The Best of Both Worlds

Cold Therapy offers a dual approach to pain and swelling management. Our cutting-edge contrast therapy, featuring an invigorating infrared sauna session followed by a revitalizing cold plunge, offers a dynamic approach to relief. The infrared sauna's radiant heat penetrates deep into your muscles, easing tension and reducing inflammation. As you step into the cold plunge, your body responds with a rush of adrenaline and endorphins, swiftly alleviating pain and enhancing your mood. This contrast therapy marvel works in perfect harmony, stimulating circulation, reducing inflammation, and promoting healing in a way that single treatments cannot.

Contrast therapy is a phenomenal tool to promote a positive mood, and stave off any negative thoughts, depression, and anxiety. A heightened state of mind is further elevated by incorporating contrast therapy resulting in your brain getting a rush of feel-good neurotransmitters: dopamine, oxytocin, serotonin and endorphins. There's a lot of science behind the chemical effects on the body. Here is what’s being produced inside your brain during a contrast therapy session: Norepinephrine – a hormone/neurotransmitter responsible for increased vigilance, focus, attention, and mood. BDNF, “Miracle-Gro” for your brain – promotes growth of new brain cells, enhances learning and memory, combats cognitive decline and depression. Prolactin – makes your brain function faster, promotes myelin growth that repairs nerve cells in your brain. Beta-Endorphins – your body’s “feel-good” chemical, suppresses pain. Dopamine – stimulates your body’s pleasure and reward systems, facilitates learning, increased motivation and mood. RBM3 – a cold shock protein that regenerates damaged brain cells, boosts memory, and prevents cognitive decline.

During exercise, your body converts glucose into lactic acid when oxygen is limited, leading to muscle soreness. Explosive workouts often exacerbate this buildup. Contrast therapy reduces lactic acid by enhancing cellular oxygenation. In the infrared sauna, your muscles find tranquility as tension melts away, and inflammation subsides, while the cold plunge awakens your body with a rush of vitality, reducing lactic acid buildup. This unique combination accelerates muscle recovery and promotes a faster return to peak performance.

Contrast therapy, combining the elements of an infrared sauna and a cold plunge, can offer profound benefits for sleep. The process begins with the soothing warmth of the infrared sauna, which promotes muscle relaxation, stress reduction, and the release of feel-good hormones like serotonin. As the body's core temperature increases, the subsequent cold plunge awakens a natural response, causing vasoconstriction and enhancing circulation. This dynamic shift encourages the release of norepinephrine, improving alertness and focus while supporting circadian rhythm regulation. The net result is a night of restorative sleep, free from disturbances, as the body harmonizes its temperature and produces calming neurotransmitters.

Hot and cold therapy presents a unique and effective approach to improving lymphatic circulation. The application of heat encourages vasodilation, expanding blood vessels, while the subsequent cold therapy prompts vasoconstriction, causing them to contract. This rhythmic cycle initiates a pumping action that facilitates the movement of lymphatic fluids throughout the body. By promoting this efficient flow, hot and cold therapy aids in the elimination of waste, reduces swelling, and bolsters the immune system.

Scientists have shown that switching between hot and cold temperatures provides a substantial boost to your immune system. The contrast in temperature increases the number of disease-fighting immune system cells in your body, including an important type of white blood cell called monocytes. Cold water exposure stimulates white blood cell production in your blood, particularly leukocytes. These are the types of white bloods cell that help your body fight invading pathogens and fungal infections, ensuring your well-being is in peak condition.