Research
Antioxidant Increase
Whole Body Cryotherapy Reduces Oxidative Stress
Effect of short-term cryostimulation on antioxidative status and its clinical applications in humans Elzbieta Miller · Lukasz Markiewicz · Joanna Saluk · Ireneusz Majsterek Abstract Whole body cryostimulation (WBCT) is becoming popular in medicine and sport as an adjuvant form of treatment since late 1970s. Only a few works concerning antioxidant protection after WBCT have…
Auto Immune Diseases
Whole Body Cryotherapy for Auto Immune Diseases
The Cryosauna is Used to Treat Auto-Immune Diseases What are autoimmune diseases? (From http://womenshealth.gov/publications/our-publications/fact-sheet/autoimmune-diseases.html) Our bodies have an immune system, which is a complex network of special cells and organs that defends the body from germs and other foreign invaders. At the core of the immune system is the ability to tell the difference between…
Bekhterev Disease
Whole Body Cryotherapy in Cryo-Chamber for Treating Bekhterev’s Disease
My original intention was not to include any individual case descriptions in this book. I have now succumbed to this temptation, however, and I would now like to mention the case of one gentleman suffering from Bekhterev’s disease who was treated with whole body cryotherapy at the health center in Bad Haering. The disease had…
Cellulite + Fat Deposit Reduction
Local Cryotherapy for Cellulite & Fat Deposit Reduction
Cryo-stimulation inch loss treatments How does it work? 1. CRYO-Stimulation Body Sculpting Inch Loss Treatment 2. How does it work? Cryo-Stimulation is a proven non-invasive procedure. It uses cooling technology that results in localised fat reduction. There is much medical research done on the use of cryotherapy in use of fat reduction and analysis reveals…
Whole Body Cryotherapy – Converts White Fat to Brown Fat
Cold Acclimation Recruits Human Brown Fat And Increases Nonshivering Thermogenesis Abstract In recent years, it has been shown that humans have active brown adipose tissue (BAT) depots, raising the question of whether activation and recruitment of BAT can be a target to counterbalance the current obesity pandemic. Here, we show that a 10-day cold acclimation…
Whole Body Cryotherapy – Stimulates Brown Fat to Burn More Calories
Yes, even human brown fat is on fire! Barbara Cannon and Jan Nedergaard Abstract That adult humans possess brown fat is now accepted — but is the brown fat metabolically active? Does human brown fat actually combust fat to release heat? In this issue of the JCI, Ouellet et al. demonstrate that metabolism in brown fat…
Chronic Pain
Whole Body Cryotherapy for Treating Chronic Pain
Whole Body Cryotherapy in Cryo-Chamber for Treating Chronic Pains We shall only deal here with the clinical condition “chronic pain” only as far as has already been done in preceding sections regarding other diseases. The various pains and pain syndromes that can be treated with whole body cryotherapy are listed in figure 4.7. As we…
Fibromyalgia
Cryotherapy for Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia Fibromyalgia Treatment More than 12 million Americans suffer from fibro fog, widespread pain, fatigue, depression, and headaches, caused by Fibromyalgia. Currently there is no cure for fibromyalgia but treatment with Whole Body Cryotherapy (WBC) may help reduce inflammation and pain dramatically! People with fibromyalgia have experienced relief from pain associated with the disease with…
Whole Body Cryotherapy for Fibromyalgia
Complementary and Alternative Medical Therapies in Fibromyalgia Aysegul Jale Sarac and Ali Gur Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Medical Faculty, Dicle University, 21280 Diyarbakir, Turkey Abstract: This article describes the studies that have been performed evaluating complementary or alternative medical (CAM) therapies for efficacy and some adverse events fibromyalgia (FM). There is no permanent…
Herniated Disc, Frozen Shoulder, Orthopedic injuries
Whole Body Cryotherapy – Effective Treatment for Frozen Shoulder
Cryotherapy effective for treating frozen shoulder By Andrew Czyzewski, MedWire Reporter In patients with adhesive capsulitis (AC) of the shoulder, the addition of whole-body cryotherapy (WBC) to physical therapy and joint mobilization appears to be more effective than the latter two alone, research shows. Indeed, patients receiving additional WBC achieved “clinically significant” improvements of over…
Whole Body Cryotherapy for Herniated Disc
Effect of Whole Body Cryotherapy with Spinal Decompression on Cervical Disc Herniation by Digital Infrared Thermal Imaging
Insomnia
Cryotherapy for Primary Insomnia
Whole body cryotherapy in cryo-chamber for treating primary and pain-dependent secondary sleep disorders Whole body cold application can act directly, via the regulation of central activity levels, and also indirectly, e.g. through the elimination of pain, to improve sleep behavior. If there are neither organic nor psychological causes for a sleep disorder, one then refers…
Whole Body Cryotherapy for Secondary Insomnia
Whole body cryotherapy in cryo-chamber for treating pain-dependent secondary insomnia In principle, this sleep disorder is characterized according to the same criteria as primary insomnia, and it resembles this form in it symptomatology, but the causes lie in the chronic pain event that the patient suffers. The condition appears as a result of an organic…
Whole Body Cryotherapy Reduces Insomnia
Eliminating the Top Causes of Insomnia: Neurotransmitter Deficiency and Cortisol Excess I wrote this article in response to a T.L. article, “The Cortisol-Sleep Connection“ published in the November 2010 issue and co-authored by Tori Hudson, ND, and Bradley Bush, ND (of Neuroscience.) That article was introduced with informative research-based data, laudably drawing attention to the…
Mental Health: Depression, Anxiety, Mood Disorder
Whole Body Cryotherapy for Depression
Influence of whole body cryotherapy on depressive symptoms – preliminary report Rymaszewska J, Tulczynski A, Zagrobelny Z, Kiejna A, Hadrys T. Influence of whole body cryotherapy on depressive symptoms – preliminary report. Acta Neuropyschiatrica 2003: 15:122–128. # Blackwell Munksgaard 2003 Background: Cryotherapy has a long tradition in somatic medicine. Yet we know very little about…
Metabolism Increase + Weight Loss
Whole Body Cryotherapy – Acute Cold Increases Metabolism
Brown adipose tissue oxidative metabolism contributes to energy expenditure during acute cold exposure in humans Véronique Ouellet , Sébastien M. Labbé , Denis P. Blondin , Serge Phoenix , Brigitte Guérin , François Haman , Eric E. Turcotte , Denis Richard , and André C. Carpentier First published January 24, 2012 – Abstract Brown adipose…
Migraines
National Institute of Health Study on the Use of Hyper-cooling in the Treatment and Prevention of Migraines
Randomized Controlled Trial: Targeted Neck Cooling in the Treatment of the Migraine Patient Adam S Sprouse-Blum, MD, Alexandra K Gabriel, BSN, RN, Jon P Brown, BS, and Melvin HC Yee, MD Abstract Cold therapy has long been the number one self-care treatment employed for migraine without aura and the second most common for migraine with aura, yet…
Multiple Sclerosis + Muscle Spasticity
Whole Body + Local Cryotherapy Reduces Muscle Spasticity
Efficacy of cold therapy on spasticity and hand function in children with cerebral palsy Gehan M. Abd El-Maksoud, Moussa A. Sharaf, Soheir S. Rezk-Allah Show Abstract Spasticity remains a major cause of disability among children with cerebral palsy (CP). Effective management depends on careful assessment and an interdisciplinary treatment approach. The purpose of this study…
Whole Body Cryotherapy – Benefits for Multiple Sclerosis
Evaluation of serum oxidant/antioxidant balance in multiple sclerosis Abdullah Acar • M. Ugur Cevik • Osman Evliyaoglu • Ertugrul Uzar • Yusuf Tamam • Adalet Arıkanoglu • Yavuz Yucel • Sefer Varol • Hakan Onder • Nebahat Tasdemir Received: 1 October 2011 / Accepted: 2 December 2011 Belgian Neurological Society 2012 Abstract The total oxidative…
Whole Body Cryotherapy in Cryo-Chamber for Treating Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis, a disease of the central nervous system that is also probably based on autoimmune processes, is characterized by a large number of symptoms that frequently change in incidence and intensity. They can occur in bouts, also with regression of symptoms, or they may continuously grow in intensity unabated. Multiple sclerosis is also untreatable…
Muscle Recovery + Inflammation Reduction
Local Cryotherapy Aids Muscle Soreness and Recovery
One session of partial-body cryotherapy (−110 °C) improves muscle damage recovery To evaluate the effects of a single session of partial-body cryotherapy (PBC) on muscle recovery, 26 young men performed a muscle-damaging protocol that consisted of five sets of 20 drop jumps with 2-min rest intervals between sets. After the exercise, the PBC group (n…
Whole Body Cryotherapy for Inflammation Reduction Following Exercise
Time-Course of Changes in Inflammatory Response after Whole-Body Cryotherapy Multi Exposures following Severe Exercise Herve Pournot, Francois Bieuzen, Julien Louis, Jean-Robert Fillard, Etienne Barbiche, Christophe Hausswirth Abstract The objectives of the present investigation was to analyze the effect of two different recovery modalities on classical markers of exercise-induced muscle damage (EIMD) and inflammation obtained after…
Neurodermatitis
Cryotherapy for Neurodermatitis
Whole Body Cryotherapy In Cryo-chamber For Treating Neurodermitis Many patients are dissatisfied with the therapy of their disease. This is not just because of the lack of ability of their doctor, but much rather because medical research has not succeeded until now in developing therapeutic approaches targeted at the root cause of the disease. In…
Psoriatic Arthritis
Whole Body Cryotherapy for Psoriatic Arthritis
Psoriatic arthritis ABSTRACT: Psoriatic arthritis (PSA) is an entity of inflammatory joint disease associated with psoriasis. PSA belongs to the heterogeneous group of seronegative spondylarthropathies. Both peripheral joints and axial skeleton can be affected in a characteristic pattern. In addition to that, enthesitis and dactylitis are important extracutaneous manifestations. Uveitis anterior is temporarily seen in…
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Non-drug care for RA – is the era of evidence-based practice approaching?
T. P. M. Vliet Vlieland Non-pharmacological treatment modalities are often recommended, prescribed and used in addition to drug treatment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). This article provides a review of the literature on their effectiveness. Currently, a considerable number of systematic reviews summarising the available studies for non-drug care interventions in RA are available.…
Whole Body Cryotherapy in Cryo-Chamber for Treating Rheumatoid Arthritis
Whole body cryotherapy now occupies a firm position in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. The success of treatment has now been confirmed by a whole range of clinical studies. As already mentioned, the disease processes with these autoimmune disorders primarily play out in the joints (inflammation of the synovial membrane of the articular capsule, destruction…
Spine Diseases
Cryotherapy for Spinal Syndromes
Whole body cryotherapy in cryo-chamber for treating spinal syndromes Spinal syndromes, particularly of the cervical and lumbar vertebra, also represent a relatively large indication group for whole body cryotherapy. They are so common that terms such as “disc damage/discopathies”, “slipped disc/lumbago” or “ischia syndrome” are not unknown to us and almost considered as part of…
Whole Body Cryotherapy for Spine Diseases
Thermovision diagnostics in chosen spine diseases treated by whole body cryotherapy Armand Cholewka • Zofia Drzazga • Aleksander Sieron´ • Agata Stanek Abstract The non-invasive infrared technique was used in case of the thermal imaging of patients suffering from spine diseases. Measurements were performed for the group of 50 patients during whole body cryotherapy at…