Time and time again, research shows that regular exercise is necessary for health and longevity, but how you recover is equally important. To perform at the top of your game and feel your best, a routine with science-backed therapies can help. Here’s how to accelerate your downtime, improve performance and boost wellness.
Why is Recovery Important for Fitness?
When you have fitness goals, it can be hard to take rest days. However, taking a break from exercise provides a variety of benefits, including:
- Preventing muscle fatigue
- Allowing time for tissue and muscle repair and nutrient replenishment
- Reducing the risk of injury
- Improving the quality of your sleep
- Enhancing future performance1
3 Ways to Improve Fitness Recovery
Along with allowing your body to rest and nourishing it with adequate protein, complex carbs and fruits and vegetables, there are additional, proven ways to expedite your body’s recovery.
IV Drip Therapy
Proper hydration is critical when you’re participating in regular physical activity, and the best way to ensure your body is hydrated is through IV Drip Therapy. This involves inserting an intravenous infusion of essential vitamins, minerals, electrolytes and amino acids directly into your bloodstream through a vein in your arm, allowing them to bypass the digestive process. The result is that those nutrients are immediately absorbed into the bloodstream, a process that ensures 100% bioavailability as compared to only 15-20% through oral supplementation.
Your Nurse can help you choose a blend from our IV Drip Menu or customize a drip based on your unique needs.
Nutrients to Consider
L-Carnitine is an amino acid that plays a crucial role in energy metabolism and has been found to not only improve energy production but also reduce muscle injury, post-exercise inflammation and oxidative damage.2
CoQ10, one of our IM Shots, may help decrease fatigue and improve cardiovascular health and physical performance.
Glutamine is an amino acid known for its role in decreasing muscle soreness and increasing muscle and skin hydration.
NAD+ is a coenzyme critical for numerous biological and psychological functions, including metabolism and energy, but levels decline with age. Replenishing NAD+ through an IV Drip or IM Shot may help boost athletic performance and overall cellular health.
Cryotherapy
You may “feel the burn” with fitness, but a blast of sub-zero temperatures for up to 3 minutes can dramatically help your recovery.
During a Whole Body Cryotherapy session, you enter a specialized chamber for up to three minutes where your entire body is safely exposed to freezing temperatures. This sparks a natural “fight-or-flight response” in your body, signaling your blood vessels to constrict and restrict blood away from the extremities. This redirection causes your body to move blood toward the core, increasing its levels of antioxidant capacity, oxygen and certain proteins and protecting your vital organs.
When you exit the chamber, oxygen-rich blood flow and circulation are increased as your body works to heat things back up. From that point forward, you may experience a variety of benefits, including reduced muscle soreness and pain, faster recovery from exercise and improved athletic performance as a result.3
Compression
Compression involves applying controlled pressure to the arms, legs or hips to help your body increase blood flow to certain areas. Because of that increased blood flow, more oxygen and nutrients are delivered throughout the body, which may help accelerate muscle recovery, reduce pain and swelling and increase future athletic performance.4
Reach Your Fitness Goals Faster with Restore
As with exercise, consistency matters! Remember that to reach your fitness goals, you need regular exercise, adequate nutrition, hydration and rest. And the addition of powerful therapies like IV Drips, Cryotherapy, and Compression can help take your results to the next level.
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