KPCW – 2017 KPCW Summer Online Auction
Auction Ends: Aug 25, 2017 06:00 PM MDT

Health & Fitness

Stone Cold Cryotherapy - 10 Session Punch Card

Item Number
1708516
Estimated Value
300 USD
Sold
273 USD to ka768f5b9
Number of Bids
12  -  Bid History

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Item Description

What Is Cryotherapy?

The word “Cryotherapy” stems from the Greek words “Cryo” or cold, and “Therapy” or cure.  Modern Whole Body Cryotherapy (WBC) began in Japan in 1978 by Dr Yamaguchi. He used short duration freezing treatments of the skins surface to treat pain in his rheumatoid arthritis patients. He discovered that rapidly decreasing the temperature of the outer layer of skin led to an immediate of release of endorphins.

These endorphins significantly reduced the patient’s sensitivity to pain.  Upon further study, he and his associates concluded that this rapid short term freezing of the skins surface to lower than 32 degrees F is more beneficial to the whole body than the gradual cooling of an ice bath where the lowest possible temperature is 41 degrees F; and since the cooling process affects no more than 5% of the body (i.e. the parts that safely endure the variations of temperature), the treatment is comfortably endured.

Item Special Note

Appointment required.  Expires 12/31/2017

The following conditions are contradications to using Whole Body Cryotherapy:

  • Pregnancy
  • Severe Hypertension (BP> 180/100)
  • Acute or Recent Myocardial Infarction
  • Unstable Angina Pectoris
  • Arrhythmia
  • Symptomatic Cardiovascular Disease
  • Cardiac Pacemaker
  • Peripheral Arterial Occlusive Disease
  • Venous Thrombosis
  • Acute or Recent Cerebrovascular Accident
  • Uncontrolled Seizures
  • Raynaud’s Syndrome
  • Cold Allergy
  • High-Grade Fever
  • Tumor Disease
  • Symptomatic Lung Disorders
  • Bleeding Disorders
  • Severe Anemia
  • Infection
  • Claustrophobia
  • Age less than 18 years (parental consent to treatment needed)
  • Acute Kidney and Urinary Tract Diseases