Cold therapies have been used in many cultures throughout history as a powerful treatment against physical injury. However, there is so much more to these forms of therapy. They are inherently anti-inflammatory and have been shown to benefit recovery from serious auto-immune diseases. Cryotherapy is cold therapy taken to a whole new technological level. It consists of exposing the entire body to extremely cold (-110 Celsius), dry air for up to three minutes in a climate-controlled cryo-chamber.

This form of therapy was initially intended to be used in clinical settings to treat patients with conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, chronic inflammation, and multiple sclerosis. Since then, medical-grade, whole-body cryotherapy has been used to treat people of all ages, especially competitive athletes, to boost energy, speed up muscle recovery, inhibit pain signals in the nerves and slow down the growth of inflammatory cells.

Beyond its many medical benefits, cryotherapy has also been proven to have mental health and wellbeing benefits since it can improve sleep and reduce anxiety as it increases our oxygen levels and helps stabilise our heart rates. It also helps our bodies to produce more endorphins, the hormones that make us feel alert and energized, and produce less cortisol, the hormone that makes us feel stressed.