Cryotherapy: Natural Tips for Sore Muscles

As early as 2500 B.C.E cryotherapy, or ‘ice-healing’, has been used to relieve sore joint and muscle pain by some of the earliest civilizations such as the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Phoenicians. The practice of cryotherapy has remained in tradition to this day and is commonly used amongst holistic medical professionals and individuals in alternative medical fields. Cryotherapy techniques provide four primary benefits for the body; pain relief, anti-inflammation, muscle relaxation, and vasomotion. Vasomotion, or vasomotor, refers to blood flow within a blood vessel. Upon injury blood vessels may experience restriction of blood flow, which means ice will be needed …read more