The Procedure

CryoPlantalis is a safe, effective treatment for chronic heel and foot pain.

How does the procedure work?

Using the pain-fighting power of super-low temperatures, CryoPlantalis destroys inflamed and over-active nerves involved in chronic pain, allowing instant relief. The small, offending nerves are treated by super cooling compressed nitrous oxide through the CryoPlantis cryoprobe. Certain parts of the inner nerve cell are frozen, killing the cell in a way that allows for future nerve regeneration, even as pain is eliminated. This procedure is unique as it is performed using an innovative technique known as Ultrasound Visualization.

The small, offending nerves are treated by super cooling compressed nitrous oxide through the CryoPlantis cryoprobe. Certain parts of the inner nerve cell are frozen, killing the cell in a way that allows for future nerve regeneration, even as pain is eliminated.

What are the benefits of CryoPlantalis?

  • Many patients like the fact that the procedure allows them to stop using expensive pain medication and avoiding its side effects
  • Return to more fashionable footwear that is more enjoyable to wear and easier to match
  • Walk barefoot
  • Return to the sports, hobbies, and activities that pain had forced them to give up

How long does it take

CryoPlantalis is fast and minimally-invasive. Once the procedure begins, most applications end in 6 minutes or less.

Is there any down time?

Most patients are back on their feet as soon as the procedure is over.

CryoPlantalis carefully identifies and destroys over-active pain sensing nerves. There is very little damage to any surrounding tissue.

Is this a new procedure?

The use of CryoPlantalis for heel and foot pain is relatively new. Dr. G. Javier Cavazos, Jr. is the first podiatrist and foot surgeon in Texas to be certified to perform cryoanalgesic procedures to the foot.

But the principle of eliminating pain with cryoanalgesics has been practiced in medicine for at least a decade.

In the last ten years, freezing inflamed nerves has also become common for certain kinds of face pain, back pain, and carpal tunnel syndrome.