Some people do say they feel much better after performing the exercises, which is another reason I like BFRT. Most patients report they feel more tired than anything during the exercises. Ideally it should not hurt, but there will be some slight discomfort due to the compression. But, does it hurt, and will I be sore after? This means you have the tourniquets on for only around 10 minutes during your training session. Patients are also encouraged to only do about 3 exercises when doing BFRT. BFRT allows you to get stronger and improve function quicker without putting excess stress on your joints. Okay Ben, that’s a lot of information and also really cool, but I still don’t see the big deal?Īh, yes. The amazing thing about this is that you can perform light exercises that would normally only affect type one muscle fibers and instead exercise and strengthen the type two fibers. By cutting off some of the blood to the leg or arm, you can “trick” your type one fibers into shutting off by removing the oxygen (via reduced blood supply) and force the type two fibers to activate. They kick on when your type one fibers are too tired, or if you’re lifting something really heavy. Type two fibers are your strength and power muscles fibers. As long as you aren’t too fatigued or lifting something too heavy these fibers do all the work. In terms of movement, type one fibers are your everyday walking around muscle fibers. Type one fibers require oxygen (delivered by blood) and type two fibers work without oxygen. To spare everyone a complete anatomy and physiology lecture, we will just say your muscles are made up of two types of muscle fibers type one fibers and type two fibers. Now, you may be wondering why in the world I would want to do that to my patients?īlood Flow Restriction Therapy (BFRT)is treatment with so many benefits! In order to understand the how and why this works, you need to know a bit about how your muscles are put together. Again, what? To make it simple, it’s cutting off some or all of the blood supply to the leg or arm and preventing the return of blood for a short period of time. BFRT is the brief and intermittent occlusion or restriction of arterial and venous blood flow that is performed by applying a tourniquet to the upper or lower extremity. These are the two most common responses I receive when I propose Blood Flow Restriction Therapy (BFRT) to my patients. Back What is Blood Flow Restriction Therapy? “You want to do what to my leg?” “That sounds like it might hurt!”
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