About Fox Valley Cryotherapy LLC

Benefits of Whole Body Cryotherapy

What is Whole Body Cryotherapy?

Whole Body Cryotherapy (WBC) is cold therapy administered in the Cryosauna fueled by the vapor of liquid nitrogen. During your cyrotherapy session you will be in our special cryochamber and exposed to temperatures of -116 to -220F for up to three minutes.

As your temperature decreases inside the cryosauna your body goes into a flight or fight response. This process causes your body to respond by only allowing blood flow to your most vital organs and temporarily cutting off blood flow to reach the less important extremities. Your body prepares to fix any damages that would normally occur in a fight or flight response by pushing oxygen, enzymes & nutrients into your blood.

When your cryotherapy treatment is done and you step out of the cryosauna your body temperature will start to rise quickly and restore to it’s normal temperature. The now nutrient dense blood will flow throughout your entire body with increased circulation and accelerate cell renewal in skin, muscles and tissues.

While each cryotherapy session can help increase energy, relieve various & chronic pain symptoms (including those that may result from sore muscles, multiple sclerosis, arthritis, fibromyalgia, ankylosing spondylitis) and improve skin firmness, we recommend more than one local or whole body cryotherapy treatment.

For optimal relief of whole body cryotherapy we strongly recommend completing at least 10 cryotherapy sessions within a 30-day time period or 3 cryotherapy sessions in one week to maximize the proven benefits.

How can you benefit from Cryotherapy?

ALTHETES/FITNESS

• Train harder and longer
• Recover faster
• Improve joint function
• Relieve Injuries
• Restore muscles/tissues
• Decrease fatigue
• Increase stamina
• Relief from tendonitis
• Sleep better
• Increase metabolism
• Pain relief from sports injury

BEAUTY

• Reduce cellulite
• Reduce appearance of stretch marks
• Improve acne, eczema, psoriasis and other skin conditions
• Tighter, smoother skin
• Burn calories (up to 800 per session)

PAIN RELIEF/MANAGEMENT/WELLNESS

• Reduce inflamed muscles/tissues
• Reduce stress, depression and anxiety
• Improve sleep and reduce fatigue
• Boost immune system
• Relieve chronic pain
• Recover quicker from surgery
• Pain relief from (not limited to) rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic Arthritis, fibromyalgia, osteoarthritis, multiple sclerosis (MS), headaches, migraines, age-related aches and pains
• Lose weight (each session can burn up to 800 calories)
• Decrease toxins and swelling in the body
• Increase circulation endorphins, mood, energy and libido

Local Cryotherapy & Cryofacials

Cold therapy (cryotherapy) by way of a Cryofacial® or local cryotherapy treatment is administered by a controlled beam of vaporized liquid nitrogen on various places on the body. Treatment times vary from 10-12 minutes. Each cryotherapy treatment targets specific areas of the face, scalp, neck area, and localized areas that are causing discomfort.

During the cryotherapy treatment the blood vessels constrict and restrict to increase blood flow to carry more oxygen and nutrients to the targeted areas of concern.

The benefits of local cryotherapy include but are not limited to:

• Tighter skin
• Increased collagen production
• Reduction in fine lines and wrinkles
• Improvements to skin conditions such as psoriasis, dermatitis, rosacea, blemishes, and acne
• Increased blood flow reducing toxins in the skin
• Decreased pore size
• Reduced puffiness of the skin due to decreasing inflammation
• Alleviate headaches and migraines
• Relief of  localized areas causing discomfort

Celluma Light Therapy:

Celluma Light Therapy or Light Emitting Diode (LED) Phototherapy was developed by NASA and is approved by the FDA for pain management, and joint, skin or muscle conditions. Infrared Light Therapy uses wavelengths of light energy that when absorbed by cells are used in mitochondria to create ATP. ATP stimulates metabolic processes which result in repair and regeneration of cell and tissue components. Celluma Light Therapy delivers blue, red and near infrared light energy in safe amounts to help compromised cells regenerate.

Cryo T-Shock

Cryo T-Shock is very safe. The cooling system is controlled by an electronic temperature sensor located in the processing head of the device and the temperature is controlled in real time that is displayed on the screen. In the event of a malfunction, the device alerts the operator by sounding a tone and displaying an error message.

The machine itself functions by a Peltier effect (thermoelectric cooling) regulated by a hydraulic system which ensures a very high inertia which is absolutely necessary for the correct application of the treatment in a short amount of time. These characteristics, which are very difficult to obtain, make it possible to enact a very rapid cooling of the fat tissues while avoiding the risk of lesions of the skin tissue due to an application that is too long. The principle of the treatment is to lower the temperature of the fat cells enough to cause what is called the phenomenon of apoptosis. This phenomenon is triggered when the temperature of the fat tissues is between 17 and 12° and consists in a self-programming of the death of these cells.

The major benefit of Cryo T-Shock is a large decrease in fat mass. Thermal shock is the result of emitting alternating heat and cold to the skin. This method of thermal shock is medically recognized to be particularly restorative for tissues by significant increase of local microcirculation and collagen.