Cryotherapy (cold treatment) has been known since antiquity but did not begin to be applied to medicine until the 1970s. Through vasomotor, biochemical and neuroconduction phenomena, pressurized cold produces several effects. particularly beneficial in trauma and postoperative follow-up:

     – Analgesic effect: the lowering of the temperature locally causes a kind of anesthesia, which generates an analgesic effect (reduction of pain).

     – Anti-hemorrhagic effect: the temperature and the rate of cooling of the tissues influence the vasomotor effects which, associated with the pressure, generate vasoconstriction causing the decrease in blood flow.

     – Muscle relaxant effect: following the application of cold, medullary reflex pathways produce a strong inhibition of gamma motor neurons and consequently a significant reduction in muscle tone; this has the effect of stimulating the healing of muscles and tissues.

     – Anti-inflammatory effect: cold under pressure reduces metabolic activity by generating a sharp decrease in the enzymes responsible for inflammation and their activity. Postoperatively, the role of the inflammatory reaction is to remove “waste” from the body. It is therefore not a question of preventing it but on the contrary of promoting it. For an operated knee, for example, the inflammatory reaction is accompanied by side effects: edema, redness and heat. Applying cold will help reduce swelling and lower the temperature. The inflammatory reaction can then continue, and help eliminate waste resulting from the intervention, thus promoting recovery.

The combination of these effects allows our splints to be an essential tool for faster recovery with easier and less painful rehabilitation.