Depending on the facility, you may be given gloves, socks, slippers, a face mask, ear muffs, underwear or all of the above to protect sensitive skin before stepping into a cryotherapy chamber. While it feels cold right away, the time passes quickly and you won’t feel like you’re frozen. Plus, you can open the door at any moment to get out.

Like all our cryotherapy treatments in colorado springs, the chamber offers physiological benefits to help you be the best version of yourself. Although this recovery method is still relatively new in the US and UK, it has been in use since the 1970s in Japan. Some people who suffer from severe joint pain, rheumatoid arthritis, and even depression claim that whole body cryotherapy help in alleviating their symptoms. Athletes also claim that cryotherapy helps to improve their performance since it speeds up muscle recovery. Various studies have also proved that cryotherapy has an overall positive effect on soft body tissues and tends to slow down muscle soreness. Purported cryotherapy benefits in preliminary studies include:
 

• Muscle and joint pain relief: if you’ve ever iced a sore shoulder or twisted ankle, you’ve treated yourself using a form of cryotherapy. This method of healing has shown to be effective in reducing muscle pain, inflammation, and cell damage. Icing an injury for 15 minutes at a time, three to four times a day is highly effective. Being able to walk into a chamber for 3 minutes and feel the same effects is even better.
   

• Weight loss: the theory behind this benefit is that cold temperatures force your body to work hard to stay warm, which means burning calories. One session can burn upwards of hundreds of calories, and repeated use can boost your metabolism, helping to burn more calories each day. Because cryotherapy helps with muscle pain, it could make it easier to get back to a fitness routine following an injury. This potential weight loss benefit is limited to people who cannot or will not exercise because of pain.
   

• Younger-looking skin: a decrease in temperature helps to decrease inflammation, which can help your skin. Although it is not long term, it can help put you onto a better path when it comes to skin care and anti-aging tactics.
   

• Better mood and energy: when undergoing cryotherapy chamber treatments, your body releases endorphins and your natural adrenaline. That in turn gets your blood flowing throughout your body, which is something that can be helpful for people who experience anxiety and depression.