PressoTherapy
Pressotherapy is also known as lymphatic drainage, is a non-invasive treatment that involves the application of air pressure, alternating between compression and decompression on parts of body. This can help to stimulate the lymphatic system which helps to clear toxins from the body and stimulate blood circulation.
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Enable every athlete to get better every day through uncompromising innovation, elite recovery technology, and unbeatable team support.
Our medical compression systems are FDA-cleared and proven to be efficient and effective. We’re not satisfied, however. We’re continuing to invest millions in research and development, push the boundaries of human performance with our team of elite athletes, and make advanced therapies more available to more people.
While our air compression Boots often dominate the conversation, the Rapid Reboot Arm sleeves, or attachments, have been rapidly gaining popularity. More and more athletes are starting to realize the benefits of compression Boots, so it’s become natural to seek those same benefits for their shoulders and arms. This is especially true for quarterbacks, pitchers, weight lifters, climbers, swimmers, and countless other athletes who use their arms in their respective sports. But what are these benefits, and what do the Arms attachments actually do? Below are 4 key benefits:
INCREASE BLOOD CIRCULATION
One of the most important benefits of wearing dynamic compression arm sleeves is increased blood circulation. By quickly alternating between squeezing and releasing in various chambers along your arm, the compression, which when inflated feels similar to a blood pressure cuff, helps mobilize blood in the veins to help facilitate venous return. In short, the compression helps your body circulate a greater volume of blood faster through your system, returning more nutrient and oxygen-rich blood back to your arm and shoulder muscles faster to help the muscles rebuild and regenerate.
BLOOD FLOW IS A HUGE THING FOR MY RECOVERY, AND THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT RAPID REBOOT DOES.
— Chasen Shreve, New York Mets Pitcher
RECOVER FASTER
While increased blood flow is critical, an often overlooked aspect of accelerating recovery is improved lymphatic function. The lymphatic system helps maintain your body’s fluid levels and is the main system for delivering immune responses to where they need to be. Unlike the circulatory system, which has your heart as a pump, your lymphatic system relies on muscle contractions to circulate fluid. When your muscles are damaged and fatigued from a hard workout, it directly affects your body’s ability to remove waste, fight infection, and manage swelling and inflammation.
Pressotherapy’s compression Arm attachments are designed to provide compression to your hand/wrist, forearm, bicep/tricep, and shoulders in a sequential, distal-to-proximal manner. This means they always start at your extremities and work their way towards your chest and core. This helps flush your lymphatic system and lymph nodes, helping them return to normal function faster. The Arms’ proprietary design also ensures the shoulder is covered completely and fastened securely in a way that the compression is directed into the shoulder. Other brands’ designs allow their chambers to inflate away from your body instead of compressing inward.
IMPROVE FLEXIBILITY
A distinct feature of Pressotherapy’s compression is its pressure range. Pressotherapy’s devices, like the REGEN, offer double the compression range and performance of the competition. This compression allows for athletes to get a tighter squeeze and deeper muscle massage, which in turn improves flexibility and range of motion. A recent university study found that subjects who received Pressotherapy’s treatment “recorded a greater improvement in their ROM (range of motion) and power output with larger percent increases in hamstring flexibility compared to control subjects” and “a larger improvement in hip range of motion.” This is in line with other studies that have explored how sequential compression can speed up the stretching process (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.
By applying this same compression to your arms and, most importantly, your shoulder, the Arms provide these same benefits. For the USA Climbing and USA Weightlifting athletes we’ve worked with over the years, greater flexibility and range of motion have been important in preventing injury performing at their best.
MAXIMIZE MUSCLE PERFORMANCE
The same university study that found greater flexibility and range of motion also found that using Rapid Reboot improved muscle performance in several key ways, including an “increased vertical jump airtime (8.17% vs 5.76%), vertical jump height (2.69% vs 1.47%), and power output (4.82% vs 1.18%) after an eccentric DOMS-inducing exercise.” In many sports, even just a 1% increase in performance, whether through jumping, throwing, or lifting, can be the difference between a win and a loss. Imagine a pitcher, for example, who can throw the ball just a little faster, or a lifter who can lift a pound more, maybe even a kilo more. That could be the difference between a strikeout and a home-run, or a world record and a failed attempt.
By helping your body regain and improve its muscle performance each time you get back to training, the Rapid Reboot Arms sleeves can help make your best even better.
ONE OF THE MOST OVERLOOKED FEATURES ON THE RAPID REBOOT CLASSIC COMPRESSION SYSTEM
In 2017, Rapid Reboot quickly became known for its quality compression system that offers more compression and faster cycles than the competition. This system, known affectionately as the CLASSIC, has helped Olympic, professional, and weekend-warrior-type athletes alike combat soreness and recover faster for years.
Although Rapid Reboot has since launched the REGEN™ and GENESIS™, the most advanced compression systems ever engineered, the CLASSIC unit still provides better compression performance than the competition. Many people find it the best bang for their buck, even if the REGEN offers a greater quantity of features.
Testimony
OLYMPIC RUNNER JARED WARD SHARES HOW HE PREPARES FOR THE BOSTON MARATHON :
BLOOD FLOW IS A HUGE THING FOR MY RECOVERY, AND THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT RAPID REBOOT DOES.
— Jared Ward, Olympic Marathon Runner – REP
The Boston Marathon is one of the oldest and most cherished marathons in the world. Every year runners, athletes, and fans alike travel from around the globe to experience this historic event.
“When I walk up to the start line at [Boston], I’m gunna know that I did everything that I could to be ready and that I built the best team around me to be prepared for this race.” says Jared Ward, Olympic marathon runner and founder of the Run Elit Program in Utah. How does an athlete prepare for such an endeavor like Boston?
“I’m a product of the team around me.” says Ward, “Having a team and a support system means everything to being ready for [Boston]. And that starts with my family, to my coach, to my training partners, medical partners, and recovery partners that I surround myself with.”
You’re a product of your surroundings. Ward’s made sure that he’s surrounded himself with people and partners that will help him be his best.
HOW DOES RECOVERY PLAY AN ESSENTIAL ROLE IN PREPARING FOR BOSTON?
“Rapid Reboot has been an integral part of my recovery process for years. The additional blood flow, relaxation, and reboot that I feel gets me ready for the next run.” says Ward. “Blood flow. Compression. Vibration. All of these things work to interact with the body in a way that promotes the healing that’s already happening.”
“You eat good nutrition, it gets in your system, and the compression and other recovery products help circulate and expedite the process that is already happening in the body. What the Rapid Reboot Boots do is dump a little fuel on the process that the body uses naturally to recover.
“I use [the boots] to help me so that I can train at my best. And I use them during tape or before races to make sure that I’m fully recovered and ready to go on the start line.“
RUN ELITE PROGRAM. UTAH’S PREMIER RUNNING CLUB.
Jared’s also paying it forward with the Run Elite Program (REP). A club he founded to help build, support and lift up the local running community in Utah.
“REP is Utah’s premier professional running club. It’s exciting to have a group here and to have a club and an organization and help and medical network and recovery and training partners that you need to succeed on the national and worldwide stage. We’re excited to leverage all the good that comes out of Utah. Utah has some of the best high school and college programs in the nation for running and per capita we are printing distance runners. It’s fun to have worked with a number of other people here in the state to build this program to support those runners and to support the community and to leverage running in this running community.”
Rapid Reboot has partnered with REP and with Jared Ward because we share the common goal in supporting and building up athletes to help them achieve and resume greatness.