BFR of Blood Flow Restriction training is another tool that is used in therapy to help patients in all forms of recovery and performance. Blood Flow Restriction training involves using a tourniquet that is inflated to specific pressures to cause brief or intermittent occlusion of the arterial and venous blood flow while at rest or exercising. Using this technique, you can exercise using significantly less weight and still achieve significant gains in muscle strength, size, and aerobic capacity.
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Blood flow restriction can be used in all stages of therapy including before and after surgery or injury and to improve patient performance and aerobic capacity. Blood flow restriction training is unique because it allows you to train at lower intensities and with less resistance but still receive similar benefits that one would get from exercising at high intensities because the restriction of blood flow creates an internal environment like that of when you have been exercising very hard.
Before beginning blood flow restriction training, please speak with your physical therapist so you are appropriately screened to determine that blood flow restriction training is safe for you.
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