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If you’re looking to transform your health, new technologies may make optimal wellness an easier goal to achieve. Cryotherapy, red light therapy and hyperbaric therapy are said to reduce inflammation, assist in healing and even fight illness. These new treatments are becoming widely available, but do they really live up to the hype? CRYOTHERAPY IS NOT AN ICE BATH Cryotherapy is used by doctors to freeze warts or lesions, but the application for non-medical spa treatments using freezing or near-freezing temperatures is fairly new. Athletes commonly use whole-body cryotherapy to reduce inflammation and swelling. As science develops about the negative effects of inflammation on our bodies, spas and gyms are using this treatment as well. Whole-body cryotherapy is said to reduce harmful body inflammation, burn calories and release an endorphin rush in just a few minutes. In the spa environment, visitors strip
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down to little clothing, perhaps protecting sensitive skin. They enter a cryochamber to sit or stand while their body reacts to subzero temperatures, somewhere below minus 100 degrees Celsius, according to the National Library of Medicine. It’s believed that the cold temperatures cause an endorphin rush that combats anxiety and depression and causes the body to burn calories fighting to regulate temperature. This concept has spread through the spa environment to facials, estheticians using cold wands to stimulate new cell growth and reduce swelling.
