Alright, so I just gave something new a shot. It's called cryotherapy, and it supposedly increases healing speed.
The way it does this is by cooling the body to a point at which blood is focused in on the vital organs. The body does this by taking blood from the limbs. The blood, when not required in the central area in the body (when you warm up) will then flow back to the limbs, invigorating them with freshly oxygenated blood, which aids the healing process.
In short, it takes the somewhat stagnant blood and oxygenates it through technology.
Normally, cryotherapy occurs in a chamber at -120 degrees Celsius, but I figure a Winnipeg winter day also gets the same point across (-35 degree Celsius wind chill).
So I gave it a shot. I wore a toque, scarf, gloves, socks, shoes, and shorts to prevent frostbite on all the most easily afflicted parts, then went in my house's breezeway. The windchill had no effect here, so I called it quits after about five minutes of being only uncomfortably cold. More recently, I went outside into the wind, and stayed there for three minutes (the length of time for a normal session). Needless to say, I got really cold.
I'll let you know if it works, and maybe I'll post a picture of my goofy getup, too. I'm sure I look pretty funny.
Although I am a little disappointed, the more I read about it, the more it sounds like a sham. We'll see.
I have to go warm up now. I'm going to see if waffles will do the job.
The way it does this is by cooling the body to a point at which blood is focused in on the vital organs. The body does this by taking blood from the limbs. The blood, when not required in the central area in the body (when you warm up) will then flow back to the limbs, invigorating them with freshly oxygenated blood, which aids the healing process.
In short, it takes the somewhat stagnant blood and oxygenates it through technology.
Normally, cryotherapy occurs in a chamber at -120 degrees Celsius, but I figure a Winnipeg winter day also gets the same point across (-35 degree Celsius wind chill).
So I gave it a shot. I wore a toque, scarf, gloves, socks, shoes, and shorts to prevent frostbite on all the most easily afflicted parts, then went in my house's breezeway. The windchill had no effect here, so I called it quits after about five minutes of being only uncomfortably cold. More recently, I went outside into the wind, and stayed there for three minutes (the length of time for a normal session). Needless to say, I got really cold.
I'll let you know if it works, and maybe I'll post a picture of my goofy getup, too. I'm sure I look pretty funny.
Although I am a little disappointed, the more I read about it, the more it sounds like a sham. We'll see.
I have to go warm up now. I'm going to see if waffles will do the job.
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