TriangleIL wrote:
spntrxi wrote:
TheStroBro wrote:
When it comes to the Game Ready we use it a lot in Rugby for 7s and XVs for treatment, but usually it's done at halftime for XVs and between matches for 7s. We'll use Normatec at the end of each day though. Also a Game Ready is portable...but significantly less portable than a Normatec/Air Relax set. And the control unit is of course way out of my price range, I've never seen people have them for themselves, only at the professional or national team level.Well count me as one of those non-pros :)
I was given one to rent after knee surgery and just ended up buying the thing. Overtime I just picked up nearly every attachment they make. It has come in handy over the years.
Absolutely a Game Ready if I could choose. I was lucky enough to use one post shoulder surgery for awhile and they are amazing. If I could afford one for legs recovery I'd have one in a heart beat. Compression is great, but cold therapy beats compression all day, every day. The other options is just a pure ice bath. For me, I can trash my body one day, ice bath + protein shake at night, and the next day be 100% back to normal again. I haven't tried that day after day, but its effective for my worst days of training.
Two questions about this:
1) how did you come to that conclusion?
2) while it may be true, are either positive or substantial?
Note: the current peer reviewed literature suggests that cold therapy does not accelerate recovery due to training effects. In fact, Gabe Mirkin (who developed "RICE") specifically recommends against cold therapy for these purposes.
Edit:
http://www.drmirkin.com/...delays-recovery.html
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