Whole Body Cryotherapy
How Whole Body Cryotherapy
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Experience Rapid Recovery in Just 3 Minutes!
Whole body cryotherapy, a cutting-edge cold therapy treatment, is gaining popularity for its potential to expedite recovery, enhance skin quality, and elevate mood. But does it live up to the hype? Let’s explore…
Have you ever wondered what athletes like Cristiano Ronaldo, Jamie Vardy, and Sam Warburton have in common? It’s not their goals or fast cars, but rather their commitment to regular whole-body cryotherapy sessions. This extreme-cold temperature treatment is believed to accelerate the recovery process, boost energy levels, and ultimately enhance performance, especially for sports injuries. This is not just for sports injury but can help improve injuries and give you a better life style.
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Our Whole Body Cryotherapy treatment immerses you in extreme cold, with temperatures ranging from -120°C to -160°C, and it lasts for a maximum of 3 minutes. This unique experience triggers remarkable physiological responses within your body.
When your brain detects the frigid temperatures, it recognises that maintaining a normal skin surface temperature is impossible while sustaining regular blood circulation. Receptors beneath the skin’s surface send signals to the body’s nervous system, initiating a process known as vasoconstriction. This process involves the narrowing of arteries and blood vessels, effectively reducing blood flow to tired or injured tissue. Consequently, it quells inflammation, preventing the development of swelling and bruising around injuries.
As a result of vasoconstriction, blood is retained in the body’s core. Over the course of the treatment, this blood is purified, enriched with oxygen, enzymes, nutrients, and hormones from the endocrine system. As the treatment concludes, your body gradually restores its normal temperature, and the enriched blood cells flow back into your previously tired limbs, enhancing normal blood circulation.
Discover the incredible range of conditions and ailments that full body cryotherapy can help address. From chronic pain to sports injuries, our innovative treatments can be a game-changer for you or your loved ones. Take a look at just some of the issues we can assist with:
Asthma: Breathe easier and experience improved lung function
Anxiety: Find relief and relaxation with our anxiety-targeted cryotherapy sessions.
Chronic Pain: Bid farewell to persistent pain and welcome comfort back into your life.
Depression: Elevate your mood and embrace a brighter outlook on life.
Fibromyalgia: Alleviate the discomfort associated with this condition.
Insomnia: Enjoy restful nights and rejuvenating sleep.
Migraines: Reduce the frequency and intensity of migraine attacks.
Multiple Sclerosis (MS Condition): Discover how cryotherapy can complement your MS management plan.
Osteoarthritis: Relieve joint pain and regain your mobility.
Rheumatoid Arthritis: Experience a reduction in inflammation and discomfort.
Sports Injuries: Bounce back quicker and stronger after sports-related mishaps.
Accelerate Weight Loss: Boost your metabolism and accelerate your weight loss journey.
Workplace Injuries: Recover faster and return to work with confidence.
Topical steroid withdrawal (TSW) : soothe and revitalise your skin, providing relief and support during your TSW recovery journey
At Active Clinic, we’re dedicated to helping you live your life to the fullest. Our full body cryotherapy treatments are designed to complement your existing healthcare strategies and provide an added layer of support.
Visit our clinic today to learn more about how full body cryotherapy can be the key to a healthier, happier, and more active you. Join us in the pursuit of well-being and experience the benefits for yourself!
FREQUENT QUESTIONS
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Welcome to our Q&A Section! Here, we’ve compiled answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about our Cryotherapy. If you have a question that isn’t covered here, feel free to reach out to our team for personal assistance.
The optimal number of cryotherapy sessions is dependent on each client’s health and wellness objectives:
- For healthy individuals looking to enhance physical and mental performance, research has shown that 10 whole body cryotherapy sessions yields the most effective results. It is recommended that clients complete an initial 10 sessions within a 3.5 week period (3 sessions weekly). After completing an initial 10 sessions, we will evaluate client progress toward their objectives and recommend a maintenance package (discounted) to sustain and perpetuate benefits.
- For clients looking to boost a sluggish metabolism and to lose weight, we recommend ten sessions to be used in 2 weeks (5 sessions weekly). After completing ten sessions, we will evaluate client’s progress toward weight goals and suggest continued intensity or maintenance protocol.
- For individuals with specific health concerns (such as injuries, arthritis, MS, auto-immune disorders, Lyme, depression, migraines and many others) research has shown that a more intensive protocol is required. We recommend completing an initial ten sessions within a 2 week period (5 times weekly). After 10 sessions we can evaluate client’s progress and recommend continued intensity or maintenance protocol
- For local cryotherapy, including CryoFacial, best results are achieved with a ten pack series. Ten sessions effectively addresses inflammation and pain relief and will activate collagen production. Ten sessions is the minimum number of sessions to see visual reduction in acne, superficial scaring and fine lines and wrinkles.
- We are happy to discuss individual health concerns and will customize a treatment protocol to maximize your health and wellness recovery. Consistent on-going cryotherapy use will prolong the benefits and eventually, can create permanent health, fitness and beauty improvements.
Men must wear underwear or shorts or a bathing suit while in the whole-body cryotherapy machine.
Women also where sports bra and underwear or bathing suit. (member of staff is always available for advice).
Both men and women must remove metal from the exterior of their bodies–small earrings may stay on along with thin bracelets and rings (because all clients wear glove during treatment and are not going to get cold if covered). If you have metal on your body that cannot be removed, please inform a member of staff and he or she will provide you with a bandage to cover the metal.
All clients must ensure that they are dry when they enter the cryotherapy machine. If you use the bathroom prior to treatment, please thoroughly dry your hands. Any residual moisture should be dried off.
Cryotherapy is a more advanced, efficient form of ice therapy: ice baths can last up to 20 minutes, are painful and damaging to the skin. Ice baths involve actual tissue-freezing which can cause stiffness and immobility. In contrast, whole body cryotherapy lasts only 3 minute, is not painful and does not freeze tissue. In fact, after whole body or local cryotherapy, mobility is improved, along with reduced inflammation and pain. Cryotherapy tricks the brain into thinking it is hypothermic which triggers it’s anti-inflammatory, analgesic and metabolic benefits.
The minimum age for whole body cryotherapy is 16 years old. Individuals under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian in order to receive cryotherapy.
Most clients are surprised to feel how tolerable a session is given the extreme temperatures. The reason for this is that the cryochamber generates a “dry cold”, which is much more comfortable than a damp, wet cold like an ice bath or winter day. Clients wear socks, leather clogs and gloves while in the cryochamber which keeps hands and feet comfortably insulated and warm.
Yes, you may. The door is never locked and you may open the door at any time with minimal exertion.
Booking a cryotherapy session before exercise or a race/event will heighten both your physical and mental performance by improving blood flow and oxygenation, boosting the metabolic rate and activating adrenaline and endorphin release. You will have more energy, stamina and less pain.
Cryotherapy after athletic exertion will speed muscle healing, cell renewal and recovery while reducing inflammation and pain. Ideally, you should utilize cryotherapy both before and after important athletic events.
All clients are recommended to engage in 5 to 10 minutes of light exercise post-cryotherapy treatment. This will stabilise your body’s temperature as well as promote vasodilatation (expansion of the body’s blood vessels). Movement will induce more rapid vasodilatation of the vessels and capillaries and can extend the period of analgesia as well as feelings of well being.
Whole Body Cryotherapy is very well tolerated and has minimal risks. Side effects include:
Fluctuations in blood pressure during the treatment by up to 10 points systolically (this effect reverses after the end of the procedure, as peripheral circulation returns to normal)
Allergic reaction to extreme cold (rare), redness, and skin burn (the result of moisture on the body).
Heart rate will increase during cryotherapy approximating that experienced during moderate exercise.
Individuals who are cleared for moderate exercise by their physicians are candidates for whole body cryotherapy treatment.
