Hot/Cold Therapy In Reno NV

Active Life Integrated Health offers cryotherapy and thermotherapy in Reno NV to help bring you relief.

Cryotherapy/Cold Therapy In Reno NV

Cold therapy stimulates vasoconstriction, which is the narrowing of blood vessels to slow down blood circulation in an area. When you tear a muscle the body knows to send blood to the area to try to heal itself. When there is too much blood sent to the tear it can create a bigger tear. So cold therapy is used to slow down or control the blood being sent to the affected area. Some advantages of this are:

• Reduces pain and swelling after an injury.
• It is the preferred therapy for spinal pain within the first 72 hours.
• Cold reduces the flow of fluid into tissues and slows the chemicals that inflame and cause pain.
• Cold decreases swelling and bleeding and nerve ending conduction of pain impulses.
• Deep tissue cooling with ice diminishes muscle spasm by lessening muscle contraction.

Thermotherapy/Hot Therapy

Heat therapy fosters vasodilation, the enlarging of blood vessels to bring more blood to an area. When the affected area has had time to heal then you want to bring blood back to promote the healing process.

• Heat is typically sedating due to its nature to decrease the transmission of pain signals and calm tense muscles.
• Heat enlarges blood vessels around a painful area, adding oxygen and nutrient flow to the muscles which aids in healing damaged tissue.
• Heat also reduces stiffness and increases flexibility which is most important in a healthy back to help you regain your quality of life.

Combining cryotherapy and thermotherapy

Combining cryotherapy and thermotherapy is often preferred. This generates stimulation of blood flow by drawing blood into a swollen and painful area with heat and pushing out the blood with an ice pack application.

Cryotherapy/Thermotherapy/Electrotherapy

Combined often this hot/cold/hot therapy is applied along with electrical stimulation which is extremely effective for your pain alleviation. This generates stimulation of blood flow by drawing blood into a swollen and painful area with heat and driving out the blood with ice pack application and nerve pain sedation with electrotherapy.