The prestigious physiotherapist, through his space on World Paddle Tour, He offers us one of his always recommended articles. On this occasion, he will talk about one of the recovery methods used by the great stars of this wonderful sport.
Padel World Press .- He is one of the members of the fabulous group of professionals who, from his 'columns' in both the Official World Paddle Tour Magazine and the Circuit Website, they will share their experiences, knowledge and reflections with all the fans of this sport.
Always at the forefront of the latest techniques, Jordi Riba wanted to analyze and bring closer to the public the ins and outs of Cryotherapy, a method that is increasingly used ... Do not miss this great article.
"Cryotherapy is defined as the application of intense cold, which can be wet or dry, such as Criosauna, which is also used by a multitude of football, cycling and other teams. In the case that concerns us today, and choose for ease of movement and application both the players and the players of the Circuit, is the PILETA or water bath with ice, abundant volume to the hypogastric zone or line that joins both iliac crests , that is, around the waist but without reaching the visceral area.
In each circuit event, the organization of the World Paddle Tour through its recovery and physiotherapy service, makes available to its stars the possibility of combining hard massage sessions with the application or bath in the pool.
At first glance it seems a rudimentary contraption ... And it really is a cube of important dimensions such as to be able to access inside players up to 2,03 m height like Joan Gisbert, Fernando Poggi or Agustín Gómez Silingo, to give examples of players from greater span.
It is filled with cold water and they are poured between 10 and 30 ice bags at level, depending on the ambient temperature and the track on which they have made the match, pavilion, outdoors, intensity, duration and emotion of the match, number of elimination and size of the player. The greater the emotional load, the physical intensity, the duration and the weight of the tie, the greater the demand for blocks of ice and vice versa.
The desired effect is vasoconstriction of the venous blood flow of the lower limbs. The arterial blood travels at full speed driven from the heart to all the muscles of the athlete to transport all the nutrients, oxygen and water that the sports movement needs, in an intense and continuous urgent way. All this involves a huge energy expenditure, a number of chemical and metabolic reactions very profitable at the sport level but which, in turn, generates a huge amount of waste in the form of metabolic waste, acids to a great extent, that the organism is not capable of eliminate by the usual means in less than 24 hours, then Cryotherapy enters.
The organism of the player, when he feels the great impact of the contact and submergence of his body in waters at such a low temperature, causes an enormous and powerful vasoconstriction (closure) of the venous system, superficially first, to drain. all this amount of waste at a deeper level, there it believes that it takes refuge and can stagnate, until after the 2 minutes the body performs another vasoconstriction of the same venous ducts but in this case at a super deep level, making all the toxins mobilize quickly to heart and from there to various organs, to a greater extent excretory, through which the aforementioned substances are eliminated, especially by urinary route.
How do they do it?
The player or player, are introduced in underwear in the bucket of ice water, very very cold, upper limbs clothes dry and wait impatiently, never longer than 10 minutes, which with that cold almost unbearable are usually from 4 to 6 minutes . It is a time in which the athlete has a bad time on a physical level, but that is usually very funny and joking on the part of the other players who accompany him in such a arduous metabolic 'battle', designed to accelerate his recovery to the maximum.
It is never done with a player in the absence of a partner, as a precaution, help in the transition of the exit and also as a good time to share hilarious and juicy anecdotes that make this sport, in which being very tough rivals in the court, share clothing, cold and fun to the fullest in the room of recovery and preparation machines of the stars of the World Paddle Tour.
A hug and see you at the next World Padel Tour event.
Jordi Riba ".
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