New method of muscular recovery may help athletes

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jgnatca
jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
I heard this on doctor radio this week.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/11858977/tourniquet-training-change-way-athletes-recover-injuries

A low pressure tourniquet with light reps speeds muscle recovery after injury.

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  • socioseguro
    socioseguro Posts: 1,679 Member
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    Thank you for sharing
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
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    Perform reps while strangling off my body's normal adaptation to be exertion? I've heard of this before but yet my response remains the same.

    I'm good, thanks
  • usmcmp
    usmcmp Posts: 21,220 Member
    edited July 2015
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    Blood flow restriction training isn't new and has been used by bodybuilders for a variety of reasons (including injury recovery). I still won't do it.

    I do find it interesting that physical therapists seem to pick up things that bodybuilders/lifters have been doing for a long time and call it new. I saw a physical therapist about my ankle who suggested a method that was "new" and when I looked it up the method had been used by bodybuilders since before I was born.
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
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    usmcmp wrote: »
    Blood flow restriction training isn't new and has been used by bodybuilders for a variety of reasons (including injury recovery). I still won't do it.

    I do find it interesting that physical therapists seem to pick up things that bodybuilders/lifters have been doing for a long time and call it new. I saw a physical therapist about my ankle who suggested a method that was "new" and when I looked it up the method had been used by bodybuilders since before I was born.

    Yes, but now there's a pubmed article that they can link to. That stuff totes didn't work until it was involved with a ncbi URL.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,565 Member
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    Bodybuilders today are doing tournaquet training.......................by forcing MORE blood into the muscle with pumping iron. I remember this back in the 80's. Tried it once myself to see. DID NOT enjoy it.

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  • tomatoey
    tomatoey Posts: 5,446 Member
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    I think I've seen a related study. It definitely sounds interesting, but also a little terrifying. OTOH, so are cortisone shots :/

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