I took my sore back into a -85°C cryotherapy chamber. What came out felt like someone new
Cold diving and cryotherapy can be trendy for wellness flows now, but for many Indian households, the original version has come without brand or biohacking. A steel bucket. Refrigerated water. No geyser. A morning routine of a cold water bucket bath that has left you and be reborn.
At Fairmont Mumbai’s Spa & Longevity, this same philosophy takes on a higher form. The Blu Xone is their longevity center, named a nod to the blue areas of the world, regions often associated with longevity and sustained well-being. Longevity here is based on the idea of increasing not only lifespan but on health. Performance -oriented treatments such as cryotherapy, hyperbaric oxygen, red light therapy, intermittent vacuum therapy (IVT) and more, each designed to optimize recovery, metabolism and circulation.
I arrived with a question: could cryotherapy repair the pain in the lower back?
“It is mainly for recovery and rejuvenation,” said Dr. Rashmi Ambastha, director of SPA, well-being and leisure. “After training, it helps to eliminate pain and pain. But it’s also good for healing. And this also improves the texture of the skin and metabolism. I prefer to call it age, not anti-aging. ”
A standard cryotherapy session is simple in theory. Enter a cooled room at -85 ° C, stay for three minutes regarding socks, gloves, ears and a facial mask, and move continuously to maintain traffic. But once you are, the theory melts.
I entered the cryotherapy room in a thin dress of paper. The cold did not print. He was amazed. Clinical absence and without heat air. My first instinct was to freeze in place. But I remembered what Dr. Ambastha said earlier: “You are not supposed to remain motionless. It was then that it becomes uncomfortable. You can dance, move, stretch … keep the joints warm. ” The spa therapist who was standing in front of the cryochamber to watch me at any time tapped on the door and started a small size.
And so I followed it. Go to a patchwork routine of PT exercises and Hula steps inspired by the cinema in the mid -2000s, paved together under pressure.
Inside, the body enters the mode of survival. “Vasoconstriction begins immediately,” she said. “Blood vessels shrink, pulling blood in your heart to maintain the temperature. Then, once you go out, vasodilation comes into play. The blood rushes back, carrying endorphins and noradephrin stimulating mood.
