The reason for cryotherapy weightloss: during the cryotherapy session, your body can burn hundreds of calories in a matter of minutes, boosting your metabolism to increase your body temperature. Following the session, your boosted metabolism will keep working for you, helping you burn calories faster and lose weight more effectively.

Our Cryotherapy Chamber headquarters is in Rochester, NY at 1671 Penfield Road Ste 6

Whole Body Cryotherapy involves exposing the entire body to cold DRY air for about 3 minutes. This type of cooling occurs in a cryotherapy chamber that you stand in, enclosed from the neck down. Studies have shown it to be effective in reducing symptoms of chronic inflammatory conditions like rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis. It is also a popular treatment for anyone looking to reduce general soreness, boost calories burned and among athletes looking to improve post-exercise recovery and pre activity performance!

The Power of Alternating Hot and Cold Therapies

In response to cold, your body moves into a protective mode, constricting blood vessels to conserve heat, known as vasoconstriction. This process pushes nutrient-rich blood to the body’s core. Upon returning to normal or warmer temperatures, vasodilation occurs, where blood vessels expand, circulating the nutrient-dense blood throughout the body, including the skin and muscles. This cycle can help flush out toxins, reduce inflammation, and improve circulation.

On the other end of the temperature scale, with exposure to extreme heat, detoxification through sweating, improved circulation, relaxation, and stress reduction occurs, along with increaseed collagen production for healthier skin, enhanced heart function, and weight loss by increasing cardiac output and boosting your metabolic rate.

Integrating cryotherapy and infrared sauna sessions into your daily routine takes these ancient practices a notch higher, blending the raw power of extreme cold and soothing heat for a wellness symphony like no other.

Combining cryotherapy and infrared sauna sessions within your daily routine creates a unique wellness regime that leverages the advantages of both treatments. The key lies in effective scheduling and allowing your body the right transition time between each therapy:

1. Drink plenty of water/hydrating fluids before, during and after your routine to ensure optimal hydration.
2. Cryotherapy Session (2-3 minutes) - Step into the cryo-chamber, dressed in minimal clothing. The temperature inside the chamber can drop as low as -200°F. Try to relax and breathe normally during the session.
3. Post-Cryotherapy Transition (10-15 minutes) - After exiting the cryo-chamber, let your body adjust to the room temperature. This is an important recovery phase. Relax and continue to hydrate.
4. Infrared Sauna Session (30-45 minutes) - Enter the infrared sauna once your body has naturally warmed up. The temperature inside the sauna should be between 120°F and 140°F. Relax and let the therapeutic heat soothe your muscles.
5. Post-Session Recovery (Variable) - Allow your body to cool down naturally after the sauna session. Take a few minutes to rest and hydrate. This is the period when your body consolidates the benefits of both therapies.

Whole body cryotherapy is very safe. The vapor inside the cryosauna is ambient air that has been chilled with liquid nitrogen. Nitrogen is non-toxic and is heavier than air so nitrogen vapors remain below the rim of the cryosauna. Clients never dip their heads below the rim of the cryosauna during treatment. Our XR contains a sensor that will end the session if your head dips below the rim.

The cryosauna door can easily be pushed open with minimal effort at any time during treatment. Clients may exit the cryosauna at any time during treatment if they become anxious or uncomfortable.

The XR cryosauna used by Polar Opposites is the safest cryosauna in the industry and has a maximum session length of 3 minutes. This time limit can never be exceeded--the machine will automatically turn off after 3 minutes. More than 2 million cryotherapy sessions have been performed in the XR cryosauna worldwide. The advanced design and manufacture of the XR cryosauna ensures that every session is consistent and safe.

Polar Opposites minimizes any risk of frostbite by ensuring that our clients are 100 percent dry for treatment. We provide dry socks and gloves for use in the cryosauna as well as towels in the dressing rooms. Clients must also remove all metal from their bodies as it becomes extremely cold during cryotherapy.

The optimal number of whole body cryotherapy sessions is dependent on your health and wellness objectives:

• for healthy individuals looking to enhance physical and mental performance, research has shown that 10 whole body cryotherapy sessions yields the most effective results. It is recommended that clients complete an initial 10 sessions within a 3-week period (3 sessions weekly). After completing an initial 10 sessions, we will evaluate client progress toward their objectives and recommend a maintenance package (discounted) to sustain and perpetuate benefits.
• for clients looking to boost a sluggish metabolism and to lose weight, we recommend 10 sessions to be used in 2 weeks (5 sessions weekly). After completing 10 sessions, we will evaluate client's progress toward weight goals and suggest continued intensity or maintenance protocol.
• for individuals with specific health concerns (such as injuries, arthritis, MS, auto-immune disorders, Lyme, depression, migraines and many others) research has shown that a more intensive protocol is required. We recommend completing an initial ten sessions within a 2-week period (5 times weekly). After 10 sessions we can evaluate client's progress and recommend continued intensity or maintenance protocol
• If the goal is to achieve a visual reduction in acne, superficial scaring and inflammatory skin conditions such as psoriasis, best results are achieved with a ten pack combination series with Ful Spectrum Infrared Sauna sessions. A 10 session WBC/Infrared Sauna protocol will effectively address inflammation and pain relief and will activate collagen production. 

We are happy to discuss individual health concerns and will customize a treatment protocol to maximize your health and wellness recovery. Consistent on-going whole-body therapy use will prolong the benefits and eventually, can create permanent health, fitness and beauty improvements.

Most clients are surprised to feel how tolerable a session is given the extreme temperatures. The reason for this is that the cryosauna generates a "dry cold", which is much more comfortable than a damp, wet cold like an ice bath or winter day. Clients wear socks, slippers and gloves while in the cryosauna which keeps hands and feet comfortably insulated and warm.

Cryotherapy is a more advanced, efficient form of ice therapy: ice baths can last up to 20 minutes, are painful and damaging to the skin. 

Ice baths involve actual tissue-freezing which can cause stiffness and immobility. In contrast, whole body cryotherapy lasts only 3 minute, is not painful and does not freeze tissue.

In fact, after whole body cryotherapy sessions, mobility is improved, along with reduced inflammation and pain. Cryotherapy tricks the brain into thinking it is hypothermic which triggers it's anti-inflammatory, analgesic and metabolic benefits.

The minimum age for cryotherapy is 13 years old. Individuals under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian in order to receive cryotherapy. Ask us about our student athlete unlimited session discounts!

Chromotherapy is an ancient science of using colors (and its associated frequency) to positively affect the function of the corresponding frequency within the body. 

Like musical notes we hear, colors are vibrations that we see, and each vibration addresses different physical symptoms or ailments. near your sauna, you will find a description of how each color affects the body and you can adjust the colors at your lesure,