How Cryotherapy Can Improve Your Health

Prevents And Treats Other Conditions

Eczema is known as a chronic inflammatory skin disorder that causes the skin to become extremely itchy and dry. A study in 2008 asked individuals to cease using eczema medications and try cryotherapy instead.

Promising preliminary results suggest whole body cryotherapy significantly improved memory in older patients with cognitive impairment. Cryotherapy reduces inflammation as well as the risk of dementia. Oxidative stress and inflammation are closely related to dementia and other forms of age-related cognitive decline. Research has shown depression is linked with a chronic inflammatory response and an increase in oxidative stress. Inflammation causes many problems including pain, reduced appetite, and insomnia, which all can lead to depression. Inflammation produces the same cytokines depression does. Regular cryotherapy sessions will reduce inflammation and thus reduce depression symptoms. It is worth mentioning, however, more research is required to fully understand how cryotherapy can affect and treat conditions like depression, dementia, and eczema.