Webber's recovery
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"Webber's treatment sees him use cold chambers for three minutes at a time - something which he thinks helps his overall well-being too.
"I've been doing it for three weeks now," he explained. "You go from a normal, ambient room temperature into a chamber of -50°C for about 30 seconds and then for another three minutes into -130°C."
3 minutes at -130°C - Brrrr!!!!
How the hell does that aid recovery?
"Webber's treatment sees him use cold chambers for three minutes at a time - something which he thinks helps his overall well-being too.
"I've been doing it for three weeks now," he explained. "You go from a normal, ambient room temperature into a chamber of -50°C for about 30 seconds and then for another three minutes into -130°C."
3 minutes at -130°C - Brrrr!!!!
How the hell does that aid recovery?
wikipedia said:
Cryogenic chamber therapy is a treatment whereby the patient is placed in a cryogenic chamber for a short duration (i.e. no more than three minutes, which is comparable to ice swimming), and if used properly, will not destroy tissue. Whole body cryotherapy initially originated in Japan in 1978. However, it was a group of Polish scientists who took the idea and made whole body cryotherapy the physical therapy it is today. The Olympic rehabilitation centre in Spala, Poland opened in May 2000 and has been used as a training and injury rehabilitation centre for many sporting bodies.
The chamber is cooled, typically with liquid nitrogen, to a temperature of –110 C. The patient is protected from acute frostbite with socks, gloves and mouth and ear protection, but in addition to that, wears nothing but a bathing suit. The patient spends a few minutes in the chamber. During treatment the average skin temperature drops to 12 C, while the coldest skin temperature can be 5 C. The core body temperature remains unchanged during the treatment, however it may drop slightly afterwards. Therapy triggers the release of endorphines which induce analgesia (immediate pain relief).
Patients report that the experience is invigorating and improves a variety of conditions such as psychological stress, insomnia, rheumatism, muscle and joint pain, fibromyalgia, itching, and psoriasis. The immediate effect of skin cooling and analgesia lasts for 5 minutes, but the release of endorphines can have a lasting effect, where the pains and signs of inflammation as found in blood tests remain suppressed for weeks. The effects of extreme cold and endorphine release are scientifically studied. Curiously, some patients compare the feeling to sauna at +110 C.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryotherapy_(chamber_therapy)The chamber is cooled, typically with liquid nitrogen, to a temperature of –110 C. The patient is protected from acute frostbite with socks, gloves and mouth and ear protection, but in addition to that, wears nothing but a bathing suit. The patient spends a few minutes in the chamber. During treatment the average skin temperature drops to 12 C, while the coldest skin temperature can be 5 C. The core body temperature remains unchanged during the treatment, however it may drop slightly afterwards. Therapy triggers the release of endorphines which induce analgesia (immediate pain relief).
Patients report that the experience is invigorating and improves a variety of conditions such as psychological stress, insomnia, rheumatism, muscle and joint pain, fibromyalgia, itching, and psoriasis. The immediate effect of skin cooling and analgesia lasts for 5 minutes, but the release of endorphines can have a lasting effect, where the pains and signs of inflammation as found in blood tests remain suppressed for weeks. The effects of extreme cold and endorphine release are scientifically studied. Curiously, some patients compare the feeling to sauna at +110 C.
DangerousMike said:
on the other hand, i regularly spill liquid nitrogen on my hands/arms... doesn't hurt at all, and it is -180 ºC.
Your skin tends to create a warmer layer of gas around it.
Is it not that the liquid nitrogen numbs freezes the nerves so quickly the pain signals never reach the brain? That wouldn't happen with air at that temperature as it would cool much slower, but it's not really about the pain is it, its the damage that sort of temperature would do.Your skin tends to create a warmer layer of gas around it.
Thanks, having a s
t day, and thats just what I needed.
- brilliant.With an air gap its not exactly cold water immersion.
He'd get a decent endorphin release from eating a nice Chicken Tindaloo.
A bit hotter than the Vindaloo, I'd recommend it.
Tindaloo
Of course a 10th would mean the bottom would fall out of his world, however with hot therapy, the world would fall out of his bottom.
As you were.
He'd get a decent endorphin release from eating a nice Chicken Tindaloo.
A bit hotter than the Vindaloo, I'd recommend it.
Tindaloo
Of course a 10th would mean the bottom would fall out of his world, however with hot therapy, the world would fall out of his bottom.
As you were.
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