Recently, two players of Missouri State Bears Basketball team were sidelined for a game after developing blisters on their feet following a whole body cryotherapy (WBC) session. The incident became national news and openly questioned the safety and legitimacy of WBC.

Cryotherapy is soaring in popularity, but the common assumption about this popular recovery technique is that it only aids users in one particular area. However, the versatility of cryotherapy is often overlooked because the reality is that cryotherapy can have many benefits at once. Here’s what cryotherapy can be used for.

The short answer is yes, cryotherapy is safe. However, this can be looked at much deeper as it all depends on the type of cryotherapy chamber or sauna you’re entering and the methods a company is using to expose your body to sub-zero temperatures. It depends on how the cryotherapy you use actually works.

Cryotherapy is a treatment which continues to rapidly gain popularity. Its emotional, physiological and cosmetic benefits have made it popular among professional athletes, celebrities and wellness-conscious individuals over the years. Although the practice of using the extreme cold as a treatment dates back to 2500 BC with the Ancient Romans, Greeks and Egyptians, cryotherapy is still going strong to this day.

Cryotherapy has been a popular wellness treatment for decades among celebrities and everyday people. Its beauty benefits, particularly weight loss, are well-known. Being exposed to -140℃ for very short lengths of time is known to burn hundreds of calories. But does this therapy actually work and if so, how? Here’s a breakdown of cryotherapy weight loss studies to prove that it’s the right weight loss choice for you.

More and more centers are opening worldwide providing whole-body cryotherapy services using a lot of different technologies. To reach "cryo temperatures” either electricity or nitrogen is used. Within the nitrogen- cooled units, we differentiate between chambers and saunas, either via “direct” or “indirect” exposure to nitrogen. This all results in essential questions from the client: What’s the safest and best technology to reach my goals?

In our previous blog, we made a differentiation between a whole body cryotherapy chamber and a cryosauna and answered the question what is the safest and best technology to reach my goals? It became evident that the directed effects between the two technologies are different. In this blog we look into one of the reasons why the results are mixed; should we expose the head and neck as well to the cold?