Cardio for Accelerated Soft Tissue Recovery?
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J72FIT
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I've been doing some longer cardio sessions in the gym every day to help heal up some soft tissue issues I'm having. Nothing crazy. No more then 30 minutes total for each workout. Yesterday was 10 minute walk, then 10 minute stationary bike and then 10 minutes jump rope. Today was 30 minutes on the stationary bike.
My thought is the increased blood flow will help with recovery. Am I crazy or is there something to this?
Thanks guys for any insights...
My thought is the increased blood flow will help with recovery. Am I crazy or is there something to this?
Thanks guys for any insights...
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I'd avoid the jumping as that would be more traumatic to healing tissue than healing. Anything with a slow repetitive, non-joint-stressing motion is usually the goal; walking, cycling, swimming.1
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You may or may not be crazy, but yes, low intensity cardio will speed recovery.1
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IMO, slow, relaxed walking is much more therapeutic than it gets credit for. Blood gets flowing, but its also stress-relieving, mentally/hormonally.
I try to squeeze a walk in after my weekly heavy workout as I find it helps a lot with recovery.1
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