The Method
Cryotherapy
Cryotherapy and its benefits — and how it differs from the method.
Definition
In one paragraph.
Cryotherapy and its benefits — and how it differs from the method.
In practice
How the method uses it.
Whole-body cryotherapy uses air at minus one hundred and ten to minus one hundred and forty degrees for two to four minutes. The method uses water at four to fifteen degrees for minutes, with breathing. One needs a clinic; the other needs a tap.
Step by step
The protocol.
Step one
Understand the difference.
Step two
Use cryotherapy for recovery if you have access.
Step three
Use the method for daily practice.
Safety, plainlyNever practice breathing exercises in or near water.
Evidence
What the science says.
Growing clinical literature for cryotherapy; the method has its own twenty-plus studies.
Avoid
Common mistakes.
Assuming equivalence.
Go deeper
Related.
Never in or near waterWim Hof Method breathing, when done intensely for multiple rounds, can in rare cases lead to loss of consciousness. Always practice seated or lying down, in a neutral space such as a living room — never in water, in the shower, while driving, or operating machinery. Read the safety doctrine.