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PARK CITY — In October, Park City will be home to a new whole body cryotherapy spa called Cryo Lodge.
Cryo Lodge’s whole body cryosauna uses sub-zero temperatures from the use of vaporized liquid nitrogen to chill the outer layer of the participants' skin. Participants’ bodies will respond by going into fight or flight mode, and that will rev their metabolism, according to Courtney Tedeschi, partner and chill communicator for Cryo Lodge.
“Whole body cryotherapy was specifically conceptualized for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, an inflammatory, autoimmune disease of the joints,” Tedeschi said in a statement. “Cryotherapy quickly became successful for that purpose; however, it also became apparent that other joints and muscles throughout the body respond to cryotherapy.”
Tedeschi, her parents and her aunt, Lorin Smaha, started Cryo Lodge.
The Tedeschi family is a family of runners, skiers, triathletes, hikers and bikers who value recovery and whole body wellness, and they are bringing whole body cryotherapy to help athletes, those dealing with chronic pains and arthritis, recreational skiers, bikers, hikers and individuals looking for whole body wellness.
“It is our passion and goal to help people feel better, faster. Whether that be coming back faster from a workout, helping to ease chronic pains and discomforts, giving people the boost of energy they need, or simply giving people a feeling of better health, Cryo Lodge was opened to help you,” Tedeschi said in a statement.
Tedeschi told KSL.com the cryotherapy industry is expanding. Cryotherapy helps with athletic recovery, arthritis and chronic pain reduction and skin health, she said.
Those who try cryotherapy at Cryo Lodge will only be in the machine for 3 minutes. The machine is -150 degrees Celsius. A technician is with the participant during the treatment, and the participant’s head, neck and chest are above the nitrogen vapor, according to Tedeschi.
Cryo Lodge will be located at 1351 Kearns Blvd. Suite 150.
In October 2015, tragedy involving cryotherapy struck when 24-year-old Chelsea Patricia Ake-Salvacion was discovered dead in a cryotherapy machine. Ake-Salvacion was an employee at a cryotherapy center in Las Vegas and reportedly got into the machine when nobody else was there the night of Oct. 19.
According to the Clark County coroner’s office, Ake-Salvacion’s death was an accident that resulted from low oxygen levels causing asphyxia.
Ty Kenny, one of the owners of Stone Cold Cryotherapy, said he knew who Ake-Salvacion was before she died.
He said it’s against the rules to do a cryotherapy session by oneself, which is what happened with Ake-Salvacion. Nothing has gone awry at Stone Cold Cryotherapy.
