# Cryotherapy

**URL:** <https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/t/cryotherapy/2871>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [January 21, 2014, 9:43pm UTC](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/t/cryotherapy/2871 "2014-01-21T21:43:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![PedalGirl](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/pedalgirl/32/1552_2.png) [@PedalGirl](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/u/PedalGirl)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 9:43pm UTC](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/t/cryotherapy/2871/1 "2014-01-21T21:43:31Z")

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I'm just wondering if anyone has tried cryotherapy? I've been looking into it and it seems promising.

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**Author:** ![PedalGirl](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/pedalgirl/32/1552_2.png) [@PedalGirl](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/u/PedalGirl)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 10:52pm UTC](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/t/cryotherapy/2871/2 "2014-01-21T22:52:23Z")

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Cryotheraphy is where you're put in a chamber at -200 F for 3 minutes. It's supposed to elicit an anti inflammatory response and treat pain. I did find this study done on people with PsA and rheumatoid arthritis.

**[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18548207](http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18548207)**

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**Author:** ![HoneyBunny](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/honeybunny/32/824_2.png) [@HoneyBunny](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/u/HoneyBunny)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 12:29am UTC](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/t/cryotherapy/2871/3 "2014-01-22T00:29:05Z")

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I wonder how many treatments you would need and how long the effects last after last treatment.

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**Author:** ![janeatiu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/janeatiu/32/3886_2.png) [@janeatiu](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/u/janeatiu)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2014, 5:16pm UTC](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/t/cryotherapy/2871/4 "2014-01-22T17:16:30Z")

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I'd be worried I would get frostbite! I think it takes a brave soul to willingly endure such cold temperatures. It's 3F here in Indiana this morning and it's set to be -2F tomorrow morning. These temperatures make my body feel worse not better. But I suppose my walk between my car and my office is hardly a clinical trial!

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**Author:** ![michael\_in\_vermont](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/michael_in_vermont/32/640_2.png) [@michael\_in\_vermont](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/u/michael_in_vermont)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 1:19am UTC](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/t/cryotherapy/2871/5 "2014-01-23T01:19:38Z")

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I live in Vermont- enough cryotherapy for me!

Swiss Miss

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**Author:** ![dandlyons](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/dandlyons/32/264_2.png) [@dandlyons](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/u/dandlyons)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 9:44am UTC](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/t/cryotherapy/2871/6 "2014-01-28T09:44:40Z")

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Interesting. Thanks for sharing the article.

For what it is worth, I spent a few months in the antarctic at a science station & it doesn't seem to have inoculated me from this illness. Perhaps I should have taken the polar plunge but at the time, not plunging into freezing water seemed the 'healthy' option ;)

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**Author:** ![janeatiu](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/janeatiu/32/3886_2.png) [@janeatiu](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/u/janeatiu)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 2:59pm UTC](https://discussion.livingwithpsoriaticarthritis.org/t/cryotherapy/2871/7 "2014-01-28T14:59:16Z")

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WOW! That's all I can say.   
   
 dandlyons said:

> For what it is worth, **I spent a few months in the antarctic at a science station**