Article originally published in the Aspetar Sports Medicine Journal as part of a Targeted Issue on Post-Exercise Recovery and is reproduced with the kind permission of Aspetar – Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Hospital. By Christophe Hausswirth, France Elite athletes often train intensitively or compete over consecutive days. Cumulative fatigue over such periods of training or competition can […]
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Whole Body Cryotherapy (-110 to -190°C): does it improve recovery?
By Joseph T. Costello and Jonathan Leeder Dressed only in swimwear, would you expose yourself to temperatures between -110 and -195°C (-166 to -319°F) to reduce muscle soreness? Elite and recreational athletes are taking athletic recovery to the extreme by using a relatively new modality of cryotherapy called Whole Body Cryotherapy (WBC). WBC typically involves repeated exposures […]