News Articles about Cryotherapy Read Article Ready to take a polar plunge? Cryotherapy offers relief with below-freezing temperatures It may look like a steam bath, but the temperature in one chamber dips to negative 100 degrees Celsius. “We hear it a lot, how do I survive, I’ll be dead,” said Brandon Yu, President of Thrive CryoStudio outside Washington, D.C. The facility offers whole-body cryotherapy. Read Article How going in a -130 degree chamber could help your body To most people being in a -130 degree chamber like structure for three minutes doesn’t sound so appealing, but if you have some muscle aches and pains, inflammation in your body or even some extra pounds you want to shed, maybe you should think again. Read Article Is Cryotherapy Treatment the Noninvasive Answer to Your Pain? While cryotherapy isn’t yet FDA-approved, there are plenty of success stories to push it along. Brandon Yu, owner of Thrive CryoStudio in Maryland, says one of his favorite stories is a father-daughter case. The daughter was struggling to lose her last 15 pounds of baby weight after giving birth. When diet and exercise weren’t helping, she turned to cryotherapy after a friend recommended it. The results: The weight came off, she started sleeping better and she had more energy during the day. Read Article Freeze away ailments? Cryotherapy heats up in DC area The lowest temperature ever recorded on the planet was in 1983 at the Soviet Vostok Station in Antarctica: It was −128.6 degrees Fahrenheit. But these days, more Americans are getting a taste of this incomprehensibly cold climate — if only for three minutes at a time. At Thrive CryoStudio in Rockville, Maryland, owner Brandon Yu presses a button on the side of a 6-foot tall cylindrical chamber. A tank of liquid nitrogen fires up, and a gas-like substance begins circling throughout the enclosure. Read Article Whole body cryotherapy, a cool treatment that swears to alleviate pain and help with weight loss Freeze away your aches and pains with the latest therapeutic treatment that celebrities and athletes swear by. Whole body cryotherapy is said to soothe aching muscles and shed pounds. Envision stepping into a cylindrical upright tanning bed, but instead of feeling heat you experience bone-chilling temperatures that reach negative 240 degrees. It’s like a trendy ice bath– sans ice and bath! Read Article GoodChill Awards Thrive CryoStudio, with “Best Chill Spot Award” for Best Cryotherapy Location in the U.S.A. For people seeking optimal healing benefits for their sports injuries, recovery needs and other inflammatory issues, whole body cryotherapy has grown to become a very popular therapy for people looking for alternative pain relief. Read Article A cold shoulder from the FDA doesn’t stop Montgomery County man from opening Cryotherapy studio Yu says Cryotherapy helped with his tendonitis, and that’s what motivated him to open Thrive CryoStudio in Rockville just last week. “After I got out I felt great, I was energized, my pain was alleviated; although temporary because it’s not a quick fix,” added Yu. Read Article Local Entrepreneur Launches Rockville Cryotherapy Studio Cryotherapy, a treatment that involves standing in a freezing nitrogen-filled tank for up to three minutes, was once the province of professional athletes and Hollywood celebrities who swore by its ability to make their bodies feel rejuvenated. As more cryotherapy treatment centers have opened for the general public across the country, local entrepreneur Brandon Yu said he experienced those benefits firsthand and then realized the potential business opportunity in opening his own cryotherapy studio. Read Article Veronica steps into a cryotherapy chamber at -200 degrees WASHINGTON (ABC7) — Veronica Johnson experienced the extreme freeze at Thrive Cryostudio in Rockville, Maryland, for a whole-body cryotherapy session. It is described as a “holistic wellness solution that enables the human body to recover and rejuvenate itself naturally.” The body is exposed to extremely low temperatures in order to trigger self-protection, self-recovery and self-rejuvenation mechanisms. Featured Cryotherapy Videos I’m sorry; your browser doesn’t support HTML5 video in WebM with VP8 or MP4 with H.264. Video 1: Maryland Public Television: Business Video 2: Your4state.com Video 3: Fox 5 News Video 4: TOP Doctors Award: Top Cryotherapy Studio in MD Video 5: WJLA Good Morning Washington Video 6: WUSA9 Great Day Washington Video 7: WUSA9 Great Day Washington Video 8: WUSA9 Great Day Washington