The simple definition of cryotherapy is ‘the use of extreme cold’. For those of us who have used ice to help decrease swelling from banging our knee into a door, relieve an achy back or help our biceps recover when we overdid a workout that almost left us unable to brush our teeth have experienced a form of cryotherapy.

Now, imagine stepping into what looks like a clothes washer without the agitator and no lid. Your head and shoulders stick out of this ‘sauna’ and the air temperature around the remainder of your body cools to somewhere between -200 to -240 degrees Fahrenheit. You stand in this sauna for a total of 3 minutes in order to receive the maximum benefit and voila, you have experienced whole body cryotherapy.

The cold naturally stimulates the immune system, which results in revision of all internal organs, regulates the endocrine profile and metabolism, and energizes the body due to additional release of endorphins (happiness hormones). The cryosauna improves microcirculation, optimizes metabolic processes, enhances skin turgor, and can dramatically improve the appearance of the skin.