Whole Body Liquid Nitrogen Cryotherapy
cryotherapy chamber benefits
Whole body cryotherapy is a process of cooling the body with a liquid nitrogen mist in an insulated chamber from 1-3 minutes at a temperature from -100 to -220 degrees Fahrenheit. This process shock cools the body to cause favorable reactions to optimize your health and well-being. You feel better due to the inflammation lowering effects, you also get a rush of energy, and your brain gets flooded with euphoric feel-good chemicals. The benefits include:
- Increase energy by activating brown fat and metabolism
- May aid in weight loss by burning up to 800 calories per session
- Shown in studies to decrease anxiety and depression
- Get better sleep
- Faster recovery and healing for athletes
- May improve your cholesterol ratios
- Release anti-inflammatory shock proteins to lower pain levels
- Increases antioxidant activity in your body
- Release of "feel good" endorphins and catecholamines
- May slow progression of some chronic degenerative diseases
- Studies show a reduction of pain associated with migraine headaches
- Increases blood circulation
Cryotherapy effects on catecholamines
Catecholamines will flood your body in response to the supercooling effects felt during your cryotherapy session. Catecholamines are chemicals that are released in response to extreme cold conditions and include epinephrine, norepinephrine, and dopamine.
The effects of these chemicals include:
- enhanced blood flow to vital organs and brain tissue
- trigger the release of blood sugars from the liver for energy
- improves oxygen uptake from an increased lung capacity
- increases muscle strength by directing increased blood flow
- increases focus, alertness, arousal, reward and motivation
- promotes fat metabolism for increased energy
cryotherapy effects on shock proteins
Shock proteins will be released by your body in response to the super quick cooling effects. Some of these shock proteins that have been studied by scientists are:
- YB-1 which is involved in wound healing and regulating how your body uses sugar for energy.
- Lin28A/B plays a role in wound healing and tissue repair.
- RBM3 is protein that helps protect brain cells