Making Body Ballancer part of your fitness programme
Feel better, look better, live better
The benefits of compression therapy in sport are well understood, and it has been shown to speed muscle recovery by stimulating the lymphatic and circulatory systems, complimenting traditional manual physiotherapy and massage treatments.
Usage post exercise – ‘passive active recovery’
The arterial system is able to deliver significant blood flow – and hence oxygen and nutrients – to support our ‘fight or flight’ response, but the venous return system does not have a corresponding capacity to keep up the same pace over a long duration.
What this means in the context of vigorous exercise, is that we are unable to remove the metabolic wastes – mainly but not exclusively lactic acid and CO2 – as fast as they are being
produced. This leads to an accumulation of toxins leading to muscle fatigue, soreness and inflammation long after exercising stops. This is particularly true with a build-up of lactic acid
due to its tendency to irritate nerve endings in the muscles.
A traditional way to counteract this is the use of ‘active recovery’ – which aims to improve vascular and lymphatic function thus helping to eliminate metabolic waste products. Unfortunately this does mean expending further energy which may not be possible after an already hard training session. This is where the Body Ballancer® can help.
With its smooth and consistent peristaltic action, the Body Ballancer® provides an excellent form of ‘passive active recovery’ that will:
- improve circulation, increasing the supply of oxygen and nutrient-rich blood to the tissues
- increase the capacity of the venous return system
- stimulate lymphatic flow, speeding up the removal of toxins and other metabolic waste.
This significantly enhances the body’s ability to get rid of metabolic wastes, whilst at the same time helping to repay the oxygen debt, thus reducing the impact of any delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS). The end result will be a quicker recovery time and improved performance, as a faster return to training is made possible.
The Body Ballancer® can be used for anywhere between 30-90 minutes immediately post exercise at a pressure that can be tolerated given muscle soreness.
Where multiple training sessions are being carried out on a given day, the Body Ballancer® can be used to reduce recovery time as the rapid removal of metabolic waste minimises
soreness and restores the range of motion, allowing a faster return to training.
Usage pre-exercise
As the Body Ballancer® promotes vascular dilation, it can also be used as a form of passive warm-up. A 15-30 minute session will increase the volume of oxygenated blood to the tissues, thus preparing the muscles for exercise without depleting valuable energy stores.
