Franck Ribery Photos tries out the cryotherapy chamber at France's training base in Kircha
The chamber is cooled - typically with liquid nitrogen - usually to a temperature of −120 degrees and the patient is protected from acute frostbite with socks and gloves.
The sessions increase bloody flow around the body by six times and flush away lactic acid and by-products to speed up the body's recovery.
Frosty reception for Ribery as France star cools off ahead of England Euro opener
It would seem the thought of facing Roy Hodgson's England side in the European Championship Group D opener is giving Franck Ribery a real chill.
Les Bleus face the Three Lions on Monday in Donetsk and the Bayern Munich winger 'warmed up' for the match by cooling off in a cryotherapy chamber at the team's training base in Kircha.
The session was similar to those undertaken by the Wales national rugby squad in recent years.
The frosty session looked to have taken its toll on Ribery who seemed happy when it finally came to an end on day which France had to train without two key players.
Striker Karim Benzema and Patrice Evra sat out the first training session ahead of their Euro opener on Monday.
Benzema aggravated his back on the flight to Ukraine, while Evra took a knock to his thigh in Tuesday's 4-0 win against Estonia.
Is it over yet? Ribery looks distressed in his chilly surroundings... but the session soon ends
France are using Shakhtar Donetsk's lavish training complex during the tournament, but torrential rain forced them indoors on Thursday.
Central midfielder Alou Diarra, who is nursing a sore knee as he prepares to play against England on Monday, was also rested. All are expected to be available to face Hodgson's side.
M'Vila is Blanc's first choice ball-winner in midfield, but he sprained his ankle early on in the 2-0 win against Iceland a week ago, and Blanc needs Diarra in his team to face what is likely to be a physical England side.
'We have three defensive midfielders and I only have Alou left. We have to look after him and hope nothing happens to him, because he is the only one who can play there at the moment,' Blanc said Thursday.
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