Inflammation plays a significant role in back pain. While inflammation is a natural healing response, too much inflammation has been known to increase pain and discomfort in the areas where it’s present.
Prolonged pain can also lead to a stronger inflammatory response. A prolonged inflammatory response may lead to tissue damage, a weakened immune system, and slower healing. This vicious cycle can be difficult to deal with, to say the least.
Are you experiencing back pain and need a little boost in the recovery department? Cryotherapy might be the answer for you. Here, we’ll talk about how this wellness service can also reduce both back pain and inflammation to reduce your recovery time.
Constricts the Blood Vessels
The brief exposure to extremely cold temperatures when in a whole-body cryotherapy chamber temporarily constricts the blood vessels. When the blood vessels are narrowed, this eliminates the body’s ability to increase blood flow to areas with inflammation, such as the back.
Temporarily reducing blood flow to your inflamed back can help reduce swelling and fluid buildup in the area. In turn, this can lead to less inflammation and back pain.
Numbs the Nerve Endings
Because cryotherapy involves extremely cold air, it’s no surprise this wellness service can provide a temporary numbing effect for pain. When pain signals are temporarily blocked or reduced, this can lead to noticeable pain relief, even when the injury or trauma is still present.
As a result of less pain, the body responds by sending out fewer inflammatory cells to the injured site. So, this not only helps reduce inflammation during your cryotherapy session, but it can also help support a balanced and healthy immune response afterward. Think of cryotherapy as a little reset.
Relaxes Tensed Muscles
Tight muscles are a big contributing factor to back pain. If not the ultimate cause of your back pain, it can, at the very least, make it worse and last even longer than expected. Tense muscles can put pressure on nearby nerves, which amplify the pain you feel.
Cryotherapy can help relax tensed muscles, slow overactive muscle fibers, flush out toxins, and reduce swelling. It can also lead to the release of feel-good chemicals, which can promote a better mood. When you’re in a happier, calmer state, this, as a result, can lead to less muscle tension.
Helps Get Blood Moving
It’s true you will experience constricted blood vessels during your cryotherapy session. Afterward is a different story. After exiting the cryotherapy chamber, your body will rapidly warm up. As a result, this leads to the widening of your blood vessels, which leads to an increase in blood flow throughout your body.
The boost in fresh blood flow helps flush out waste products and ensure the prompt delivery of cells with healing abilities. This way, you can experience faster recovery in your back.
While back pain and inflammation can sometimes be inevitable, you don’t have to suffer. Scheduling a Cryotherapy appointment with Recovery Lab might be the solution you need. Call us today to reserve a session with us.
