How Cryotherapy can help to assuage Back Pain

How Cryotherapy can help to assuage Back Pain

Sedentary lifestyle, long working hours, improper seating postures and heavy consumption of unhealthy food has started taking toll on our collective health. Acute and severe back pain is one of the most common health issues among us today. There could be various reasons of acute chronic pain like sprain in back bone ligaments, slip disc and straining muscles. Apart from this there could be many other reasons of causality too like accidents, arthritis, obesity etc. Whatever the root cause, back pain is actually a very complicated issue.

Science is now coming up with various alternatives that can help people get rid of this problem. From surgeries and physiotherapies to pain killers and exercises; there are lot many things that are being done to treat this health issue. Nowadays, cryotherapy is gaining popularity.

Back pain is one of the most common musculoskeletal diseases the second main cause for which physicians are actually referred. Where the pharmacologic treatment of this problem comprises of anti-inflammatory drugs, pain killer tablets and injections, prescribed analgesics and muscle relaxants, the non-pharmacologic treatments could comprise of both surgical and non surgical treatments. There are many people who remain dependent on pharmacologic treatments which do not promise long term relief results. Majority of the patients who suffer from the problem of back pain avoid considering surgeries. Then what could be a reliable option to opt for? Well, the answer is cryotherapy.

Cryotherapy, basically is a cold freezing treatment in which the suffered area is exposed to extreme cold temperatures (like -250) to cure the pain. Commonly referred to as ‘Ice Therapy”, since ages the conventional methods of this treatment has been using ice to treat acute pains and various chronic conditions. Apart from this, the direct application of ice has been also used to reduce and prevent post traumatic swelling.

Cryotherapy is actually an advanced version of that age old ice therapy method which is quite better than the old conventional methods. By numbing the affected area, this technique not only reduces the pain but also give relief from muscle spasms. Apart from resolving back pains this treatment can also be used to treat many other physical ailments.

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