MUSCLE RECOVERY
Feel Better – Recover Faster
The Recovery Room offers the following muscle recovery treatments, so you can get back in action faster and with less pain:
- NormaTec compression therapy
- Muscle flossing
- Muscle scraping
- Percussive sports massage
Read below to learn more about each treatment option.
NORMATEC COMPRESSION THERAPY
NormaTec Compression Therapy uses air filled compression sleeves to treat the arms and legs for rapid muscle recovery. As little as 15 minutes of treatment after a workout can greatly accelerate the soft tissue healing process and decrease recovery time. The patented pulsing action more effectively mimics the muscle pump of the legs and arms, greatly enhancing the movement of fluid and metabolites out of the limbs after an intense workout. Veins and lymphatic vessels have one-way valves that prevent fluid back flow. Similarly, NormaTec Pulse Technology uses hold pressures to keep fluids from being forced in the wrong direction. Intermittent pneumatic compression significantly lowers blood lactate concentrations, increases flexibility, and reduces select skeletal muscle oxidative stress.
MUSCLE FLOSSING
Muscle flossing is a method of soft tissue mobilization/manipulation that utilizes a latex rubber band similar to that of resistance bands (with much more durability and less extensibility) for intermittent compression during either passive or active mobilization. It is both a powerful and effective technique that aims to restore joint range of motion and separate matted down or injured tissue. Flossing is best used for restoring sliding surfaces, releasing myofascial trigger points, removing scar tissue, reducing inflammation/swelling in joints and improving range of motion where there is restriction or contraction.
MUSCLE SCRAPING
Muscle scraping, also known as Gua Sha, is a mobility and recovery technique focused on promoting circulation in the muscles and deep tissue. By “scraping” the muscles, it stimulates blood flow to the affected area, which then helps reduce pain and promote healing as the blood can help stimulate the recovery.
PERCUSSIVE SPORTS MASSAGE
Percussive massage is a form of soft tissue manipulation intended to reduce muscle soreness and increase range of motion. It is a deep muscle treatment that delivers rapid and long vertical strokes into the muscle, causing neuromuscular response. It can help reduce pain, increase blood flow, break up scar tissue, decrease lactic acid in the muscles, improve range of motion, and speed up recovery time.
