In fact, he was more worried about their mental conditions than their physical ones.
Both melting and freezing are chemical changes, not physical ones.
There were not only inner defense screens but physical ones as well.
No difference beyond physical ones is ever really shown.
Mental aspects, like physical ones, can be worked on and improved.
And, he might have added, the psychological factors were far more important than the physical ones.
A spiritual relationship with you, he said, and merely physical ones with the others.
Although the mental symptoms could be a result of the physical ones, this seems unlikely.
Most of the women's problems are physical or sexual ones.
If Zahidov was trying to play psychological games along with the physical ones, that's one thing.