Cryotherapy is the breakthrough wellness routine you’ve been missing.
Cryotherapy is a noninvasive and painless cold treatment that allows your body to benefit from the natural effects of exposure to subzero temperatures.
It’s used to stimulate blood flow and increase the flow of oxygen, nutrients and resources throughout the body and skin. When these nutrients and blood are returned to your limbs and skin, you can feel a variety of positive effects including reduction of swelling, inflammation and pain, and even reduction of cellulite, boosted metabolism and increased muscle recovery.
This safe and regulated therapy is a great choice for those who are looking to improve their athletic performance and recovery, manage arthritic or lifestyle pain and stiffness, relieve stress and maintain a youthful appearance.
Element Cryotherapy & Wellness is a health spa dedicated to helping people live their best lives.
When our bodies are taken care of, we are able to live life to the fullest and be ready for new challenges and experiences. We pride ourselves on strict procedures, privacy and professionalism and in ensuring each of our clients has a great and safe cryotherapy experience.
Benefits that help you live your best life:
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In the same way that icing a sore ankle helps with pain relief, regular cryotherapy can alleviate and diminish joint and muscle pain. If you regularly visit a massage therapist or chiropractor, cryotherapy may be a compliment or boost to that care to help with your pain and pain management.
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Cryotherapy’s best known benefit is that it helps with muscle soreness and post-workout recovery for athletes and those who regularly exercise. Cryotherapy can both improve recovery and reduce muscle soreness. Cryotherapy minimizes the inflammation, pain and micro-injuries associated with high and mid-level fitness and sports.
Additionally, cryotherapy helps improve your body's performance. When blood vessels constrict when exposed to cold temperatures, blood is able to rush to your core to maintain warmth. Once you step out of the cryotherapy sauna, the body seeks to restore balance and thus sends a rush of blood back to your skin and extremities. This increases circulation in areas like tendons and cartilage that previously had poor circulation.
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Before and after your cryotherapy session, your body works to increase your internal temperature both through shivering and other internal processes that burn calories. This results in a boost in metabolism that, when coupled with diet and exercise, may help you lose weight.
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Exposing the skin to cold air does reduce inflammation and stimulates collagen production. When exposed to cold air, your blood vessels will constrict, allowing greater blood circulation, waste elimination and distribution of vitamins and nutrients. When these things happen, cells can focus on boosting collagen and cell repair. Additionally, your body’s overall anti-oxidative state is increased through cryotherapy. You’re better able to eliminate free radicals, repair cellular damage and neutralize toxins.
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Cryotherapy boosts endorphins and serotonin, which can help manage stress and fight anxiety and depression. Additionally, the benefit of lowered pain can also help reduce your personal stress. Being high in the stress hormone cortisol is also partially responsible for weight gain.
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Our body stays warm in two different ways. The first is through shivering; when we are cold, we shiver. Our body is creating tiny muscle contractions with the goal of creating kinetic energy which then transfers to heat energy. The second way the body stays warm, is by simply increasing the metabolic demand and picking the stored calories or, in this case, fat cells, especially brown adipose tissue which is meant to keep us warm. This results in a boost in metabolism that, when coupled with diet and exercise, may help you lose weight.
So, how does cryotherapy work?
During a cryotherapy session, our clients will step into a metal cryotherapy sauna for 3 minutes.
In these 3 minutes, the skin will be exposed to air that will gradually get colder until it’s below -200 degrees. This isn’t painful to the body because the air is only making contact with the skin and is dry air.
Since the cold air is coming into contact with the outer layers of your skin, thermoreceptors in your skin’s surface are triggered and send signals to the brain.
These signals convince the brain that you are “freezing” and that your body needs to send blood, nutrients and resources to the skin.
In the process, your blood becomes more oxygenated and is able to remove waste like toxins and lactic acid.
Once you exit the sauna, you’ll feel the blood begin to rush back to your extremities and skin, which is often accompanied by a rush of stress-reducing endorphins.
Have more questions about what to expect during a cryotherapy session?
Head to our FAQ page to learn more, or explore about our different cryotherapy services used for healing and for beauty, plus our vitamin drips and injections.