For your overall well-being, it’s recommended to eat well, sleep enough, stay hydrated, and live an active lifestyle. Since no human is perfect, we often let one or more of the latter slip through the cracks. Other times, we get so busy, causing us to forget to give ourselves the quality care we need to remain healthy.
While it’s not a substitute for the latter things, wellness services like cryotherapy and hyperbaric oxygen therapy also have the potential to improve your wellbeing and enhance your body’s ability to recover. Read on to learn more about these two services and the benefits they can provide.
Supports Tissue Health
Every single day, the tissues in our body are damaged and repaired. It’s a natural process everyone goes through. However, sometimes the body needs a little help in this department. This is especially true for athletes, those recovering from a recent surgery, and those experiencing excess stress.
Both cryotherapy and hyperbaric oxygen therapy can support the health and recovery of tissues. Cryotherapy improves blood circulation and can help tissues heal faster by reducing swelling. Oxygen therapy, on the other hand, delivers a high concentration of oxygen to damaged tissues and gives cells more energy to regenerate tissues.
Improves Energy
Our hectic schedules can make it hard to get a good night’s rest and have enough energy to get through the day. The good news is, both cryotherapy and hyperbaric oxygen therapy can help boost your energy levels naturally.
During cryotherapy, exposure to extreme cold stimulates the nervous system to temporarily improve energy levels and mood. As for hyperbaric oxygen therapy, the dense oxygen delivered to the user reduces fatigue by improving the function of their body on a cellular level.
Reduces Inflammation
Whether you’re experiencing excess inflammation from a workout-related injury or dealing with it as a result of chronic stress, too much inflammation is not a good thing. Long-term inflammation can lead to a host of health issues. Not to mention, it can negatively affect your mobility, mood, and the appearance of your skin.
Cryotherapy temporarily combats inflammation by constricting the blood vessels and then triggering the release of blood flow after the session. This impacts the delivery and presence of inflammatory cells. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy, on the other hand, targets inflammation by directly delivering more oxygen to inflamed or damaged tissues.
Helps with Pain
Pain goes beyond just a physical sensation, considered annoying and distracting. It can truly impact every area of your life, including your work, adult responsibilities, general daily activities, and even your mental health. The more intense and longer the pain lasts, the worse effects it can have on us as a whole.
Cryotherapy temporarily reduces pain by numbing the nerves with its cold air and bringing down inflammation. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy achieves this same benefit but in a different way. With more oxygen, the body is able to recover from injuries and damaged nerves faster.
Want to try cryotherapy, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, or both? Recovery Lab offers both services. Contact us today to book an appointment.
