Online course · 1 CEC

Recovery Techniques

Presented by ACSM in partnership with the National Council on Strength and Fitness (NCSF).

About this course

For hundreds of years athletes have experimented with recovery tactics to improve strength, size and performance. Learn what techniques works and those that are a hoax – you’ll be surprised.

From water therapies and cupping techniques to kinesiotape, athletes and fitness enthusiasts alike spend time, money, and resources to optimally recover from training and distress. This course dispels the myths and identifies exactly what works based on the science. Covering taping, massage, acupressure, scraping, release therapies, temperature therapies, percussion guns and much more – all research-based in this instructional program.

What you will learn

  • Learn about adjunct modalities and therapies beyond adequate cool down, active stretching, sufficient rest, and a balanced diet with adequate fluid replacement to aid in post-exercise recovery
  • Understand which aids have been proven most effective in recovery and which have not or have more of a positive placebo effect
  • Use information learned about post-exercise recover aids to develop an appropriate after-exercise plan

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