Introducing Blood Flow Restriction Therapy (BFRT) to CoachAmyPT

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Increase strength, improve performance, and speed up recovery from injury or during training with Blood Flow Restriction Therapy (BFRT) at CoachAmyPT.

What is Blood Flow Restriction Therapy?

Coach Amy applies a pressure cuff to your extremities at a controlled and carefully prescribed occlusion pressure (measured with a Doppler ultrasound device). The pressure minimizes the blood flow to and from your muscles during customized physical therapy rehab protocol or performance training workouts.

How does Blood Flow Restriction work?

Minimizing blood flow to your muscles tricks the neuromuscular system - that connection from your brain and spinal cord to your muscles - into thinking you are performing a high-intensity exercise. This is through a series of biochemical reactions. I will share more in another post for those who like to geek out on the science.

What are the benefits of Blood Flow Restriction Therapy?

BFRT allows us to reap the same benefit of high-intensity training with less strain on the muscles, tendons, and joints. It also improves aerobic capacity with less stress in shorter amounts of time. This can support endurance training, enabling us to do more without the same strain/stress.

Blood flow Restriction Therapy is validated with scientific evidence to:

• Increase strength

• Increase muscle size/mass (hypertrophy) - even more so than high-intensity training.

• Attenuate muscle atrophy

• Promote recovery during training for sports performance

• Improve cardiovascular function in all populations, including athletes and the aging

• Aid in the rehabilitation of injury with faster outcomes

• Enhance pre-surgical physical therapy (prehab)

Coach Amy is certified to apply an FDA-approved BFRT device as an adjunct to physical therapy rehabilitation and performance enhancement.

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