Armwrestling injury treatment: criotherapy 09:00 02/25/2014 Low temperature therapy is one of the whole range of thermo-therapies. How to use them properly? Not what you were looking for? Search for other text. Criotherapy is used for cases like: joint inflammation, shoulder pain, inflammation of epicondylus radialis, joint and tendon inflammation, joint capsule and muscle inflammation, twisted joints, torn tendons and muscles, acute injuries old and new. There are two types of criotherapy: local and general. The first is based on applying cold through a special applicator locally. Freezing and defrosting is applied a couple of times, which leads to tissue destruction. Presently the destructive function is not the only one, because the effect is based on method, time of exposal and technique. The most common form of criotherapy is a cold compress in form of a plastic bag filled with silicone gel, which can be frozen down to – 12 °C. The optimum temperature for such compresses is - 5