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Cryotherapy
 Also known as “cold therapy”, is the application of cold to relieve pain
 Typically applied with ice or other cold modalities
 Related term, cryokinetics, refers to the pairing of cyrotherapy with exercise.
 Cooling and re‐warming of tissue stimulates the return of
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