S11 EP30: A Look Inside the Cryotherapy Chamber
The Thick Thighs Save Lives Podcast
Constantly Varied Gear
4.9 • 716 Ratings
🗓️ 15 April 2025
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Does the thought of cryotherapy make you want to run full speed in the other direction? Yes the words cryo and therapy can go together and in the most exhilarating way! Dr. Rachele Pojednic, cryotherapy expert and Director of Scientific Research at Restore Hyper Wellness is here to explain why you should give it a try and that three minutes is all you need. In this episode she discusses her cutting edge research study and the many benefits of whole body cryotherapy including inflammation reduction.
Did you know that hormesis is the new sweet spot and cryotherapy can get you there? Dr Pojednic explains why some stress is good for you. Ever considered doing cryotherapy for anxiety and depression? Why not add it to your toolbox? You’ll want to hear how to combine strength training and cold therapy in a way that doesn't blunt your gains. Think cryotherapy is not in your budget and want to know how it compares to cold plunging? We’ve got your answers!
(00:01:18) Welcome Rachele Pojednic to the podcast and her cutting edge research.
(00:04:55) Influencers try to fill the vacuum and the extent that women are underrepresented in medical studies.
(00:13:17) Rachele’s expert explanation of what whole body cryotherapy is and who it’s for.
(00:18:40) Discussion of Rachele’s study: Whole-Body Cryotherapy Reduces Systemic Inflammation in Healthy Adults.
(00:25:47) Other benefits including mental health when using cryotherapy regularly and how cold plunge compares.
(00:29:00) If cryotherapy enacts the fight or flight response and we release cortisol, how is this helpful and what is hormesis?
(00:35:00) Some stress is good and how to combine strength training and cold therapy. Don’t blunt your gains.
(00:40:43) Should you take anti-anflammatories or pain killers during intense training?
(00:43:30) How expensive and accessible is cryotherapy to do on a regular basis?
(00:46:37) Other therapies to enhance recovery and wellness and what Rachele would recommend everyone do if she had to pick just one.
(00:51:36) Contrast therapy recommendations when thinking about cryotherapy and hot saunas.
(00:55:57) When you get in the cryo chamber, what song gets you through?
(00:56:55) Where to hear more from Rachele
Rachele’s links:
Website: www.rachelepojednic.com; www.strongprocess.com
Instagram: @rachelepojednic
At Restore:
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| 0:00.0 | 0.5% of neuroscience data, 0.5% is done in women. I get super frustrated on one side because I'm like, |
| 0:11.8 | of course people are confused. But then I'm a glass half full kind of girl. I see it as an |
| 0:18.3 | amazing opportunity to start to do some really good science. You know, I've got good |
| 0:23.7 | training. I've got these connections in these two worlds. And I feel like we can really start to |
| 0:28.3 | bring everything together to give people and women, especially, the answers that they're looking |
| 0:33.7 | for. |
| 0:38.1 | Hey, everybody. We've had some of the most incredible guests coming to you these past |
| 0:43.6 | couple of months. The amount of expertise and knowledge on these cutting edge topics is |
| 0:51.0 | something we really hope that you enjoy. And if you do, it would make a huge difference to us |
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| 1:14.7 | all our new episodes. Hi, guys. And welcome back to the Thick Thigh Save Lives Podcast. I'm Rachel |
| 1:22.2 | and I have with me today. Another Rachel. Rachel Pajetnik is, yes, yes. I was like, I was a little nervous and then, |
| 1:34.6 | like I had it and then I didn't. Rachel, you are a human performance and healthy aging |
| 1:43.0 | researcher. Okay, everybody's paying attention now. |
| 1:47.6 | What are the two things we want most? Like human performance and enhancing it and aging |
| 1:54.8 | in a way that is full of health and not restrictions. So first of all, I want to thank you for coming on the |
| 2:04.8 | podcast today. My absolute pleasure. Thrill to be here. I just want to give a little bit of |
| 2:12.1 | your background because you have an incredibly, incredibly impressive one sheet with all of the things that you have |
| 2:22.6 | accomplished. You are the CEO and founder of Strong Process Education and the director of |
| 2:29.1 | scientific research at Restore Hyper Wellness. You hold a faculty appointment at Stanford. You are a research |
| 2:37.7 | associate at the Institute of Lifestyle Medicine at Harvard Medical School. And you got your PhD |
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