Cryotherapy

The Benefits of Cryotherapy

Whole-body cryotherapy is a method of cold therapy consisting of single or repeated exposure to extremely cold temperatures that are introduced through a machine in our office. During a cryotherapy session, you will step into a chamber that engulfs the body with nontoxic nitrogen gas. Over the next 3 minutes, you will move in 30-second increments while the chamber gets down to -175 degrees, which brings your body temperature down 55 degrees.

The benefits of cryotherapy stem from the rapid drop in skin surface temperature. The process is similar to cold baths athletes’ take after sports to treat musculoskeletal issues, without sitting in freezing cold water.

Each cryotherapy session can complement your chiropractic treatment at River Oaks Chiropractic & Body Works, and provide additional benefits such as reducing inflammation, decrease swelling, slow muscle spasms, diminish pain and your body can burn between 500-800 calories per session and bring rapid recovery to your muscles.