Similar to cryotherapy, compression therapy has been around for decades as a medical treatment. Normatec, the device used at Spa 31, actually started as a medical device used to treat a lymphedema, or chronic swelling. The FDA approved compression therapy for this purpose, and it is still used for lymphatic drainage, today.
Your circulatory system delivers oxygen, nutrients and hormones to every cell in your body. At the same time, it flushes your system of toxins and metabolic wastes such as carbon dioxide and lactic acid.
The idea behind compression therapy is that by increasing blood flow to specific parts of the body, you encourage your body to deliver more oxygen and nutrients to those areas. This can speed up recovery, relieve pain and even improve athletic performance.
Benefits of Compression Therapy
- Reducing swelling and inflammation
- Speeding up muscle recovery
- Preventing delayed-onset muscle soreness
- Relieving muscle pain
- Improving athletic performance
- Increasing flexibility and range of motion
- Removing exercise-related wastes, like lactic acid
- Decreasing muscle fatigue
Why is Normatec good for everyone?
Normatec compression therapy can benefit just about everyone. If you’re feeling tired and low on energy, or if you’ve been sick and feeling like your body is fighting to get back on track, lymph massage would likely serve you well. Normatec takes this process one step further allowing for simultaneous compression for your legs and arms. In a traditional massage, only one area is worked on at a time, while with the timed repetitive progression of compression, improvement can be achieved in a short amount of time.
Athletes, surgical patients, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue sufferers may want to consider compression.
Great for Athletes
After a sports injury or surgery, lymph vessels can become overwhelmed with the demand placed on them. When tissues are swollen, deep tissue techniques may cause damage to the lymph vessels and surrounding structures. Lymphatic massage is often the treatment of choice because it helps the body remove proteins and waste products from the affected area and reduce the swelling. This helps reduce pressure on cells and allows them to reproduce faster to heal the body.
Great for Chronic Pain and Auto-Immune
Normatec Lymphatic massage therapy can also be part of a care program for fibromyalgia pain, inflammation, injury or chronic fatigue syndrome. Because it’s so gentle, it is well tolerated by these patients, who are often experiencing sore trigger points throughout the body. And by encouraging lymph flow and removing waste products, this gentle form of bodywork can help restore immune function and improve vitality.
It can have a powerful impact on your body’s ability to heal, if you’re feeling sluggish, experiencing swelling, or recovering from an injury. or interested in optimizing your lymph system for stronger immunity.
We recommend a short 30-minute Normatec compression therapy session on a weekly basis, to maintain a healthy lymphatic system.
