Cold Sprays & Gels

Cold sprays, such as Deep Freeze and PR spray, are commonly used by physios and physiotherapists in the acute treatment of sports injuries. Most cold sprays and freeze sprays have ethyl chloride as their active ingredient, which gives a rapid intense cold sensation and produces a short acting reduction in skin temperature. This is a very effective pain killing treatment modality which acts via the pain gate mechanism to provide a distracting stimulus to the brain so pain signals are effectively filtered out.

Cold gels, such as Deep Freeze Cold Gel work in a similar way, but they have a long lasting cooling effect on skin temperature which makes them more suitable for prolonged treatment of painful conditions such as tennis elbow, carpal tunnel syndrome, tendonitis and arthritis.