What is Cryotherapy
Cryotherapy was originally developed in Japan in 1978 for the treatment of Rheumatoid arthritis. The treatments and its benefits have been researched and developed in Europe since that time. In simple terms, Cryotherapy is a non-invasive technique used to stimulate the body's own natural physiological and biological reactions in order to enjoy a number of varied natural health
benefits. Ice baths used to be one form of Cryotherapy and now you are able to gain all the incredible benefits by isolating body areas. Isolating body areas enables that which used to be a very unpleasant and painful therapy, into a refreshing, revitalising and enjoyable one. Cryotherapy exposes an area of the body to extreme cold temperatures, reaches around -160 degrees, triggering a reaction that increases your metabolic rate, prompting to make your body worker harder and repair itself. The sudden drop in heat stimulates the temperature receptors, prompting the brain to transmit messages through out the body. Your capillaries (blood vessels) then undergo severe vasoconstriction to protect the essential organs and the core temp from dropping. Feeling the Freeze
While the skin continues to feel the freeze the body is sending signals back and forth to the brain if there is any damage to the tissues or the bone, or if there is excessive fat cells and cellulite, or lack of elasticity, collagen or skin damage. If there are excessive fat cells and cellulite, the fat cells will collapse at a warmer temperature than healthy cells, which reduces the density of fat giving the desired loss in body density and dress sizes
Further physiological and biological reactions to the drop in temperature are the fight or flight response which increases the metabolic rate and endorphins . The metabolic rate speeds up and burns between 500-800 calories over the next 24 hours and the increase in endorphins gives a natural emotional high and increase in energy. Once the skin warms up again, vasodilation takes place, where the vessels open up and become wider again. This is similar to the 'floodgates' opening, the lymphatic system floods through delivering all the healing proteins, collagen, ant-oxidants - all that the body needs to repair the area while simultaneously removing all the toxins and inflammation that may have been causing any pain or skin irritations.