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NormaTec Recovery Systems is a compression therapy typically used by athletes and other active individuals to help speed up recovery after intense physical activity.
Robust physical routines have excellent benefits, such as muscle strengthening, improved posture and mood, reduced stress, and better overall body mechanics; however, with consistent use, it’s vital to support your body so it can support you.
When we push our body without giving it adequate time to repair after activities, it often reacts with muscle strain, tissue tears, and joint pain, which causes targeted areas to inflame. This reaction can affect your downtime, comfort, and overall performance.
The NormaTec system uses advanced pneumatic compression technology to help increase circulation and reduce muscle inflammation, which limits movement, efficiency, and productivity.
If recurring inflammation is affecting your game or your quality of life. We’d love to see you in our clinic.
Our Rochester NormaTec chiropractic team is prepared to get you back in action!
What Inflammation & Circulation Do to the Body
Inflammation
Inflammation is the body’s natural response to tissue damage. While it does have necessary restorative properties, it can significantly affect the body in numerous ways.
Common effects of inflammation include:
- Blood changes, such as increasing the number of immune system cells that attack foreign and harmful invaders
- Pain and swelling due to increased blood flow to the injured area
- Activation of the immune system may cause weakness, lethargy, and even fever due to the amount of energy needed to keep it active.
- Chronic swelling or inflammation may occur if the initial response to the injury isn’t adequately healed; this can lead to serious illnesses such as arthritis and heart disease and mental imbalances such as depression
- Mood and cognition disruption from an imbalance in brain chemicals such as serotonin
- Digestion and gastrointestinal problems that cause stomach pain, constipation, bloating, nausea, and diarrhea
The NormaTec Recovery System is an excellent way to naturally control and discourage inflammation as circulation improves.
Circulation
Proper blood flow ensures nutrients and oxygen are effectively moved throughout the body and is especially important for tissue repair.
Benefits related to good circulation include:
- Quicker healing
- Healthy and productive organs
- Optimized physical and mental performance
- Regulated body temperature
- Increased energy levels and focus
- Reduced risk of illness and injury
- Enhanced immune system
When the body is experiencing poor circulation, effects often include:
- Numbness, weakness, and tingling in extremities (legs, arms, hands, etc.)
- Swelling, often in the legs and ankles
- Muscle cramps
- Slow-healing wounds
- Cold hands and feet
- Fatigue
- Digestive problems
- Chest pain
As you may assume, these discomforts can greatly hinder your performance, so getting relief is likely your priority. The NormaTec system works fast to secure proper blood flow so you can recover and confidently return to your routine.
Want to learn more? Feel free to contact our Rochester chiropractor and get your questions answered!
How Does NormaTec Recovery Work?
The NormaTec system is designed to mimic the natural process of the body's lymphatic system, which supports the removal of waste and toxins from the muscles. The system uses compression boots, sleeves, or shorts to apply pulsating pressure to the muscles.
This pressure helps push fluid out of the muscles and into the lymphatic system, reducing inflammation and speeding up recovery.
Athletes and other active individuals often turn to NormaTec to help improve their recovery time and reduce muscle soreness and fatigue so they can get back to their activities safely and quickly.
Who Benefits from NormaTec Compression Therapy?
NormaTec is widely used by athletes in various sports, as well as those with chronic issues.
Typical NormaTec patients include:
- Runners, including those recovering from marathons or long-distance runs
- Runners, cyclists, triathletes, and CrossFitters who want to recharge their legs before a competition
- Individuals with chronic pain
- Individuals with conditions that affect their mobility and overall health
- Those with swelling, such as of the knees or ankles
- Uninjured athletes looking to recover from events faster
- Injured athletes looking to heal faster
- Workers who are regularly on their feet
- Pregnant women who have increased swelling in their feet and ankles
- Those recovering from a surgery
A 2017 study showed that athletes who used compression therapy had an enhanced recovery with reduced oxidative stress and proteolysis markers compared to the control group.
Haun CT, Roberts MD, Romero MA, et al. Does external pneumatic compression treatment between bouts of overreaching resistance training sessions exert differential effects on molecular signaling and performance-related variables compared to passive recovery? An exploratory study. PLoS One. 2017;12(6):e0180429. Published 2017 Jun 29. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0180429
Injuries NormaTec Recovery Can Treat
Many of our patients receive advanced healing and heightened function and performance after adding NormaTec to their recovery and preventative routines. The NormaTec recovery system uses air compression to mimic a muscle pump. This pulsing motion speeds blood flow to injured areas and promotes tissue regrowth.
NormaTec Recovery can help treat a variety of injuries and dysfunctions, including:
- Injuries affecting the knees, feet, ankles, shins, calves, quadriceps, and hamstrings
- Injuries affecting the hips and lower back
- Shoulder injuries, including rotator cuff imbalances
- Muscle fatigue
- Overuse injuries, such as tennis elbow and carpal tunnel syndrome
- Delayed-onset muscle soreness (DOMS)
- Post-operative care for surgeries such as hip, knee, and ACL replacements
- Joint, tendon, ligament, and muscle injuries
- Sciatica
- Achilles tendonitis
- Sprains and strains
Not only does NormaTec treat injuries, but athletes can use the system proactively to improve their performance and enable faster recovery from the imbalances that arise from intense physical demands.
Benefits you may achieve after NormaTec compression therapy include:
- Enhanced circulation
- Improved range of motion, mobility, and flexibility
- Improved lymphatic system function
- Decreased muscle soreness, weakness, and fatigue
- Improved body efficiency, function, and movement patterns
- Faster recovery
- Injury prevention
With our tailored chiropractic healing programs, you can achieve optimized results centered around your unique needs, abilities, and goals.
Sports Chiropractic in Rochester
Our sports chiropractic team is here to provide you with the best, safest, and most effective care. We pull from numerous advanced chiropracic methods to ensure your body gets the support it needs to sustain the pressures placed upon it.
We know you have to push your body to extremes sometimes. Let us help you keep it safe and optimized so you can reach your goals responsibly.
Some of the conservative chiropractic solutions we may use to complement your NomraTec therapy include:
- Chiropractic adjustments
- Soft tissue therapies
- Dry needling
- Blood flow restriction
- Functional rehab
- Lifestyle guidance and preventative care insight
Don’t let an injury or prolonged recovery sideline you for another day.