How Whole-Body Cryotherapy Can Help Your Back Pain

Back pain is a problem that plagues nearly 65 million Americans, according to the Health Policy Institute at Georgetown University. A problem that Atlantic Coast Chiropractic in Wilmington has a solution to for many Americans. You may have heard of it and wondered if it really works or how effective it might be for treating your own back pain. Let’s start with the basics.

What is Whole Body Cryotherapy?

Cryotherapy has been used on smaller scales for decades. It is, essentially, the use of cold to treat pain. From frozen vegetables and ice packs used to address the pain and swelling of a black eye, cold wraps used on ankles to treat strains and sprains athletes soaking in tubs of ice water recovering from injuries received during a game, cryotherapy has been used, with great success for a long time.

Whole-body cryotherapy targets much larger areas but delivers effective results when used responsibly. The muscle and joint pain relief offered by whole body cryotherapy can be instrumental in helping people with back pain recover. Cryotherapy works by placing your entire body in the freezing cold tank for three to five minutes.

What sets cryotherapy apart from other types of pain management treatments is that it addresses spinal pain as well as muscular pain, making it a modern-day marvel for people who have been living with chronic back pain as well as those who experience occasional back pain alike.

Back pain isn’t the only condition cryotherapy is known to treat. Other conditions this type of therapy is recommended for include:

• Inflammation.
• Exercise recovery.
• Mood management.
• Weight loss.

This treatment requires specialized equipment and a trained professional to administer properly. However, those who invest in it, often rave about it. You could find a new treatment obsession.

Learn more about the benefits cryotherapy has to offer you for managing back pain and more. Contact Atlantic Coast Chiropractic in Wilmington today. The only thing you have to lose is your back pain.