Kryoterapia v športe | Zlepšenie športového výkonu a urýchlenie regenerácie

How cryotherapy
in sport works?

Step 1: Sportsman enters the cryosauna

After entering the cryosauna, a cold flow of nitrogen and air mixture activates thermoreceptors in the skin. These start to send electrical impulses to the brain. The CNS identifies a state of threat. This activates a complex adaptive reaction focused on defending the body to survive in an extremely cold environment.

Step 2: Vasoconstriction

The central nervous system sends signals to the muscles and vascular system, invoking contraction of muscles and narrowing of the blood vessels. This accelerates the flow of blood, nutrition and other resources from peripheral body parts to the body core.

Step 3: Detoxification and blood enrichment

In order to swiftly supply enough nutritional substances to core organs, the body starts hyperproduction to enrich blood with erythrocytes, oxygen, collagen and other essential substances. Metabolites and toxins are quickly degraded and eliminated.

Step 4: Vasodilatation

After leaving the cryosauna, thermoreceptors recognize the return to normal environment, which triggers vasodilatation and the return of enriched blood to peripheral body parts. Nutritional substances transferred by blood are absorbed by peripheral systems – muscles, tissues, joints and skin.

Local cryotherapy
for sportsmen

Quick and lasting help for sports injuries.

Health and full efficiency is the key to every athlete’s success. Today’s professional and also recreational sport can represent uncommon to extreme load to the human body. Small or more serious injuries can rarely be avoided. In case of more serious injuries of the musculoskeletal system, as well as microtrauma at higher load, local application of nitrogen stream as cold as -130 °C will eliminate pain and help with faster healing of tissues. In addition, nitrogen will help extending the range of motion and allow further recovery of the athlete. Reducing the pain also helps the patient to stay motivated in the recovery process and continue to exercise, which otherwise wouldn’t be possible due to pain.

Whole-body cryotherapy
for sportsmen

Whole body cryotherapy is currently the most efficient and most comprehensive method of recovery and stimulation of the locomotive apparatus. Thanks to its distinctive recovery effect it is used by athletes, gyms and sports clubs around the globe. Juventus Turin, Udinese Calcio, Inter Milan, San Francisco 49ers and other top notch sport establishments have included cryosauna and cryotherapy in their training processes. Cryosauna represent an ideal ergonomic and effective solution for sport clubs, gyms, physiotherapy and recovery clinics, as well as individual athletes.

Cryotherapy procedure
for sportsmen

Within a 2-3 minutes long procedure in a cryosauna, the human body is rapidly exposed to extremely low temperature of about -130°C. To support the effect of cryotherapy, we recommend additional 15-20 minutes of kinesiotherapy on a stationary bicycle, or similar aerobic exercise after the procedure.

In addition to the already described stimulation and recovery effect on muscles and the whole locomotive apparatus, increased production of beta-endorphins inducing a feeling of happiness and boost of activity. This feeling of motivation and positive encouragement, and also higher resistance to load thanks to the analgesic effect, will persist 3 – 5 hours after the procedure.

Sportsman reviews

“S kryoterapiou mám ako športovec dlhoročné pozitívne skúsenosti. Prvýkrát som ju vyskúšal v roku 2005 po viacerých svalových zraneniach, kedy mi pomohla v mojej rehabilitácii. Od roku 2012 absolvujem počas letnej prípravy 10 kryoterapeutických procedúr, ktoré mi urýchlením regenerácie a uvoľnením svalstva pomáhajú pri náročných tréningoch. Ďalšiu 10-krokovú kúru absolvujem pred začiatkom hlavnej sezóny, pred zimou, aby som si podporil imunitný systém a pomohol celkovej regenerácii svalov a šliach po tréningovom období.”

“In the club we’re trying to create the most professional environment and the recovery of our players is our priority. We only have positive experience with Cryotherapy, since we have been using services of another cryotherapy provider in the past years in Piestany. When it came to have a cryosauna right in the Diplomat arena, we didn’t hesitate and we are sure that this will have great benefits” said Bronislava Borovičková, the club’s CEO.
“From the physiotherapist‘s perspective, it‘s a great experience to work with a cryosauna directly in our premises where it is always available. The advantage is that we can better respond to situations when for example, increased fatigue occurs after a match or after a training cycle. I also feel great benefit in the cooperation between me and the main coach. We have clear rules on when whole body cryotherapy is applied, which further increases the overall effect of this therapy”, Michal Nagaj, Physiotherapist for Piešťanské Čajky.
“Many reactions in the body are triggered, which start recovery processes in the body immediately after the therapy. In the next few hours these processes will reduce total fatigue or help to heal, for example, muscle structures, thereby increasing prevention of injury. The players are therefore ready again for the full performance that is required in professional sports”, Michal Nagaj describes the effect of whole-body cryotherapy.

“Kryoterapiu využívam posledných 5 rokov ako neoddeliteľnú súčasť regenerácie medzi zápasmi 3-4 krát týždenne. Vďaka nej sa cítim menej unavený a viac motivovaný na tréning, cítim sa veľmi zdravo. Pomáha mi tiež vyhnúť sa problémom s únavou a ak sa mi stane drobné zranenie, okamžite využívam lokálnu kryoterapeutickú liečbu kryofénom”.

“Moje skúsenosti s kryoterapiou sú bohaté. Stala sa pravidelnou súčasťou mojej celoročnej prípravy. Počas roka absolvujem minimálne tri desať fázové procedúry, najčastejšie v októbri až marci a v júni. Slúži ako metóda regenerácie po náročnom tréningovom bloku. Nezaberie veľa času a nevyčerpáva tak ako terapia studenou vodou alebo ľadový kúpeľ. Okrem toho ma príjemný pocit vyvolaný endorfínmi motivuje k ďalšiemu tréningu a, samozrejme, urýchľuje regeneráciu a odstraňuje únavu. V prípade svalového zranenia používam lokálnu kryoterapiu. Vďaka nej som sa po zápale holennej šľachy mohol zúčastniť olympijských hier v Londýne!”