Cryotherapy can be combined with rehabilitative exercise to decrease pain during the exercise using a technique called cryokinetics. Cryokinetics allows the patient to perform exercises sooner and more effectively. Using this technique, cold is applied to the affected body part for a maximum of 20 minutes, or until the area is numbed. The patient then performs exercises. This process can be repeated for 5 minutes to re-numb the area if necessary.