Treatment by Cold

 

From saunas to steam rooms to hot stone massages, spas have traditionally turned up the heat. But while heat promotes relaxation and detoxification, the benefits of icy therapies – including better circulation and reduced inflammation of muscles and joints – are finally getting their due.

 

Infrared saunas, which direct radiant heat into the body without heating the air, are becoming more widespread, and more extreme cold and hot-cold-contrast treatments are on the rise. Many salons in the world now offer ice rubdowns after saunas, and spa-goers can experience falling snow in their 'ice rooms'. For hardcore ice devotees, there’s cryotherapy, where a person spends two to three minutes in a chamber cooled to a mind-numbing -120°C (-184°F).

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