hyperbaric chamber

[qbkilla]

i just read that dwight freeney has been using a hyperbaric chamber to recover from his ankle injury. this reminded me that i read something a while back about romanowski using the same thing. has anyone heard of this being used before in sports or bodbyuilding to recover from injury? could it help with growth? obviousley the average person could not afford this just found it interesting.

 

[scrapper13]

it could theoretically. athletes use it because the increased pressure helps push the oxygen deeper into the injury therefore decreasing healing time. when we lift we are creating small tears in the muscle fibers so i don't see why it wouldn't help with recovery

 

[qbkilla]

good points. im wondering if there is anything out there we could do to get these same effects as far as recovery (for those of us who cant afford a hyperbaric chamber lol). one thing ive been doing recently is taking the 2 min hot/1 min cold shower right after working out to see if how it helps with recovery. not sure if it or massage has anything to do with increasing oxygen into the muscle though.

 

[ericinbc]

i've used a hyperbaric chamber in the past for my own little experiment to see just how much it would help with recoupe time and training. i did this for a little over a month and did notice some increase in recovery but not much more than when i time my workouts around a good meal, followed by massage and stretching. it is an interesting tool but i think it's more suited for injury recoupe where mobility is a issue, then other recoupe techniques can be applied once healing has progressed

 

[kid1dakota]

My Dads Friends daughter(tiffany) married Derek Para an olympic speed skater years ago(they are now divorced). Long story short she lived in Orlando, he trained in Utah ,they were newlyweds ,she was pregant so he was in Orlando quite frequently.The USA olympic speed skating team had a chamber set up at her house that he promised them he would sleep in while in Orlando a certain number of hours per night.They told him it was to maintain increased RBCs from training in high altitude.
This is what EPO and part of what anabolics do ,so a different way of acheiving higher RBCs.So yes recovery will be somewhat enhanced with more oxygen uptake.