In addition to mental exercises, rock, paper, scissors contests and plain old hard work, Japan have been literally chilling out in preparation to face South Africa in the Rugby World Cup quarterfinals, hooker Shota Horie revealed Thursday."After the fourth match (against Scotland) I wasn't moving so smoothly, so I went into this capsule thing where the temperature was minus 90 C to aid with my recovery," Horie said.

(Shota Horie at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 17, 2019.)
Cryotherapy -- the local or general use of low temperatures in medical therapy, particularly when dealing with tissu…READ FULL ARTICLE