Have You Discovered the Benefits of Moist Heat/Cryotherapy?
Have you heard of moist heat/cryotherapy? If not, you should try it.
Moist Heat/Cryotherapy uses the healing properties of low temperatures to relieve both acute and chronic pain. With moist heat/cryotherapy, your skin temperature is temporarily lowered, in order to help your blood vessels constrict, thus allowing your body to naturally remove toxins and inflammatory properties from your bloodstream.
This, in turn, promotes pain relief, in addition to enriched oxygen and nutrients within the blood. By participating in moist heat/cryotherapy treatments, you will be able to discover the many benefits that it can have for your body, including, but not limited to:
- Fast and effective pain relief
- Injury recovery
- Injury prevention
- Reduced inflammation
- Boost of energy
- Improved health overall
Contact Total Health & Rehabilitation in Newark or Wilmington, DEtoday to learn more!
What should I know about moist heat/cryotherapy?
While the thought of being exposed to cold temperatures can seem daunting, moist heat/cryotherapy has a lot of proven and effective results. In fact, according to Spine Universe, “moist heat/cryotherapy [is] generally more effective in terms of depth of penetration than other superficial thermal modalities.”
There are two types of moist heat/cryotherapy: whole body and localized. At Total Health & Rehabilitation, we only use localized moist heat/cryotherapy, as it targets the specific painful area in question. When sitting through your moist heat/cryotherapy treatments, the icy temperatures will work to temporarily reduce your local metabolism, which will help with pain and inflammation relief. It can be difficult to understand the mechanics behind how exactly moist heat/cryotherapy helps your body, and we believe Spine Universe explains it best:
“The analgesic effects of ice result from a decreased nerve conduction velocity along pain fibers and a reduction of the muscle spindle activity responsible for mediating local muscle tone.”
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Are you interested in learning more about how moist heat/cryotherapy can benefit you? If so, contact Total Health & Rehabilitation today to schedule a consultation with one of our physical therapists in Newark or Wilmington, DE. They’ll help you find long-lasting relief in no time!
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