Acute:Chronic Workload Ratio
The acute:chronic workload ratio can assist practitioners in understanding the preparedness of an athlete and their relative injury risk.
Recovery
Recovery in sports science refers to the process of restoring the body after strenuous physical activity. This category emphasises techniques and strategies aimed at reducing the risk of injury and enhancing overall athletic performance.
As the world of recovery is very complex, our aim is to simplify that science so that coaches, athletes, and everybody else can understand how to use recovery methods in order to improve sports performance.
Massage
This article looks into the science of massage and whether it is actually useful for recovery from exercise.
Heart Rate Variability (HRV)
Heart rate variability is a method of measuring athletes’ fitness and fatigue to determine their readiness to train and prevent overtraining.
Cold Water Immersion
Cold water immersion therapy is becoming an increasingly popular recovery protocol, but there is still many unknowns with its use.
Compression Garments
Compression garments remain a recommended tool for promoting recovery and therefore influencing subsequent performance.
Foam Rolling
Foam rolling is a simple self-manual therapy technique often used to improve flexibility, recovery, and athletic performance.
Post-Exercise Stretching
Post-exercise stretching may boost recovery by reducing soreness, and increasing flexibility and blood flow.
Salivary Immunoglobulin A (S-IgA)
Understanding and monitoring Salivary Immunoglobulin A (S-IgA) can help coaches and athletes minimise illness.
