Professional cycling teams, such as those you see riding the Tour de France, bring massage therapists with them to the races. Called a soigneur (pronounced swan-YUR), the massage therapist may have many other duties, but he or she is generally there to make sure each active member of the team gets 5-7 massages per week Read more…
Massage for Athletic Recovery
Float Therapy for Athletes
We strongly recommend float therapy to relieve the stress of modern life. There’s no relaxation more profound than the relaxation you feel floating in a sensory deprivation tank. It’s like a vacation from everything that might be bothering you. People from all walks of life can benefit from floating, so it should come as no Read more…
Photobiomodulation for Athletic Recovery
We all know that the most reliable way to improve athletic performance is to work out regularly. What most people lose sight of, however, is that the workout itself doesn’t improve performance. It’s the recovery afterward that makes you both stronger and better able to process oxygen. The purpose of the workout is to cause Read more…
Infrared Sauna for Athletic Recovery
I did a Google search on “infrared sauna for athletic recovery.” Google returned about 6.48 million results. That is an indication of how much confidence people place in infrared sauna as a recovery technology. And why wouldn’t they? According to a 2018 posting in Sports Illustrated, “[Far infrared radiation] will increase the vibration of water Read more…
Whole-Body Cryotherapy for Athletic Recovery
For athletes, there are two kinds of muscle soreness. The first is the burning sensation you get during a workout from the buildup of lactic acid in your bloodstream. It usually happens as your muscles begin to weaken and your performance starts to flag. It is a signal that you’re reaching your limit. One of Read more…
Compression Therapy for Athletes
Unlike your arteries, which convey your blood from your heart to the rest of your body, your veins, which bring the used blood back, need special mechanisms to keep the blood moving. One of these mechanisms is leg movement. Repeatedly contracting your calf muscles, which you do when you walk, pushes the blood through the Read more…
Is Float Therapy Sanitary?
We sometimes get questions from prospective users about whether float therapy is sanitary. I just wanted to do a quick summary of what we do to make sure your floating experience is as clean as it can possibly be. You can plan on three safeguards of purity when you come to Peak Recovery & Health Read more…
Photobiomodulation for Autism
Week after week in this blog I offer suggestions for managing different conditions with the services of Peak Recovery & Health Center. Migraines? Try float therapy. High blood pressure? Try infrared sauna. Arthritis? Try cryotherapy. There are so many conditions and they are so varied that you must think I am joking at times. But Read more…
Women‘s Healthcare Month
May is Women’s Healthcare Month, and I am writing this post in June. I am a man. The guy who helps me put together the calendar for this blog is a man as well. We are two men working together to create a blog post for Women’s Healthcare Month. We are a metaphor for modern Read more…
Infrared Sauna for Weight Management
An undated research project (PDF) at Binghamton University showed that using an infrared sauna three times a week can lead to a reduction in body fat. I have no doubt this was a well-controlled study and that its findings are authentic. What gives me pause, however, is that the results have been published all over Read more…