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Our recovery cuffs have an athlete-centric design to aid faster muscle recovery. It uniquely combines three therapies in one solution: ice, heat, and compression.
Ice
Freezes in 2 hours and stays frozen for up to 5 hours.
It helps with
Pain; swelling; muscle pain recovery after exercise; calf DOMs; muscle cell function; and lactic acid in muscles.
Heat
Warms up in 15 seconds and keeps the temperature for up to 3 hours.
It helps with
Preparation before the exercise; pain; muscle spasms; blood flow; and tissue healing.
Compression
Evenly distributes gradient compression.
It helps with
Muscle soreness; fluid return; lower lactic acid; swelling; and muscle support.
A 3-in-1 cuff for the three phases of injury healing
By combining compression, ice, and heat, our recovery calf cuff is suitable for each stage of the muscle recovery process. Here’s how you can use each therapy.
Phase 1: Inflammatory
Inflammation occurs when the body protects itself by flooding the injured area with fluid for 48 hours. This process is essential, but too much fluid is bad, as it stretches the soft tissue. This is why we apply compression and ice instead of heat. During this phase, heat increases the blood flow into the injured area and increases the amount of swelling.
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Phase 2: Proliferation
The body begins to repair, and new tissue and scar tissue are formed at the injury site. Heat can now be applied to it to accelerate the healing process.
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Phase 3: Remodelling
This is the process of returning to health: the restoration of structure and function of the injured tissue. The healing process includes blood clotting, tissue mending, scarring and bone healing. Heat therapy can also be used during this phase.
Athlete Stories
Evidence on the effectiveness of the thermacase when the cuffs are frozen.
The data presented below illustrates how long the calf cuff will remain frozen once removed from the freezer. It also indicates how long the garment’s use can be extended when stored in our Thermacase.
Every measure was taken to keep the environment constant and limit the variables. Repeat tests will be carried out to ensure a more accurate and reliable data set.
Equipment
- 2 x Riixo Calf Cuffs
- 1 x Thermacase
- 1 x Domestic freezer
- 1 x Infrared laser thermometer gun
- 1 x Digital timer
- 22°C
Ambient room temperature
Method
- The Recovery Calf Cuffs were placed in the bottom shelf of a domestic freezer and left there for 7 hours (11 pm – 6 am).
- The temperature of the cuffs were immediately taken after they were removed from the freezer using the temperature reader.
- For consistency, a point was marked on both cuffs where the reading was to be taken.
- The temperature reader was held on that point for 10 seconds to reduce the risk of temperature anomalies.
- Cuff A was placed inside the Thermacase. Cuff B was placed on a wooden desk out of direct sunlight.
- The digital timer was set to 15 minutes intervals. Readings on both cuffs were taken from the marked spot and recorded on the graph.
Conclusion
- Storing our Recovery Calf Cuff in the Thermacase after taking it out of the freezer can extend its use by over 5 hours. This allows you to take the cuff anywhere and use it to heal sore muscles, accelerate sports recovery, manage calf pain after running, aid torn muscle repair, or treat other calf injuries.
Evidence on the effectiveness of the thermacase in keeping the cuffs hot.
The data presented below illustrates how long the calf cuff will remain hot after being heated in the microwave. For this, three cuffs were heated at 15-second intervals and then stored in our Thermacase.
Every measure was taken to keep the environment constant and limit the variables. Repeat tests will be carried out to ensure a more accurate and reliable data set.
Equipment
- 3 x Riixo Calf Cuffs
- 2 x Thermacases
- 1 x 900W microwave
- 1 x Microwave proof bowl
- 1 x Infrared laser thermometer gun
- 1 x Infrared laser thermometer gun
- 1 x Digital timer
- 22°C
Ambient room temperature
Method
Each cuff was heated in the microwave separately by placing them in microwave proof bowls. This prevented the cuffs from being wedged inside and ensured evenly distributed heating.
- Cuff A was heated for 15 seconds and placed in a Thermacase.
- Cuff B was heated for 1 minute (4x15-second intervals, 10-second rest, and repositioning between heatings).
- Cuff C was heated for 1 minute 30 seconds (6×15-second intervals, 10-second rest, and repositioning between heatings).
The digital timer was set to 15-minute intervals. Readings on both cuffs was taken from the marked spot and recorded on the graph.
15 seconds at 900W. 1 minute (4 x 15 second intervals) at 900W. 1 minute 30 seconds (6 x 15 second intervals) at 900W.
Conclusion
Storing our Recovery Calf Cuff in the Thermacase after taking it out of the freezer can extend its use by over 5 hours.
This allows you to take the cuff anywhere and use it to heal sore muscles, accelerate sports recovery, manage calf pain after running, aid torn muscle repair, or treat other calf injuries.
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