Liquid nitrogen cryotherapy allows for local cooling of the patient's body through contact with a stream of cold nitrogen vapor at a temperature below 150°C.
Indications
- Rheumatoid diseases
- Injuries (dislocations, sprains, fractures, tendon tears)
- Discopathy
- Postoperative swelling
- Burns according to physician qualification
Therapeutic effect:
Pain relief, reduction of inflammatory activity, reduction of muscle tension, reduction of swelling, improvement of clinical and functional condition consisting in increasing the range of motion of cooled joints and increasing muscle strength, shortening the time of injury healing – alleviation of post-burn conditions.
Contraindications
- Untreated hypertension
- Cold hypersensitivity states
- Frostbite
- Sudecka Complex
- Reynaud's syndrome
- Atherosclerosis
- Skin lesions
- Cancer diseases
- Excessive sweating of the skin
- States of weakening of the body
- Circulatory failure
- Heart defects
- Coronary artery disease
- Thyroid failure
- Purulent skin diseases
A referral is required for treatments.
