My Principle
Hello everybody! After reconsidering many of my treatment methods I’ve come to form a principle I want to talk about. It’s a simple thought, but it carries weight through almost all injury rehabilitation and treatment. The principle is, “I can never affect your body as much as you can”. I’ll discuss how I came to realize this and I’ll provide a few examples of how it works. The idea first came into my head when I was researching Blood Flow Restriction therapy (BFR) as part of applying for a grant to purchase a couple BFR units. The science stands for itself with BFR. But the basic concept is that by restricting blood flow to a limb during light load exercise we cause the body to release hormones similar to when performing a maximum effort lift. In my opinion, this works like a “life hack” for weight training especially in the rehabilitation setting where most athletes are unable to perform a max-out lift. A former mentor of mine once told me that despite all of the technology we ha...