Cold comfort or cool fad?
The netball game started like any other, until the ball bounced off the steel pole, smashing into Kirsty Wirth’s eye. The 42-year-old suffered a traumatic brain injury and was told recovery would take three to six months. Keen to speed things up, the mother-of-two did some research, which unearthed cryotherapy as a possible treatment.
EARLY RESEARCH IS INDICATING THAT IT MAY HELP WITH RELIEVING THE PAIN AND INFLAMMATION ASSOCIATED WITH SOME CONDITIONS, SUCH AS FIBROMYALGIA.
The term ‘cryotherapy’ applies to any treatment using cold. But the latest method takes it to a new level. Whole body cryotherapy involves briefly exposing the body to extremely low temperatures. Localised cryotherapy uses a machine to blow vapourised liquid
