Whole-body cryotherapy (WBC) is the exposure of minimally dressed participants to very cold air,either in a specially designed chamber(cryo-chamber) or cabin(cryo-cabin),for a short period of time. The exposure to cold…
Fibromyalgia is characterized by persistent diffuse pain resulting from a central nervous system dysfunction due to neurochemical imbalances at the level of the brain.1–3 Associated symptoms include sleep disorders and…
Cryotherapy is an all-natural alternative therapy accessible to everyone, not just athletes, but for everyone who is dealing with inflammation, depression, anxiety, aches and pains, etc. The entire treatment is…
While this may be the first you are hearing of cryotherapy, it was actually invented in Japan in the late 1970s as a remedy for rheumatoid arthritis. In recent years, it…
Rheumatic diseases are related to a degenerative process (osteoarthritis) or to chronic inflammation (e.g., rheumatoid arthritis and spondylarthropathies) and can cause severe functional impairments. Some of the rheumatic diseases are…
Conventional chemotherapy leads to adverse mucocutaneous complications such as oral mucositis (OM), alopecia, onycholysis, and 5- fluorouracil (5FU)-related ocular toxicity. Despite extensive research, limited pharmacologic interventions are available for preventing…
Nowadays, whole-body cryotherapy is amedical physical treatment widely used in sports medicine. Recovery from injuries (e.g., trauma, overuse) and after-season recovery are the main purposes for application. However, the most…
More than 550,000 whole-body cryotherapy sessions have been performed around the world since 2011. Cryotherapy has become an increasingly trendy “therapy” in recent years in the alternative healthcare space. Even…
BACKGROUND: Cryotherapy has a long tradition in somatic medicine. Yet we know very little about its impact on psyche and mood disturbances in particular. Therefore there is a real need…
INTRODUCTION: Rheumatism has been treated using whole-body cryotherapy (WBCT) since the 1970s. The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy of WBCT as an experimental, adjunctive method of…