Cryogenics has been around and been used for hundreds of years.
The use of low temperature in the healing process for pain management has been around for centuries in the form of ‘ice packs’ or ‘cold showers’.
Cryotherapy is the use of cold temperatures to stimulate a natural response from the body, so promoting quicker recovery from exercise, injury, and pain.

Unlike conventional cold treatments, the brain is ‘tricked’ into reacting to the cooled surrounding, by reducing blood flow to the extremities, increasing oxygen, endorphins, enzymes, nutrients and anti-inflammatory substances in the blood. Once the treatment stops blood rushes back, warming up the area but also bringing all the positive chemicals that help the body recover and repair much quicker and alleviate pain.

No. For many years ice has been the go-to treatment ; however, with ice baths, 20 minutes are spent immersed in a ‘wet’ environment at temperatures of 8-10C. This wet environment can cause muscles and tissue to ‘freeze’ and is extremely painful. The ice bath causes muscle stiffness after the procedure, which then takes some time to return to normal.

The freezing point for water is 0˚ Celsius (32˚ Fahrenheit). When the temperature falls below this water begins to change to ice.
Cryotherapy from a Penguin machine emits temperatures at -160˚ Celsius, and this is why this machine is the market leader as other devices do not go down to these temperatures.
Ice doesn’t compare as Cryotherapy is much colder with nitrogen. To put it into perspective: An ice bath for 45 minutes would correspond to 3 min of a Cryo treatment

Both. As Cryostimulation produces many beneficial responses within the body, it is ideal both pre and post-exercise. The benefits of treatment realised post-exercise are equally relevant pre-exercise. Increased levels of oxygen, anti-inflammatory substances and nutrients etc allow athletes to train harder and for longer.