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PowerPlay’s cold compression kits have a variety of uses from soothing muscle strain or pulled muscles to reducing swelling. This blog is your resource for discovering how to best use these wraps can best help you recover or prevent injury.
The Evolution of Cold and Compression Therapy
By PowerPlay Guest Blogger Casey Paulk, ATC I am an Athletic Trainer, and have been practicing for almost nine years. During my career I have been lucky enough to work…
Change Your Thinking, Change Your Results
By PowerPlay Athlete Jessica Meyers I have sat and thought about what the biggest obstacle is for an elite athlete. And the reality is it’s probably not much different than…
Greatest Sports Moments
By PowerPlay Athlete Jessica Meyers, Photo by Rev3 Knoxville I am admittedly a sports fanatic. True, I tend to lean towards the sports geared towards my world—swim, bike, and run. …
Recognizing A Value
By Pro Triathlete Jessica Meyers I was meeting with an athlete I coach and we were discussing power meters and different equipment. He was trying to find the most…
IronMan Arizona Race Report
By PowerPlay Athlete Jessica Meyers A week has passed since Ironman Arizona and while I would like to say I’ve been very busy thus delaying my race report, the…
Why it Didn’t Bother Me to Hear My Anterior Cruciate Ligament Was Torn But Scared to Death to Find Out I Had Torn My ACL
By PowerPlay Blogger Natalie Cagle In 1998 I was attending the University of Montana in Missoula. Fabulous school. Especially if you enjoyed mountain sports like skiing. I did. Not more…
Iron Brain
By PowerPlay Athlete Jessica Meyers This Sunday I loaded up the kids to get out of the house. I pulled out of my driveway and heard that horrible sound…
Separating The Athlete From The Athletic Trainer
By PowerPlay Guest Blogger Chelsea Martinez I’m an Athletic Trainer. I’m also an amateur jiu-jitsu competitor. Along the course of my jiu-jitsu career I’ve had my fair share of injuries….
Race Report From Austin Triathlon
By PowerPlay Athlete Jessica Meyers Last weekend I traveled to Austin for the 70.3. In 2011 I won this event. In 2012 I missed it because I was focusing a…
What a Pro Looks Like
By PowerPlay Athlete Jessica Meyers, photo by Nils Nilsen When I first turned professional in triathlon in 2006, I had been accepted to the National Resident Team at the Olympic Training…
How Much Weight Should You (Or Shouldn’t You) Gain in the Off-Season?
By PowerPlay Pro Triathlete, Jessica Meyers It’s that time of year that we love and hate, the off season. While mentally it’s a nice break from the daily grind, our…
Project 90: The Final Week
The final week of Project 90 is here. What I’ve learned is invaluable. Everything about the program will go into my bag of tricks. Without having someone with you daily,…