Author: Meagan Darnall

In our May blog, we discussed differences between the two types of Cryo; whole body walk-in refrigeration (only offered by US Cryotherapy), and partial body (liquid nitrogen saunas) offered in many places around the country.  It’s time to educate on the differences!  Here are the two most common questions we get daily:

1) The Sauna’s are promoted (between -220F to -300F+) That has to be more effective because they are colder than US Cryotherapy walk-in rooms of -150F to -190F, right?  

2) There are so many sauna centers around the country – this must be the most effective, right?  

Our responses:   

1) Temperatures promoted by Cryo sauna operators are “marketing” and misleading.  The saunas use gasiform cooling blowing from the bottom up – which disperses quickly and must be ventilated mid-torso to avoid inhalation.  Actual temperatures inside these tanks (as concluded in a study released in 2017 in the Journal of Thermal Biology by Romain Bouzigon): The authors reported temperatures of approximately −13 °F with a participant inside the cabin and −58 °F in the center of the cabin without a participant inside. These indicate a difference in the temperature of treatment exposure produced by the PBC device (listed from −220 °F to −319 °F) and the actual treatment temperature.  -13F treatment exposure – REALLY? The temperatures cited is of nitrogen at its release point, not that of the treatment temperature. Consumers should demand skin temperature measurements after treatment in the shoulder/triceps for skin temperature reduction validation!   A US Cryotherapy whole body walk-in system is (head to toe), always cold – not cooled from the bottom up during treatment — and is a constant temperature measurement, and we always measure near the Core.  So, I guess that ends that debate – maybe colder is better!

2) There are likely many sauna centers around the country because the equipment is a cheap knock-off version of the systems whole body cryotherapy should be done in.  Many people want to open businesses because they see an emerging trend; it doesn’t make them experts – there are many sub-par clinically equipped operators creating novelty experiences, unfortunately with mounting reports of injuries and claims against these nitrogen systems particularly with forced air burns. US Cryotherapy has grown slowly and organically the right way, with the most advanced services model, customer management and tracking systems, safety and employee training in physiology and customer service. Compare the models yourself – I’m 100% confident you will know the difference after doing so.

In any new alternative healthcare modality skeptics fall back on clinical evidence, or lack of, for not supporting legitimate outcomes.  Our US Cryotherapy team has decades of experience in healthcare, from traditional to alternative.

We understand clinical outcomes and believe in science and its ability to prove truth. Likewise, we understand the value and need for innovation through technology. Why? Because we consistently see the outcomes of science and technology daily through the clients we serve. 

It’s impossible to deny real-life results we’ve seen in close to 1 million treatments one the last seven years.  No other cryotherapy treatment provider matches US Cryotherapy’s commitment to safety, affordability or effectiveness for empowered wellness.

From athletes to chronic pain sufferers to pre- and post-surgery patients, our results prove that electric cold air whole-body cryotherapy is the missing link in fast, effective recovery and healing. Below are just a few of the empowering results we’ve been able to offer our clients. 

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There has been steady growth of Cryotherapy awareness (Alternative Healthcare) since we (US Cryotherapy) started the industry in 2011 in Roseville, CA. Today, there are Cryo centers in most major cities. Consumers however have not been educated on the two different types of cryo to fully understand the differences. There are US Cryotherapy Centers (22 nationwide by August of 2017) which are complete wellness and recovery centers with whole body walk-in chambers – exposure to the entire body in fresh-air systems using refrigeration technology, and there are many independent Liquid Nitrogen Sauna locations in small boutique spaces. Why expose your body to hazardous gas and trust the misconceptions of higher (or colder) nitrogen temperatures? Why pay outrageous prices for individual partial body treatments? Experience the safest, most clinically substantiated, green, affordable therapy in a wellness center with a proven and trusted service model, available nationwide. Oxygen is good… Nitrogen bad. US Cryotherapy offers localized spot treatments, Hyrdromassage, facial rejuvenation, Normatec compression and other recovery treatments all packaged into a price affording our customers routine visits for Lifestyle changes as opposed to occasionally as a novelty experience. You don’t expect results from the gym twice a month right? We’ve administered over 650,000 treatments (13,000 monthly nationwide) without an adverse incident. More to come on the clinical differences between US Cryotherapy’s whole body (WBC) vs. nitrogen partial body (PBC)……