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Cryotherapy for improved healing and sports performance

In cryotherapy your body is exposed to temperatures ranging between -120 °C and -160 °C with liquid nitrogen vapour for 30 seconds up to three minutes. Cryogenics has become very popular for sports performance and recovery. Q: Who invented Cryotherapy, how did it come about and how old is it? A: Cryotherapy was invented in […]

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Cold case, Cryotherapy is quickly gaining prominence as a treatment for numerous ailments

Cryotherapy (introduced to SA through CryoLiving in CapeTown), involves exposing the body to liquid nitrogen vapour (which ranges in temperature from -120 ° C to -160 °C) for up to three minutes. Here are a few benefits: Sports injuries and Performance Cryotherapy is used in sports medicine to help athletes manage and recover from their injuries, both […]

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Big freeze is latest skincare craze

CELEBRITIES are known to get hooked on the most bizarre beauty treatments to ensure they look their best when stepping out into the limelight. From Kim Kardashian’s “vampire facial” where her blood is extracted and then re-injected into her face to rejuvenate the skin, to Angelina Jolie’s caviar body treatment, many celebrities are willing to […]

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The new hot craze? It’s very cold

Cape Town – Celebrities are known to get hooked on the most bizarre beauty treatments to ensure they look their best when stepping out into the limelight. From Kim Kardashian’s “vampire facial” where her blood is extracted and then re-injected into her face to rejuvenate the skin, to Angelina Jolie’s caviar body treatment, many celebrities […]

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Cryotherapy speeds up healing process

For the sake of their health‚ some people are using liquid nitrogen vapour to expose themselves to temperatures as low as -160°C. “Cryotherapy was developed in 1978 by Dr Toshima Yamauchi of Japan for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis‚ chronic pain and inflammation‚” says Eugene Pienaar‚ founder and CEO of CryoLiving in Cape Town‚ the […]

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Feeling revived with cryotherapy

Cryotherapy. If you know what that is you know more than I did when I was first introduced to it. But if you’re just like me, here’s a little explanation: Basically, cryotherapy is a liquid nitrogen freezing therapy, commonly used by athletes to aid in the recovery of injuries, but now also available for beauty […]

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Freeze yourself into good health: SA’s first ‘cryosauna’ open for business

The latest craze in beauty therapy and medical treatment is so cool it is literally freezing. Cryotherapy is all the rage in Hollywood, with stars such as Jessica Alba exposing their skin to nitrogen vapour at -160ºC to uppercut their most formidable foe: ageing. Sports stars including Real Madrid striker Cristiano Ronaldo also use “cryosaunas” […]

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