Cryotherapy
Cryotherapy involves the application of low temperatures, of the order of minus 80-100o C, to the surface of the body. The procedure lasts about 3 minutes, and its purpose is to induce and use the physiological responses of the body to the cold. Topical cryotherapy, on the other hand, involves cooling the affected area with carbon dioxide. The treatment lasts about 2-3 minutes, and one treatment per day for 10 days is recommended.
Indications for cryotherapy:
- Fresh injuries (contusions, sprains, joint dislocations, muscle tears, tendon damage, ligament damage)
- Overloading of joints, muscles
- Degenerative joint diseases
- Rheumatoid diseases
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Osteoporosis
- Paresis and spastic contractures of the limbs
- Cellulite
- As a wellness
Contraindications to cryotherapy:
- Untreated hypertension
- Conditions of hypersensitivity to cold
- Frostbite
- Team Sudecka
- Reynaud's syndrome
- Atherosclerosis
- Skin lesions
- Cancer diseases
- Excessive sweating of the skin
- States of weakness in the body
- Circulatory failure
- Heart defects
- Coronary artery disease
- Thyroid failure
- Purulent skin diseases

