Cryotherapy: the Chilling Effects of Extreme Cold on Health and Wellness

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Written By Scott Silverman

NEWS MEDICAL LIFE SCIENCES

Cold has been used to treat illnesses since at least 450 BC when Hippocrates advised packing wounded soldiers in ice to delay death. In the 1800s, wounded soldiers were cooled to promote recovery by reducing pain and bleeding.

Later, people realized that cold-water drowning victims appeared to escape the effects of prolonged asphyxia. Therapeutic hypothermia was then used in various surgical procedures to avert hypoxia-related injury. This led to the current revival of interest in cryotherapy.

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