Whole body cryotherapy
Nike’s new exploration: Cryotherapy
Contraindications to General Cryotherapy
Dawn of new ice age for sports stars
People have used curative powers of cold from old times to alleviate pain and inflammation, to improve health, harden and revitalize the body and prevent diseases.
More than a hundred years ago a German scientist, parson Sebastian Kneip jumped into the ice-cold Danube to cure tuberculosis and demonstrated that even most grave disease can be overcome by stimulating self-healing powers. Later on he developed a system of hardening, which is still used in the modern medicine.
As the progress advanced, new cryoagents were researched to create the temperatures never experienced by man before and therefore more efficient.
During 1970s a Japanese professor Tosimo Yamauchi developed new method of therapy with super-low temperatures (up to −180˚С). The results of his work speak for themselves: within 10 years his clinic received more than 2,000 patients with rheumatic diseases at the advanced stage. About 80% of them almost completely fought off the pain and returned to wholesome life.
First Yamauchi read a report about his method in 1979 at the rheumatic congress in Wiesbaden. The pragmatic Germans whose traditions in cold therapy remained incommutable, quickly grasped the logic and the clinical sense of the idea. And in year 1984 in the clinic of Professor Reinhard Fricke a cryotherapeutical module started working, providing 100 sessions per day. At present in the Western Europe there are 400 cryotherpeutical centers, where millions of people can undergo sanative procedures.
The medical efficiency of general air cryotherapy is determined not only by minimum air temperature level in the area where cryotherapeutic modality is applied, but also by the speed of temperature descent.
Main indications for cold therapy
Cryotherapy is used for the following cases:
Rheumatology and vertebrology
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rheumatism and rheumatoid diseases of soft tissues;
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osteochondrosis and other pathological alterations in the vertebral column;
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collagen disorders, spondylitis.
Hepatology
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chronic autoimmune hepatitis;
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chronic virus hepatitis;
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cirrhosis in the compensatory stage.
Neurology
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neuroses, migraine, sleep disorders;
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radiculitis
Cosmetology
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skin-firming, cellulitis control;
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general rejuvenation of the body and prevention of aging;
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enhancing metabolic processes in the skin, anti-wrinkle effect;
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strengthening and treatment of the hair and nails;
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treatment of skin blemishes
Sexology and urology
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treatment of impotence, potency and libido boosting;
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restoration and improving of erectile function;
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treatment of psychoemotional disorders and functional state recovery.
Gynecology
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premenstrual syndrome;
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climacteric syndrome.
Endocrinology
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obesity;
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endocrine and immunologic disorders.
Pulmonology
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chronic bronchitis, including those obstructive;
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tracheitis.
Cardiology
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prevention of cardiovascular diseases;
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vegetovascular disorders.
Dermatology
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dermatitis,
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atopic neurodermatitis,
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eczema,
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psoriasis.
Orthopedy and traumatology
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postoperative period.
Sports medicine
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cure and rehabilitation for acute and chronic athletic injuries
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modulation and maintenance of top athletic shape
Powerful health improvement
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prevention of flue and catarrhal diseases;
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prevention of stresses and their consequences (insomnia, depression, appetite disorders);
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immunity enhancement;
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metabolism recovery;
Please note that one course of cryotherapy has the same effect as 4 years of intensive hardening.
Contraindications to General Cryotherapy
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general grave condition of the patient;
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decompensation of chronic cardiovascular diseases;
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acute myocardial infarction and rehabilitation period after the infarction;
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cerebral strokes;
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stage ІІ essential hypertension (АP > 180/100 mm of mercury)
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stage ІІ cardiac insufficiency
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prognostically unfavorable heart rate and conduction disorders;
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fever;
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pulmonary tuberculosis in active form;
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malignant growths;
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hemorrhagic diathesis;
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hysteric neurosis;
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individual cold intolerance;
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pregnancy;
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age under 10 years.