesic (pain-relieving) effects of cryotherapy are related to three specific changes in the body.

First, the nerve signal transmission is slowed. Reducing the amount of nerve signals getting through to the brain might relieve pain in some individuals.

Second, nor-epinephrine levels increase after cold immersion. This stress-induced chemical reduces pain sensitivity as a protective mechanism in times of life-or-death situations.

Lastly, cryotherapy can reduce pain intensity and frequency by reducing inflammation.

Cryotherapy is a great pain management alternative when the following are considered:

1. Cryotherapy is an all-natural treatment.
2. When medication is no longer effective.
3. Side effects from medication are too great.
4. Alternative to surgery.
A session of Cryotherapy immediately after exercise has been proven to enhanced muscular recovery by constraining the inflammatory process. Regular use of Cryotherapy promotes anti-inflammatory properties, which decreases recovery time by up to 50%, to improve ability to train, recover and perform. Adding cryotherapy to your regimen will help keep your body in peak physical shape and give you an edge on your opponents. This therapy allows for more intense, higher volume training; enabling you to maximize your full potential and enjoy these benefits:
·        Runner's knee
·        Tendonitis
·        Sprains
·        Arthritis pain
·        Pain and swelling after a hip or knee replacement
·        To treat pain or swelling under a cast or a splint
·        Lower back pain


Experts believe that cryotherapy can reduce swelling, which is tied to pain. It may also reduce sensitivity to pain. Cryotherapy may be particularly effective when you are managing pain with swelling, especially around a joint or tendon. Contact us today to learn how Chill Cryosauna can help your recovery process be a pain free and non-invasive journey.

Clients suffering from chronic conditions such as Rheumatoid Arthritis, Fibromyalgia, and even Lyme disease, find that with routine Cryotherapy sessions, their pain and inflammation are dramatically reduced.  The skin exposure to the extreme temperatures triggers the release of anti-inflammatory molecules and endorphin's.  Depending on the condition and severity, clients should initially take 3-4 treatments in close succession (separated by 1-2 days) to maximize results.  After that, clients can establish a routine spaced further apart to maintain and improve on their results (e.g. once every week or two weeks). With Whole Body Cryotherapy, clients can experience increased mobility and improved quality of life. 

Interested in trying a Whole Body Cryotherapy session? Schedule an appointment  at our Orlando or New Smyrna Beach offices and receive 20% off your first session.