Whole-body cryosaunas

Whole-body cryotherapy is a non-invasive contactless treatment with temperatures ranging from −130° to −170°C. Short-time exposure to extreme cold triggers natural body defenses, which prompt boosted metabolism, intense blood flow, and increased hormone production, among other effects.

When the body is enveloped in the cold air with temperatures lower than any registered in the natural environment, multiple cold receptors fire signals to the central nervous system to alert it about the perceived danger. The brain then sends orders to all peripheral body parts to reduce blood supply there, concentrating instead on accumulating the blood in the body core to save the most vital organs. During the short duration of the treatment, the temperature of the body core and internal organs remains stable. The temperature drop is only registered on the skin, though not lower than 8C.

A session in a cryosauna lasts 3 minutes maximum. When the surrounding temperature gets back to normal after leaving the cryosauna, the body starts pumping blood back to the peripheral parts – muscles, joints, and skin. Boosted blood flow triggers metabolism and all recovery processes in the human body, like flushing out metabolites and toxins, replacing damaged cells and removing dead cells from peripheral tissues, thereby regenerating and rejuvenating the body at the cellular level.

Regular cryosauna treatments result in firmer and tighter skin, smoothed out fine lines, brighter and more youthful complexion. Healthy skin is closely linked to overall health. Therefore, while freezing temperatures revitalize and rejuvenate the body on the cellular level, the effects show outside, too. Cold treatments also promote a deeper and more restful sleep, oten touted as a beauty pill.

Whole-body cryotherapy boosts metabolism and helps eject toxins, thus proving its efficiency in fighting cellulite. In addition, the endorphin rush and energy boost during cold treatments help counter stress eating and help with healthy weight control.

Whole-body cryotherapy is popular among professional and recreational athletes for its scientifically proven recovery effect and powerful stimulation of the locomotive apparatus. Juventus, Torino, Paris Saint-Germain, Udinese Calcio, Inter Milan, San Francisco 49ers and other top-notch teams have embedded cold treatments in their regular training routines.

Before workouts, freezing temperatures increase blood flow, boost flexibility and help minimize muscle damage. In post-injury recovery, whole-body cryotherapy reduces swelling and pain, fights inflammation to promote faster healing. Cold therapy equipment is a powerful tool to ensure an athlete’s best performance and health.

Many studies demonstrate the efficiency of whole-body cryotherapy as an additional treatment for inflammation and pain in, for example, arthritis, osteoarthritis, and fibromyalgia. The analgesic and anti-inflammatory effects of super cold treatments promote healing in post-surgery and post-injury recovery.

Cold therapy has been found useful in neurological diseases, including multiple sclerosis and psychiatric disorders such as anxiety–depressive syndrome. Good results were obtained for various skin conditions, like atopic dermatitis, eczema, psoriasis.

A cryo center offering whole-body and local cryotherapy is a viable business idea, as it allows targeting a wide range of customers. Both cold treatments complement each other. While many customers would question paying for a 3-minute whole-body session, adding 8 to 15 minutes of spot cryotherapy treatment helps seal the deal. Local cryo for the face, neck, and scalp with an accent on stimulating the vagus nerve behind the ears enhances and heightens the whole-body experience to get the best results. Also, local cryotherapy helps heal injuries on areas usually covered during a whole-body cryo session, like feet or ankles.

Cost breakdown

Budget your one-time costs to cover buying cryotherapy equipment, as well as furniture for the reception and treatment rooms, installing proper ventilation, and arranging your personnel’s training.

Your monthly expenses include rental costs for the premises, liquid nitrogen delivery, insurance, staff salary, utility costs, promotional campaigns.

In some countries, licenses or permits might be needed to operate cryotherapy centers. Consider looking into this issue in advance to run your new cryotherapy business smoothly.

We have extensive experience in opening cryotherapy centers all over the world, and we would be happy to give you advice.

Power consumption in cryosaunas is negligible, but you need to budget your nitrogen consumption wisely. It greatly depends on the way you schedule the appointments. With back-to-back sessions, when pre-cooling is needed only before the first session, the consumption will be lower compared to single sessions with long intervals in between.

The average consumption in our cryosaunas ranges from 2.5 to 4.05 liters per session, which is the lowest in the market.

As for power consumption, cryosauna operation mode requires up to 1.5 kW per hour. In a drying mode, a machine consumes about 700 W per hour.

Any cryotherapy machine needs to be dried at the end of the working day for 3 hours. Drying is automatic, the machine switches off afterward. Depending on the model, it may be necessary to dry the cryosauna after every 10 consecutive sessions or after two hours of operation. In this case, it is enough to dry the machine for 1 hour.

Session pricing depends on your nitrogen costs. Usually, we recommend three levels of pricing. The highest price is charged for walk-ins, unscheduled sessions where you need to make pre-cooling. Scheduled sessions are usually priced lower, because you cool the cryosauna only once before all the sessions. The third level comes into play to encourage return customers. You can offer blocks of five, ten or twenty sessions at a discounted price.

To calculate the break-even point, bear in mind that a whole-body cryotherapy session usually lasts 3 minutes maximum and is priced at around 35 EUR. If you have at least 10 cryotherapy sessions per day, in one month, including weekends, you can have as many as 300. This workload only takes several hours from your working day and allows earning at least 10,500 EUR monthly. Deduct your one-time costs and monthly expenses, and you get your net profit.

Many businesses reach their break-even point within 13 months after buying cryotherapy equipment.

Custom options and accessories

Our cryosaunas are highly customizable. You can opt for a smaller or a bigger cabin, non-standard upholstery and outer shell color, apply your logo to the outer shell, upholstery and a welcome screen.

Servicing and maintenance

We offer a 3-year warranty for spare parts. The majority of technical or operation issues may be solved remotely by our support team and engineers due to the one-click Wi-Fi connection available in all our models.