What the hell is that booth supposed to do? I have never heard of such a thing and now you have my curiosity way up. Tell us real quick what the treatment is called and what its supposed to do! Sounds like snake oil.
"Cryo-booth" or some such. It just sounded really f'ing cold and it was like 105 degrees out, so...My guess would be yeah, gimmicky snake oil. But it was free, so what the hell. Funny thing is, they make you wear a wet-suit-like thing so you dont burn, just freeze. The could just make it slightly warmer and skip the suit.
As far as deep freezing a muscle with wet-cold, its a pretty common thing: When I was competing in Oly lifting and Track and Field, we used to go to the trainers after practice or heavy lifting days and they'd have us stand in vats (like trash cans) filled with ice and water up to about our waiste level. They explained that it causes vaso-constriction and the increased pressure pushes the waste products and lactic acid out of the muscles...I dont how much off that was bullshit, but it DID help recovery between training sessions.
Then again, they also had "electro-stim" which did just about nothing for back spasms.
Pekkerwood, Ill ask him what he's taking and what amount. I know it's only one med and a low dose, I think he mentioned 5mg a day. I can say he's lost about 10 lbs in a month, and he says that he CAN get a pump in the gym, but it only stays with him about 15 minutes. He thinks it's because of the the BP med, but could be he's just eating poorly.