Recovery Strategies To Help Prevent Injury
04/18/11 10:03 pm | Posted By: admin
If you want to prevent injury and feel better physically and emotionally, try incorporating these recovery strategies at the end of your exercise or sport activity.
Recovery Strategies:
- Add cool down stretches.
- Eat high carbohydrate and some protein within 30 minutes.
- Replace lost fluids and electrolytes.
- Take a warm Epsom Salt Bath for 15-20 minutes followed by stretching.
- Alternate hot (1-2 minutes) and cold (30 seconds) shower, repeating 3 times.
- Have a massage or use a foam roller or massage stick to work out tight areas and release lactic acid build up.
