{"id":128816,"date":"2018-10-30T02:00:09","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T09:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/?p=128816"},"modified":"2020-08-18T13:42:04","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T20:42:04","slug":"what-is-cryotherapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/what-is-cryotherapy\/","title":{"rendered":"Cryotherapy: The Wellness Trend That\u2019s Worth Trying"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re a fitness buff, then you&#8217;ve probably tried every trendy hot yoga, spin, kickboxing, and HIIT class out there. Get ready to try the latest wellness trend to take center stage.<\/p>\n<p>Ever heard of cryotherapy? It&#8217;s essentially a short therapy session where you expose your body to extremely cold temperatures. You stand in a -150 F to &#8211; 200 F chamber\u00a0for two to four minutes\u00a0and the exposure to extreme cold puts your body into a state of vasoconstriction, which causes your veins to constrict and send blood from your extremities to your vital organs and brain.<\/p>\n<p>We know\u00a0it doesn&#8217;t sound like the most relaxing therapy sesh, but it&#8217;s actually good for you! Not convinced?\u00a0Read on to learn all the health benefits that cryotherapy has to offer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reduce inflammation<\/strong><br \/>\nPainful and inflamed joints? Cryotherapy might be the cure for you. \u201cCryotherapy is the most effective way to take inflammation out of your body,\u201d explains Kevin Peake, co-founder and president of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.next-health.com\/about.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Next Health<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Produce collagen<\/strong><br \/>\nAs you get older, collagen production slows down, which is responsible for promoting skin elasticity, protecting muscles, bones, and organs, and providing structure to joints. Well, guess what? Just one cryotherapy session can\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthline.com\/health\/collagen-powder-benefits\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">increase<\/a> your body\u2019s production of collagen.\u201cThe cold creates collagen synthesis so you produce extra collagen, which everyone loves,\u201d Peake explains.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reduce migraines<\/strong><br \/>\nCryotherapy cools and numbs the nerves in the neck area, which helps to reduce migraines. It does this by cooling the blood that passes through the intracranial vessels (the blood vessels that run from the neck to the skull).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Increase muscle and injury recovery<\/strong><br \/>\nCryotherapy applies the same principle of an ice bath as cool temperatures speed up the body\u2019s healing process. \u201cPretty much every professional athlete does this on a regular basis as opposed to ice baths,\u201d says Peake. \u201cIt accelerates the healing process of muscles and injuries by 30 to 40 percent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Increase blood flow and circulation<\/strong><br \/>\nAs the veins constrict in cold temperatures, blood circulates to your vital organs and brain. This causes an increased supply of oxygen and nutrients to the body\u2019s cells. It also helps take away waste and flushes your system.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Boost your health<\/strong><br \/>\nCryotherapy can be beneficial after just one session, but it&#8217;s most effective when done regularly. Although those who use cryotherapy reap many of its benefits, it can cause some numbness, redness, or irritation of the\u00a0skin, so be sure to use it carefully and listen to your body!<\/p>\n<p>Have you tried cryotherapy? Tell us what you think in the comments below!<\/p>\n<p>xx, The FabFitFun Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":"If you're a fitness buff, then you've probably tried every trendy hot yoga, spin, kickboxing, ...","author":7532780,"featured_media":129444,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,5,3],"tags":[],"thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/30141829\/shutterstock_4108996901.jpg","thumbnail_url_middle_card":"https:\/\/static.fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/30141829\/shutterstock_4108996901-386x200.jpg","formated_date":"October 30, 2018","category_name":"Wellness","category_icon":"https:\/\/d3vodd1ws13xud.cloudfront.net\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/10113835\/health-2.svg","author_name":"Stephanie Taylor","trending":false,"sponsored":false,"random_color":"#e80ba9","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128816"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7532780"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fabfitfun.com\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}