Cryotherapy Research Paper

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Introduction

Cryotherapy, Jennifer Anniston uses it, Demi Moore swear by it, Cristiano Ronaldo had one built inside his home, Daniel Craig used it to prepare for his last James Bond movie Skyfall while supermodel Jessica Stam ditched her beauty creams and treatments for it.

But what is it? Cryotherapy is the act of exposing the body or a body part to extremely low temperatures of up to -190C for a variety of health and beauty purposes to relieve pain and promote overall health and wellness.

History
The word might sound a little textbook but it originates from the Ancient Greeks who created the word "Cryo” meaning “cold” and “therapia” meaning “cure” and hence the birth of the word "Cryotherapy".

Cryotherapy is a form of ice therapy using liquid nitrogen, and though the method of using nitrogen is modern, the practice of applying low temperate treatments even dates back to Ancient Egypt in 2500 BC, the Roman Empire and even Greek Physician Hippocrates who were all aware of the …show more content…

But it was a group of Polish scientists who embraced cryotherapy as a form of physical therapy, developing an Olympic rehabilitation center in Spala, Poland in May 2000.

Cryotherapy
Today cryotherapy is extremely popular, widely used in Europe, Russia and the United States for recovery from sports related injuries, combatting fatigue, promoting weight loss, helping with anti-aging and enhancing peak performance and general wellbeing.

The first cryogenic treatment center in Dubai and the region was launched by Cryo Health in 2013, pioneering the Cryogenic Engineering industry in the Middle East by "introducing a full-service cold-air spa featuring the most advanced Cryo chambers in cold therapy; revolutionizing whole and local body cryotherapy solutions." (Cryo Health, (2014).

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