Cryotherapy

Cryotherapy has been used in the treatment of traumatology since time immemorial.
The use of ice and snow as therapeutically means was already mentioned by
Hippocrates (460-377 before J.-C.).

Cryotherapy has been used very frequently because of its beneficial effects; but in a completely empirical way. This method of treatment, of course, makes the results very inconsistent and this is probably the reason why cryotherapy is adulated by some and denounced by others.

The method of application of cryotherapy has gone through several evolutions, of course, but it is especially the improvement of physiological knowledge that has allowed us to better understand the effects and made it possible to better determine the various fields of applications and the modes of operation.