Hi all, I'm not familiar with cryotherapy but I know it involves having your body in freezing temperatures with the goal of reducing inflammation. I just ran a google search on cryotherapy and tinnitus and came across this pub med: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18552023 Anybody have any thoughts on this?
No! And they probably never will. The problem is that when you freeze something you effectively kill it. Even when you freeze bacteria you kill about 99% of all the bacteria in your container. However since bacteria is a one cell organism that 1 % is enough to start a new colony once thawn up. If you freeze a human and kill 99% of ones cells the outcome upon unfreezing is not as good, if you know what I mean.
Guys seriously? That was a joke. The should give away the irony I meant cryo-pods like in movie Aliens or Interstellar.. You would wake up years or decades after and everyone you know got old or is dead...well.
Yeah. But I don't think we are ever going to be able to do it with humans. At least not as we are today. If we were to genetically alter the human population, then maybe. There are arctic species of fish that can survive being frozen, meaning temperatures below zero C as sea water doesn't freeze at zero C because of the salt, however they do not survive deep freezing. So if we introduced some of their genes in humans then maybe. But if we start altering humans genetically then we might as well ad the ability to regenerate inner ear hair-cells I got the irony in your post but @Atlantis seemed to ask a serious question.
Well, if you want to try it, it's gone fairly main-stream. They have it in a lot of spas in the city, celebs are doing it. I don't think I'd make it thought, -110c for 3 minutes? My hands get cold holding icecream. Might be cheaper than other efforts we all put in for relief, though, and it is supposed to help with tissue repair, provided you avoid mild frostbite. I find it hard to believe standing in an ice box for three minutes would change my noise-induced T much, but who knows. Who wants to give it a go haha? http://www.kryolifehealth.com/
I think we can put this on the list of things which clearly do something to the body, which is not amazingly well understood. Replicating the protocol in the study would cost me a grand total of $290. Hilariously enough, there's a Groupon for this. I'd probably rather buy a couple Tarmogoyfs with that money, but I may take a shot at this sometime.
I've done cryotherapy(full body) a few times at this place http://www.cryohealthcare.com/ I didn't notice any changes in my T, although each time I walked out of there with a lot of energy and it did seem to help with recovery from workouts, sore muscles, etc. I'll pay more attention to my T levels next time I visit. Still have a couple treatments left I've already paid for.
Keep us updated, I only thought of it as a possibility if the tinnitus is inflammation related, but of course who really knows!
the manufacture of the ice chambers... claims it may improve! has anyone ever gave it a try? in my country only soccer clubs have it. http://wholebody-cryotherapy.com/en/indications-for-wbc/further-indications.html
Is in that link same study from the first post? As I see it is, that is study from 2007 (from the first post in this thread) but on the http://wholebody-cryotherapy.com/en/indications-for-wbc/further-indications.html they are not ethical, they did not refer right informations, about 16 ot 80 patient that had slightly INCREASE of t. ?! From the study: The results indicates complete elimination of tinnitus in 4 patients, decrease in their intensity in 47 patients, maintenance of the ailment on the same level in 13 people and slightly increase of tinnitus in 16 patients.
Does anyone know if Cryotherapy works for Neuropathy? If so certain cases of Tinnitus are Neuropathy based. Just a thought.
I hope to be posting this topic under success stories. I completed five cryotherapy sessions last week. I'm getting improvements in tinnitus immediately. But because I'm dealing with the worst spike of my life, I'm not back to normal. If you are desperate like me, cryotherapy is worth trying. Make sure it's a full-body chamber as the one where your head is exposed did nothing for me. I go for 3 minutes and find moving is helpful. Not everyone will have access to cryo but it's become more popular. I'll not stopping at five so I'll be updating soon. PS. Only one study done for tinnitus but the results are mostly good. See above.
Hi, Where do you do this? How is the chamber cooled? And to what temperature? What’s inside the chamber? Do you go naked or in a bathing shorts? How long will the owners, or people who run the chamber let you stay in? Lots of questions... sorry... I am a freak for herbal stem baths and cold pools...
I'm not sure where you live but Cryotherapy seems to be popping up on every street corner in LA. I go here: https://www.next-health.com/cryotherapy.html The chamber is cooled to -150. It's non-nitrogen so you can breathe. I wear shorts and no shirt. They give you socks, mittens, sandals, face mask, and earmuffs. Max time is 3 minutes 30 seconds. I'll be starting a new thread in the Alternative Treatments section soon.
I live in Laos, things are fairly primitive here in terms of technology. Thanks for all the info... that looks crazy and surely super invigorating. That’s cold... I look forward to your posts, thanks for the info.
Since T is placed somewhere in the brain, then I guess you have to cryogen the full body, head included. Did anybody came out alive of this experiment ?
