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CONTRAST THERAPHY

It is a heat treatment modality used in sports medicine, athletic training, and rehabilitation settings. The proposed physiological effects of CB include increasing blood flow and tissue oxygenation and decreasing tissue swelling and edema to promote better healing, better limb function, and faster recovery.

HOW DOES IT WORK?

Ice baths combined with sauna, massage and stretching are familiar tools for rehabilitation. You may have iced an injury in the past or used a heating pad for your lower back, or you may have done a stretching routine after a gym session, or scheduled a massages after your workout, but...

 

Have you ever quickly switched between heat and ice several times in a row for 30 minutes or so and then finished with a massage and stretching session?
 

Contrast therapy is a popular rehabilitation and recovery technique that has its roots in ancient naturopathic medicine. Today, contrast therapy is most frequently used by athletes and exercise enthusiasts looking for quick recovery from training or relief from pain in their muscles or an injury that affects them, but this therapy is being used by more people every day. Anyone experiencing muscle discomfort and wanting a faster recovery can use this therapy as an option.


You don't have to be an athlete to enjoy the benefits that contrast therapy can provide - it can be an effective practice for anyone with chronic aches and pains.

BENEFITS

  • Improves circulation.

  • Reduces swelling.

  • Reduces discomfort and inflammation.

  • Faster muscle recovery

  • Relieves muscle tension.

  • Greater range of motion.

  • Reduces muscle pain.

  • Improves weak muscles

  • Reduces fatigue

  • Greater energy and alertness.

  • elevated mood

  • Reduces joint stiffness

Sauna Session

Heat Therapy

This therapy has an approach to treating a variety of musculoskeletal injuries. What we are looking for with heat is for it to penetrate the skin, reach the underlying tissues and open the blood vessels to relax the muscles and make the connective tissues gain greater flexibility. Additionally, some arthritis pain from joint stiffness may benefit from heat as blood flow increases.

Immediate effects include  reduction in stiffness, pain and muscle spasms. It is a fantastic treatment for anyone suffering from arthritis, strains, sprains or muscle spasms.

Heat therapy is known to speed recovery and healing, and some doctors recommend it to their patients suffering from injuries, chronic pain, rheumatism, and arthritis. Some studies suggest that heat therapy may also be an effective remedy in the treatment of mild depression, loss of appetite, and anorexia.

Ice Bath (Cold Therapy)

Heat therapyWim Hof is one of the greatest exponents of this method. In recent years, cold body therapy has gained widespread popularity as it is linked to numerous health benefits.

This is one of the most common ways to treat acute injuries.
(recent injuries). Some people, including professional athletes, bodybuilders, and celebrities, even swear by full-body cryotherapy. Cryotherapy causes blood vessels to narrow (a process called vasoconstriction), which reduces blood flow to the injury site. It is extremely effective in reducing swelling and inflammation.

This part of our therapy is performed inside our bathtub for a short period of time, while extremely cold air circulates throughout the body. You will alternate short periods of time in the bathtub and sauna for approximately 30 minutes.

Ice Bath Session

Massage and stretching

Massage Session

The objective of stretching combined with a massage session is to improve blood flow by getting blood to all the muscles, thus reducing inflammation or pain, in addition to its multiple benefits.

This stretching massage technique consists of applying the massage to the muscle tissue while the muscle in question is “stretched”, we use techniques such as friction, kneading, to act on the muscle that is rigid and thus achieve relief. the tension and then finish with a slightly deeper massage when the muscle is less tense.

The benefits of combining massage and stretching include an improvement in the effects of the massage itself since the muscle is doubly relaxed, there is greater relaxation and it also regenerates before the tissue that is healing in case of injury.

CONTRAINDICATIONS

Sometimes taking this type of therapy has some contraindications and could be risky, especially if you have certain health conditions. So first of all read below the contraindications of taking this therapy and if you are not sure if you suffer from any of these problems you can consult your doctor to make sure everything is fine.


Since this therapy includes 3 stages which are heat therapy, cold therapy and a massage session with stretching, it will be considered risky to perform it regardless of the symptoms you feel if any of these 3 stages affect your health.

If you have these symptoms, avoid doing this therapy

  • High or low blood pressure or heart disease

  • Circulatory problems such as peripheral arterial disease

  • Conditions that increase your sensitivity to cold.

  • Acute varicose veins.

  • Arterial hypertension.

  • Tumors.

  • Acute inflammatory diseases.

  • Fever.

  • 3 First months of pregnancy

  • Infectious skin diseases or open wound

  • Metabolic diseases (such as gout).

  • Fibrosis and degenerative muscle diseases.

  • Acute rheumatic diseases.

  • Infectious or tumor diseases.

  • Kidney problems in the acute phase, kidney stones, gallstones.

  • Rupture or tears of muscles, sheaths, tendons, ligaments.

  • Recent trauma and surgical treatments.

  • Diseases of the nervous system: lesions of the pyramidal tracts and nerve compression.

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