Roberts argues cryotherapy may actively harm muscular adaptation
2Sep 22 · 1d ago · 1 comment · 1 source · development 2 of 2
Roberts states that cryotherapy chambers lack meaningful evidence beyond a thin body of work suggesting possible dementia prevention. She contends the practice may actually blunt muscular adaptation and that sleep and nutrition are the evidence-backed recovery priorities that clubs should prioritize instead.
theguardian.com
“There's a recent suggestion that cryotherapy might blunt muscular adaptation. When are you using it and why are you using it? If you're using it for recovery, sleep and nutrition are your best recovery modalities.”
yeah--it's not a complete departure from treating inflammation, is my understanding. It's more a shift from treating inflammation as an unhelpful process that should be inhibited, to a productive part of healing that may/may not need to be managed.
