Normatec Compression Therapy
What is compression therapy
Ever spotted your favorite athlete wearing compression sleeves on your social media feed and wondered, “What’s that about?” Here’s everything you need to know about compression and how athletes use it to train harder and recover faster.
Compression is an effective method by which controlled pressure is applied to the extremities in order to increase blood flow and the efficiency of the lymphatic and venous systems. Traditionally, compression uses socks or stockings, but Renew U uses newer technology from NormaTec to offer dynamic compression that utilizes compressed air to mobilize fluid and improve circulation. This technology involves “sleeves” which slide onto your arms, legs or around your hips and offer a pneumatic, pressurized massage.
The idea behind compression is pretty simple: It helps your system increase blood flow to certain areas, encouraging your body to deliver more oxygen and nutrients to the area, which in turn may speed up recovery, relieve aches and improve athletic performance.
Potential Benefits
Professional athletes have used compression as a means to recover faster in between training sessions or after intense competitions. Because the pneumatic squeezing technique increases blood and lymphatic flow in your limbs, it allows for muscles to recover faster from aches or overuse, so the athletes can perform at a higher rate of intensity without needing as much rest or recovery in between exercise. Think about the last time you did squats. For most people, it’s not too often, and the result is, your legs are intensely sore for 2-3 days afterwards. It’s difficult to climb stairs, sit down and you can forget about exercising again. But with compression, that recovery period is much shorter because the system mimics therapeutic pressure, reducing tenderness and alleviating soreness in the process. It’s a sports massage after intense workouts, minus the sports massage price tag.
In summary, using compression improves your training, and maximizes your performance. Normatec’s patented precision pulse technology helps to increase circulation, revive muscles, decrease pain, and reduce swelling and has long been the choice of elite athletes and consumers throughout the globe.
History
Developed by doctors and backed by years of research, Normatec is your personal on-call massage therapist that’s designed to maintain and boost mobility.
How to
Sleeves” are slide onto your arms, legs, or around your hips and offer a pneumatic, pressurized massage. Typical sessions last 30 minutes. You can sit back, relax, read a book, learn something new, practice deep breaths or simply take a nap.
Pair modalities to boost your benefits and take your wellness goals one step further. You can develop a customized plan to help reach your goals using a combination of our world-class therapies by talking to your Renew U team.
Who shouldn't use compression therapy?
Do not use Normatec Compression Therapy if you have any of the following conditions:
- Acute pulmonary edema
- Acute thrombophlebitis
- Acute congestive cardiac failure
- Acute infections
- Deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
- Episodes of pulmonary embolism
- Wounds, lesions, infection, or tumors at or near the site of application
- Where increased venous and lymphatic return is undesirable
- Bone fractures or dislocations at or near the site of application