Tuesday, 29 November 2016

Cryotherapy and Conditions Which Require it

Cryotherapy is a pain treatment which makes use of localized and general use of lowered temperatures I order to deaden an irritated nerve. This therapy is used mostly in case of the treatment for variety of malignant and benign tissue damage which are medically termed as lesions. Also, cryotherapy is used as a method of treating localized areas of some cancers such as prostate cancer and to treat abnormal skin cells by dermatologists. The word ‘cryotherapy’ comes from the Greek word ‘Cryo’ which means cold and therapy meaning cure, and it has been used ever since the seventeenth century. The primary motive of cryotherapy is to reduce the cell’s growth and reproduction, improve cellular survival, reduce inflammation, ease out the pain and spasm, and persuade the constriction of blood vessels (also known as vasoconstriction). Also, at the time of extreme temperatures, kill cells by crystallizing the cytosol which is the fluid inside the cells and the method is also termed as intracellular fluid (ICF). The most vital use of the term refers to surgical treatment, particularly called cryosurgery and ice pack therapy.

Conditions that need cryotherapy

Cryotherapy is used to cure and treat conditions which involve irritation and soreness of an isolated nerve. Ordinarily, the conditions would refer to benign nerve growths a.k.a. neuromas and pinched nerves (nerve entrapments). However, certain particular conditions would include cluneal nerve entrapment, nerve irritation between the ribs (intercostal neuralgia), hypogastric neuromas, interdigital neuromas, ilioinguinal neuroma, and lateral femoral cutaneous nerve entrapment. In simple terms, many forms of nerve entrapment can be treated with cryotherapy.


Cryotherapy reduces nerve irritation, however many a time cryotherapy leaves abnormal sensations, such as redness, irritation of the skin and numbness and tingly feeling; although, these effects are temporary. The cryotherapy unite sales market states that minimally invasive procedures and the upsurge occurrence of skin, prostate and cervical cancer and other are cumulatively making this therapy gain more popularity. 

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