Is Cryotherapy Worth It?

There are a number of different theories or mechanisms that have been discussed in the literature and examined to try and understand how and why cryotherapy works. So I said any cryotherapy intervention irrespective of the modality is based on the idea that we can reduce temperature. Whether that's skin temperature, muscle temperature or core temperature or all three, and that that will then have some kind of benefit. One of the big ones that's talked about a lot is a reduction of the inflammatory response. If you reduce the inflammation response, you reduce swelling. And what that means is you can then potentially reduce soreness.

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