Chances are you’ve known someone who’s had surgery on their ankle, knee, shoulder, wrist or other joint in their body, and afterward, they’ve had pain and needed help. And chances are that person’s doctor had them use cryotherapy or a cold therapy system to remove heat, reduce pain and ease inflammation.

If so, this means there’s another chance: that your friend or loved one suffered a cryotherapy injury after such cold therapy treatment. They may have had nerve damage, skin damage and extreme, sustained pain.

This happens in part because such cold therapy systems are supposed to be applied by patients, yet do not provide them with adequate instructions. The cold therapy machine — a cooler with icy water, a pump and a cooling pad placed on the body — can be set at too low of a temperature or used for too long of a time. And that can cause cryotherapy injury.

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