Cryotherapy involves applying low temperatures, around -80-100 degrees Celsius, to the body's surface. The procedure lasts approximately three minutes and aims to trigger and utilize the body's physiological response to cold. Local cryotherapy, on the other hand, involves cooling the affected area with carbon dioxide. The procedure lasts approximately two to three minutes and is recommended once daily for 10 days.
Indications for cryotherapy:
- Fresh injuries (bruises, sprains, joint dislocations, muscle tears, tendon damage, ligament damage)
- Overload of joints and muscles
- Degenerative joint diseases
- Rheumatoid diseases
- Multiple sclerosis
- Osteoporosis
- Paresis and spastic contractures of the limbs
- Cellulite
- As a biological regeneration
Contraindications to cryotherapy:
- 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.
