Originally Posted by
Matt Reynolds
Sully,
Incredibly well written article. Who did the art work? It was fantastic! Frustrating to read, of course, because in the end, there isn't an absolute answer to the problem. We use alot of recovery techniques at STRONG, but we also understand that MOST of these techniques are done to help the lifter "feel" better. We do seem to get really good "feel" results from:
- Liniment use pre training.
- Foam rolling, roller stick, lacross ball, and manual myofascial release pre-training
- Compression during training
- Systemic cryotherapy immediately after training, especially since we are usually incredibly hot afterwards. This just makes most people "feel" better.
- Then using hot tubs, liniment, intense myofascial release for major problem areas and compression for minor problem usually works really well post-cryotherapy.
All in all though - its possible that none of that helps. But it "feels" like it. ;-)