Colder than a North Dakota Blizzard

[Unclad Lad]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/45...yotherapy.html

During the so-called Big Freeze that paralysed parts of the country last week, night-time lows reached -9C. Pah! I’m about to experience temperatures more than 100C lower than that – and while wearing little more than a swimsuit.

The reason? Because chilling out in an oversized deep-freeze – or cryotherapy as it is known to spa-goers – is an extreme pick-me-up. More than that, it is said to work wonders for the skin, can boost your immune response, ease chronic pain, heal nerve damage, and even improve sporting performance.

Whoever thought that walking half-naked into a sealed, icy chamber with a pair of knee-high socks, gloves and ski mask could be good for you? The Japanese, as it happens, who came up with the idea of “whole-body cryotherapy” in the 1970s. But it was Polish scientists who embraced it as a way to relieve chronic pain, helping to popularise it in sanatoriums across eastern Europe.

Whole-body cryotherapy is currently only available in one UK resort – Champney’s in Tring – but devotees say that the massive hormone rush from the freezing temperatures can benefit anyone suffering from stress, burn-out, insomnia or depression. It’s good for skin conditions like psoriasis. It is also an effective analgesia; your body is so busy focusing on the cold, it forgets everything else.

As well as easing the effects of arthritis, rheumatism and multiple sclerosis, it has been shown to boost sporting performance; the Olympic rehabilitation centre in Spala, Poland, has a cryotherapy chamber used by sports teams from around the world. Many athletes record a remarkable 10 per cent improvement in performance after a dip in the deep freeze. Jockey Tony McCoy used it a couple of years ago to recover from serious back injury in time for Cheltenham, and the Irish rugby team have been enduring cryotherapy sessions for almost a decade, believing it to limit muscle damage and as an aid to recovery.

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The first two chambers – the first set at -10C, the second at -60C – serve merely to acclimatise you for the main event. My first feeling when I get inside the chamber chilled to -110C is relief. It’s deeply freezing – my arms sting instantaneously – but somehow it’s bearable. It’s unlike any cold I’ve ever experienced. It feels nothing like weather. There’s no wind, no moisture. It’s easier to bear than a cold shower.

All the while, Dr Kettenhuber is watching me through the windows and in close-up on a monitor. He counts me down and speaks encouraging words through a speaker while Michael Jackson sings through another. I’m aware that I’m acting like a headless chicken, jigging and jogging in circles, then changing direction (you have to keep moving or — you’ve guessed it — you’ll freeze to the spot).

It sounds crazy, but I went and did this yesterday! -200 degrees F didn't feel all that cold to me, not in the first 2 minutes. But when the attendant announced 2:30, the cold hit my shins and back like a hammer blow, and I had to get out. I should have stayed in, because I hadn't started to shiver yet, so I didn't get much of the endorphin rush. I do have a bit less of my usual aches and pains today. I'm going to shoot for 4 minutes (the max they allow) next time.

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It sounds crazy, but I went and did this yesterday! -200 degrees F didn't feel all that cold to me, not in the first 2 minutes. But when the attendant announced 2:30, the cold hit my shins and back like a hammer blow, and I had to get out. I should have stayed in, because I hadn't started to shiver yet, so I didn't get much of the endorphin rush. I do have a bit less of my usual aches and pains today. I'm going to shoot for 4 minutes (the max they allow) next time.

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