Local cryotherapy (chamber of active hyperemia)

Local cryotherapy (chamber of active hyperemia) – a method of treatment comprising exposure to a certain area of the body cold. The patient is free from clothing the impact zone. Nearby areas bundle up with a blanket. The time of exposure to dry cold on the treatment area, 2-6 min, the rate of 10-12 procedures. After the procedure the affected area is wrapped up in a blanket to feel for the heat in the tissues. The main therapeutic effect of local cryotherapy is to reduce swelling and pain in the patient through enhanced heat transfer.

Indications for use

• Rheumatology:
  inflammatory arthritis, acute attacks of rheumatoid arthritis spondylitis, bursitis, gout, and noninflammatory arthritis, acute peritendinitis shoulder joint, myalgia, acute epicondylitis, sciatica, dorsalgia, sacralgia, acute lumbago, acute cervical syndrome.
• Surgery:
  oral and maxillofacial surgery, prevention of cases of the formation of swelling at the site of fresh fractures, post-operative rehabilitation.
• Orthopedics, traumatology:
  recovery, sprains, contusions, bruises, muscle strain, sprains, all injuries of the joints and ligaments, atrophy Sudeck (acute bone atrophy), lymphedema after mastectomy, prevention of symptoms of irritation, acute inflammation.
• Sports medicine:
  fresh sports injuries, soft tissue injuries,injuries to the ligaments and articular apparatus (in particular, muscle contusions, traumatic bursitis, shoulder epicondilite, dynamic injuries of the cervical spine).

Contraindications

Therapy is contraindicated in peripheral vascular disease in which disrupted blood circulation (endarteritis, obliterating atherosclerosis of peripheral vessels, Raynaud's disease); thrombophlebitis; systemic blood diseases; intolerance to cold. Also contraindicated in children up to five years.