Re: Cryogenic Chamber Therapy
We are still here, and going on our 18th session.
An update about this old lady with fibromyalgia whom Psyche mentioned: We met her again today, and after out talk, she and her husband started doing research, and have stopped all dairy and gluten since. She's already seeing the benefits! She really wants to try going Paleo. So, that's good! The cryo seems to be helping her too. :D It's at this kind of places where you find people who are so desperate, and SO fed up with the official treatments, that they are actually receptive and eager to do research, change, and heal. It's really sad that one has to get so bad before trying, but I can't really blame them. They have literally tried everything, but always based on French research, which is terribly backwards, and they are on their own. I promised I'd send them a lot of links, and we'll hopefully keep in touch, and see how it goes. That poor lady is suffering so much! 10 years of eating "healthy", doing food combining, and it's been 10 years that she has suffered from fibromyalgia (they never made the connection, because doctors told her it was fine!). And doctors just ignore her. You've got to be brave (or desperate) to try cryotherapy at 70 y.o.!
Anyway, as to us, I can say that doing more than 10 sessions made a bigger difference, in our skin, our mood, our blood circulation, bone aches, and our energy levels in general, although it's still pretty tiresome. The effects are not what you'd call "miraculous", but they are there.
It's interesting to see how some people adapt to cold much faster than others. Atreides and his sisters don't even feel cold in the chamber anymore, while I'm freezing from the start to the end! Their legs are about 10-15 degrees Celsius when they get out. Mine have started to adapt much better, and now it shifts from 5 to 11. No negative temperatures anymore!
I had some more burns, and had to wear thin stockings and socks. That did it, and I haven't had any problems since. All the others are wearing socks now as well.
Atreides is feeling much less tired, and his problems seem to be receding a bit. His skin looks better too. We'll see! In any case, there are no negative effects at all!
My vasculitis looks the same, but only when I'm not in there. While I'm cold, all the visible signs disappear. And later, I feel the blood really pumping. So it must be doing something!
We got a good discount, luckily, like Psyche explained. The place is close to the sea, so we have been doubly brave and went swimming twice! The water is about 10-12 degrees. Again, for them, it's all fine after 5 minutes, but I shiver for an hour before managing to get warm. It gets better every day, though! Compared to the cryo, it's a really different experience. In the chamber, the shock is bigger, but one recovers faster. The pores close up. Under water, your pores remain open (supposedly), and the shock is not as strong, but longer lasting. We'll keep experimenting. And yes, you definitely need something watching you while you do the cold water bath... even in the sea, moving an swimming, my feet go SO cold that I couldn't move my toes for about 10 minutes after I got out. Not kidding!
Concerning tiredness, I think that perhaps some comes from detox, but mainly from the shock your body receives. For a while (the shivering part), it seems like the body has a strong sympathetic reaction, relaxing only after the temperature has gone back to normal.
Oh, and supposedly, one burns approximately 1500 calories in 3 minutes of cryo. No wonder we are all starving each time we get out! ;)
So, that's the gist of it! Cold is gooood! :D
