Have you tried red light therapy? Cryotherapy?

[BSR]

My gym here has launched a longevity program that features, among other things, red light and cryotherapy.  I did a bit of googling on both.  Red light therapy has proven benefits — skin rejuvenation, pain relief, inflammation reduction — and claims plenty of benefits to date unproven — athletic performance gains, weight loss, anti-aging.  The proven benefits of cryotherapy are even fewer — helps with soreness after workouts — and plenty of unproven claims not worth mentioning.

I just tried one session of red light therapy.  It didn’t get nearly as hot as I feared it would, and I feel pretty good afterward.  It’s quite inexpensive here in Manila, so I’ll probably sign up for the intro 10-session package.  After that, see how I feel and reassess.

Have you done one or the other, both?  How did it work, or not, for you?

[+ nycman]

I’ve tried both. 

I don’t have the patience for red light (It takes weeks for minimal benefit) and I hate cold. 

Results (albeit with very poor compliance on my part), were temporary and I believe imaginary.

YMMV

[mtaabq]

17 hours ago, BSR said:

longevity program

I’m sorry to be a smart-ass - all right, maybe I’m not - but it’s just where my head and mood are tonight - does anyone know where I can find a brevity program? For people who are ready to check out? Seriously, I don’t want longer life - I didn’t prepare for it. I suppose I could just start drinking again. But I wanna die having succeeded at something. And I’ve succeeded at not drinking for 15 years. Yeah, I know, I’m being a dick. But I read “longevity program”, assuming longer life, and my first thought was that there has to be program for those of us who want a shorter life. Without self-harm. I don’t say any of this to invite pity or scorn. Yeah, I’m weird. 

@BSR, if you want longer life, go for it. 

[+ sniper]

The things that shorten your life trend do do so in unpleasant ways...lung cancer/emphysema, for example,  is just an ugly way to go 

Edited 1 hour ago by sniper