The range of conditions that are improved by a therapy course in the IceLAB
Cryo-Spa is nothing short of amazing. The other amazing feature is that there
are no drugs to take, as the whole process is physiological, releasing your own
natural hormones and chemicals which in turn provide a healing process from
within your own self.
One area where much research has been done is in the field of
Rheumatology, and that term covers inflammatory joint problems, osteoarthritis,
ankylosing spondylitis, tendon problems, fibromyalgia, polyarthritis, spinal
pains and muscular spasms.
Drs. Wichmann and Fricke in Europe published their scientific
paper on “Whole Body Cryotherapy at minus 110 degrees C in patients with
ankylosing spondylitis.” Their summation was, “Based on our investigation
results, whole-body cryotherapy has a particular therapeutic value within the
context of the combined treatments required for ankylosing spondylitis.”
Drs. Kargus, Blum, Tauber and Teuber investigated, “The
effects of whole body cryotherapy in inflammatory and non-inflammatory rheumatic
diseases.” The diseases suffered by the patient group with rheumatic arthritis
and fibromyalgia satisfied the diagnostic criteria of the American College of
Rheumatology. They reported, “an improvement in the pain scale of 24 percent.”
With rheumatoid arthritis they stated, “whole body cryotherapy in patients with
rheumatoid arthritis has shown that this form of therapy represents an effective
means of treatment, especially in acute stage symptoms or when the disease is
still at its onset.”
Of course, whole body cryotherapy in the IceLAB is also
beneficial for those without rheumatic diseases, but who are sportsmen and women
who are exposed to high muscular loads through concentric and eccentric power
exercises. The European sports Center has been using an IceLAB since 2004 to
prevent muscle soreness as it stops the accumulation of harmful metabolic
byproducts in the athletes.
The new IceLAB Cryo-Spa at the Bangkok Hospital Pattaya is
the first one in Asia, but is backed by the 20 years of research in Europe. To
see if the IceLAB is for you, call in and see the friendly staff who can advise
you further, or visit the hospital website www.bangkokpattayahospital.com or
ring 1719.
