Whole-body cryotherapy (WBC) has shown to be beneficial in the treatment of fibromyalgia (FM). There is cumulative evidence that cytokines play a crucial role in FM.

Fibromyalgia, also called fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS), is a long-term condition that causes pain all over the body. Anyone can develop fibromyalgia, although it affects around 7 times as many women as men.

The condition typically develops between the ages of 30 and 50, but can occur in people of any age, including children and the elderly. In the UK it's not clear exactly how many people are affected by fibromyalgia, although research has suggested it could be a relatively common condition.

Common symptoms of this auto immune disease are widespread pain, fatigue, depression, and headaches. Currently there is no cure for fibromyalgia but treatment with Whole Body Cryotherapy (WBC) may help reduce inflammation and pain dramatically! People with fibromyalgia have experienced relief from pain associated with the disease with cryotherapy treatments. The exposure to subzero temperatures is a revolutionary technology that you may find to be the best pain therapy relief method for your symptoms.

Fibromyalgia is a syndrome/disease with multiple signs and symptoms of pain. Fibromyalgia causes, in some cases, extreme soft tissue and muscle tenderness resulting in uncomfortable pain at times due to simple contact such as hugging or gentle touching. These areas of your body become more tender over the years leaving you with a feeling of hopelessness.

For sufferers of fibromyalgia, crippling pain and overwhelming fatigue are a daily reality. The incurable disease causes chronic muscle pain and tightness, severe fatigue and decreased energy, insomnia, memory difficulties, migraines, reduced tolerance to exercise and many more debilitating symptoms.

We know symptoms can get worse in certain conditions, as well as with fatigue, hormonal changes and stress, however very little is known about how fibromyalgia arises. The therapy for the condition is mostly undertaken by the patient, with aerobic and resistance exercise training recommended by the NHS. Relaxation techniques and better sleep techniques are also recommended, as well as the prescription of pharmaceuticals.

Studies however, have shown that regular whole body cryotherapy can significantly improve the symptoms of fibromyalgia, especially when combined with the above therapies. Whole body cryotherapy has been successfully applied in the treatment of the condition for some time now, and has been shown to have a positive effect on the following symptoms of fibromyalgia:

• Pain and pain memory

• Disrupted muscle relaxation and increased tendency for muscular fatigue

• Restrictions in the mobility of joints as a result of muscle fatigue

• Sleep disorders

• Depressive moods

• Orthostatic regulatory disruption

• Organic causes with secondary fibromyalgia (when fibromyalgia occurs as a result of another disease), also spinal diseases, inflammatory-rheumatic diseases and psoriasis.

Studies have shown that after 20- 30 cold therapy treatments, clear and continued improvements are observed with the above symptoms. Combined with activating treatments such as mobilisation and flexibility exercises, performed one to three hours after cryotherapy, the therapeutic benefits can last even longer.

Whole body cryotherapy is designed to trigger thermal stress that will promote blood vessel constriction and slow nerve signals, which results in pain relief. Such an effect can also act positively on sleep disorders and depressive symptoms that can occur with fibromyalgia, resulting in more restful sleep after just a few cryotherapy sessions.

It is safe to say that the combination of improved mental and physical dimensions in a patient’s life as a result of Cryotherapy can improve the wellbeing of a fibromyalgia sufferer, and here at LondonCryo we have regular client’s who agree.

Our Cryotherapy service as well as infrared saunas and lymphatic drainage, red light photobiomodulation therapy, compression therapy, Cryofacials, slimming, toning and double chin services, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy and IV drips are all available to book in our locations – LondonCryo City (located in Liverpool Street) and LondonCryo Belgravia (situated near the suburbs of Chelsea) and St Johns Wood High Street, St Johns Wood.

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