Mark & Matt, the co-owners of GoCryo are the best! I was referred to GoCryo by another business down the street. I made my appointment with Mark over the phone, and was met by Matt when I checked in. He went over the operating procedures, do's & dont's, and gave setting recommendations. While I've done cryo before, it was the older nitrous system with your head above the dry cold chamber; with this system your entire body from head to toe is inside the cryo chamber. I would say people who are claustrophobic might like the 'other' system since you keep your head outside the chamber. I preferred this new cryo chamber but it took a little getting used to. Towards the end of the cryo cycle, my upper back & shoulders were getting very cold (more so than the rest of my body because the super cold draft comes from above. With this cryo system, since your head is "inside" the chamber, you may want to wear their provided face mask, headband, & earmuffs to help keep those areas from feeling numb like my shoulders & back of neck/upper back get just prior to completing your treatment. GoCryo has complimentary Spotify which you can listen to with their wireless headphones during your 3-3 1/2 minutes inside the chamber. Or you can opt just to meditate to during your cryo treatment. This system uses a vertical LED progress bar going up the sides of entrance door. Since it would be a little challenging to read a display or countdown timer, the LED's are great as the red segments light up from the ground to the ceiling as your session progresses from start to finish. Even with your eyes closed, you can see the lights grow from the ground up. Once your session's up, the LED turns blue again letting you know it's safe to exit. If at anytime, it gets to be too uncomfortable, you can always push the door open and exit. I've actually done two cryo sessions at GoCryo, and both times, I've had the 2nd coldest setting of the four you can choose. I don't think I could do the coldest setting, and the setting I use is just perfect. Matt ended up selling me a pre-paid package deal since I plan to go to GoCryo after my chiropractor appointments over the next two weeks. I also tried out their inflatable compression/decompression machine as I'm currently rehabbing some low back pain for the past three weeks.
The GoCryo waiting room is a little small, but not over cramped as patron sessions go pretty quickly, and patron turnover is managed very well. The only time I would guess it might feel tight with patrons would be if anyone came in off the street as a walk-in requesting any of their services.
I felt the business from the reclining compression/decompression chairs, and cryo room, and dressing rooms were as clean as one would expect. They keep their robes, gloves, socks, slippers, face masks (these feel very small sized or overly tight for me and I don't have a big head, the ear loops tug my ears forward and feel like they're child sized), and earmuffs stocked and clean. I only wish they had a location in Chula Vista. Kudos to Mark, Matt, and their staff! read more