Let’s explore how hot and cold therapy should be used for acute and post acute injuries. While this section focuses on cooling and heat treatments, it’s important to note that Cryostimulation is classified as a therapy for post-acute injuries.

Across the past few decades, Cryostimulation has been used in physical therapy clinics, private hospitals, military hospitals and elite sports teams to treat post acute injury, chronic injury and support more efficient and effective rehabilitation programs. Below are the 3 forms of Cryostimulation:

Cold temperatures in medicine goes back to ancient times (Egypt ~2500 B.C.). Cryostimulation was introduced in the late 1970s, and numerous studies have highlighted the benefits of exposure to extreme cold vapor, along with ice baths and cold water immersion.

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