What is Compression Therapy?
Compression applies controlled, dynamic pressure to the extremities to help increase blood flow and lymphatic drainage. The Normatec cutting-edge compression technology implements “sleeves” that slide onto your arms, legs or around your hips and offer a pneumatic, pressurized “massage” enhancing circulation, reducing soreness accelerating muscle recovery and increasing proprioception. Compression helps your circulation system increase blood flow to help deliver more oxygen and nutrients. This therapy may help speed up recovery, relieve aches and improve physical performance. Compression for each area is approximately 30 minutes. You can sit back, relax, read a book, practice deep breathing or take a nap.
Increases Awareness of Your Body
Studies have found that people using compression therapies feel they are more in tune with their
bodies. Because compression therapies put pressure on the skin, they activate the receptors that
communicate with your brain and tell you exactly where your legs, arms, hands, and feet are and what
they are doing. The more awareness we have the calmer our body feels.
How Compression Therapy Helps
Pain Relief
When technology compress the muscles, it forces the blood back towards your heart. This makes your
muscles feel lighter and also relieves discomfort.
Keeps Muscles Warm and Increases Flexibility
When your muscles are warm, they become more flexible and have a wider range of motion.
Quicker Recovery
By compressing the veins, blood moves faster through your system. Lactic acids and other metabolic
waste that build in the tissues are carried away more efficiently, which helps speed the recovery
process.
More Oxygen in Your Muscles
Medical studies have found that compression increases the amount of oxygen found in muscles. Oxygen
is fuel for your muscles, and it also helps heal any soreness after exertion.
May Reduces Appearance of Veins
Scientists have found that patients can dramatically reduce the appearance of visible veins by regularly
using compression therapies. Since these veins are caused when pressure builds in the veins, causing
them to twist and become engorged, compression reduces the built-up pressure and helps blood flow
more smoothly.
May Help Prevent and Reduce the Appearance of Cellulite
Scientists are still trying to determine the causes of cellulite, but there are some indications that blood
circulation plays an important role. A few recent studies have shown that compression therapy can be
used to effectively reduce and prevent cellulite from appearing.
Compression/Red Light Therapy packages can be used interchangeably between modalities and families can share packages.
Compression sessions are 30 minutes long while Red Light Therapy sessions are 25 minutes long.
