{"id":2313,"date":"2017-08-31T08:54:19","date_gmt":"2017-08-31T12:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.impactcryo.com\/?p=2313"},"modified":"2017-08-31T08:54:19","modified_gmt":"2017-08-31T12:54:19","slug":"the-three-minute-freeze-an-interns-take-on-whole-body-cryotherapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impactcryo.com\/the-three-minute-freeze-an-interns-take-on-whole-body-cryotherapy\/","title":{"rendered":"The Three Minute Freeze: An Intern\u2019s Take on a Cryotherapy Session"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Rachel Weaver, University of Delaware, Class of 2018, Candidate for B.S. in Neuroscience<\/p>\n

Being a competitive swimmer for fifteen years, I\u2019ve had my fair share of injuries. I deal with aches and pain in my knees, hips, and shoulders. Without access to a pool, I have taken to running, which certainly hasn\u2019t been easy on my knees. During my internship at First State Health & Wellness, I was given the opportunity to try a whole body cryotherapy session.<\/p>\n

The cryotherapy cryosauna looked like something out of a sci-fi movie. A time capsule supposedly taking me back to the days before a five-mile run resulted in agony. I was given thermal socks, gloves, and some booties to protect my extremities from the -300\u00b0 C I was about to subject myself to for three minutes. As the door to the cryosauna opened, a cloud of freezing nitrogen mist escaped chilling my exposed calves.<\/p>\n

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I stepped up into the cryosauna and ducked my head as a lid was brought over top. As the seconds passed, I moved my arms and kicked my legs in as much of a range of motion as the cryosauna allowed. My attempts to warm my body unfortunately did not prove to be fruitful as the temperature approached its lowest point. Just as I was about to throw my arms up in defeat, my session ended. In one fell swoop I ducked my head, wrapped a robe around my shivering torso, and beelined for my pile of clothing. If nothing else, I surely was awake by this point.<\/p>\n

Instantly after exiting the cryosauna, I felt energized. The slight tingling of my skin subsided quickly and the red color reverted to its original. I heard from the staff to pay attention to my sleep that night. When my alarm went off at 7:30 the next morning, I wasn\u2019t clambering for the snooze button. The difference was I had not spent my night constantly shifting in and out of sleep. I hopped on the treadmill, as I do every morning preparing to sweat myself into exhaustion. This time, I had to stop running because I ran out of time, and not because I was too drained to carry my body any further. Somehow, the cryosauna of nitrogen gave me superpowers. I\u2019m looking forward to the next time I can trade in my achy knees and groggy mornings for a session of cryotherapy!<\/p>\n

About the Author<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rachel Weaver is a rising senior at the University of Delaware majoring in Neuroscience. After graduation from university in the Spring of 2018, she plans on attending graduate school to obtain a master\u2019s degree in Occupational Therapy. This summer, she spent seven weeks as an intern at First State Health & Wellness in Delaware.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Rachel Weaver, University of Delaware, Class of 2018, Candidate for B.S. in Neuroscience Being a competitive swimmer for fifteen years, I\u2019ve had my fair share of injuries. I deal with aches and pain in…","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2320,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impactcryo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2313"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impactcryo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impactcryo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impactcryo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impactcryo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.impactcryo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2313\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impactcryo.com\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impactcryo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impactcryo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impactcryo.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}