Be Well: How Cryotherapy Can Help Boost Overall Health

<div class="block">In this Cheddar News beWell segment, we&#39;re highlighting the benefits of temperature therapy using cryotherapy and dry sauanas. Both offer health benefits ranging from relaxing muscles to flushing the lymphatic system.</div>

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We're going to talk about the benefits of being both hot and cold and maybe doing a little bit of both. I definitely have a preference on this. I love it to be hot. So I think the sauna is going to be my lane. So Jen, talk to me about why this sauna is a little bit different than maybe ones that people traditionally know. Sure. So this is an infrared sauna. So this is a dry heat, traditional saunas that produce colds and you're pouring water on it and you're steaming yourself out. So the benefits are the same. You're still getting that muscle relaxation, you're still getting that decompression. You're still draining through your limb system. You're still getting some mindfulness, right? You're sitting, you're getting to relax for 30 to 45 minutes. So all of those benefits are there and some people will go from this and go into a free cold shower and do the hot and cold fire and ice or even do our cryo tank for three minutes, which is beautiful or they'll sit in here for 30 minutes, relax and then go into our halo salt lounge and their skin is open, so their pores are open to all that salt therapy, which is, wow. Yes. Ok. So let's get hot. Ok, let's do it. Come on in, I'm gonna turn this on for you. And so it goes to 1 40 then we can set it for as long as you want. So people traditionally do 30 to 45 minutes. That's good for them. Um, they'll do this before or after a workout upstairs, which is really wonderful. Um So and again, they go from hot to cold and the salt lounge as well. So hop on in. Ok. And you're welcome to turn off the light if you want to, you can always tap in with your speakers and it just have this time. Yes, absolutely. So, you're in here, you're relaxing, you're just kind of, we dim the lights for you if you want and it's just 30 to 45 minutes for you and now 100 and 40 degrees seems kind of hot. No, but it's an infrared. So it's really going bone deep. It's going into your muscles. So you will still have break the sweat but not like a traditional sauna where you're really seeping sweat and have pouring water over those cold. It's a very different feeling. So people tend to like this a little bit better and I can stay in here for 35 minutes. No problem, no problem. No problem. Most people wanna stay in a little bit longer, to be honest that we give a little bit extra time. I think I'm gonna be that first. Yeah. Absolutely. Now we're heading to the ice portion of fire and ice. So, this is cryotherapy. And why would I do this to myself? Exactly. Well, you did the sauna part. So you got your body nice and relaxed. You have internal heat and so now we're gonna ice you and we're gonna vascular constrict and we're gonna get those muscles nice and tight. So it can flush your lymphatic system. So you'll get this nice adrenaline rush. It's great for um arthritis. Um Tenis carpal tunnel TMJ, you'll sleep like a baby tonight. So it's gonna be amazing benefits for you. This has really changed people's lives. So, before I give cryotherapy a try, I spoke with Glenn who now uses regular cryotherapy sessions. Nothing has relieved all the pain suffering and the inflammation in my neck. I do this twice a week and it's changed my life to where I can get off the couch. I can exercise. I lost £46 in three months. I'm doing yoga every day where 68 months ago, two years ago, I couldn't even get off the couch because I was so miserable. The cryo tank has basically helped my health and wellness in every way that I can name possible. Hey, are you ready for your first session of cryo? I guess I'm ready. I'll give you a little tip, keep my fingers up and keep them moving. You said I could dance in here. Anything else? I need to know? No, that's it. Just now we're ready to party. Ok. Here we go. It. Oh, yeah. Ok. So, you know, this is kind of like putting yourself in a pow, of plunge as often as you can take it. Right. I mean, it's that, that Bush. Yes, you're definitely gonna get a nice adrenaline rush. You're going to start to feel yourself getting a little tighter, a little constricted, that blood flow starts moving and you, it's a wonderful feeling and again, you're going to sleep like a baby tonight. So, and I think of those athletes that you see jump in those ice after playing the game. So you worked out that recovery. Yes. But this is like a dry cold. So, instead of like having to submerge yourself into an ice bath, this is very tolerable. So you do 23, up to five minutes of cryo and it's very tolerable. Ok. I'm getting healthier. I'm getting tighter. I'm getting rid of my inflammation. Is that true? Absolutely. And the arthritis is it over? It's almost over here. We go. Ok. Perfect. So, now I'm lowering you down. I did. Right. Oh, I'm older than you.