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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…
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…
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…
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…
When you know what not to do but you do it anyway…
By PowerPlay Athlete, Jessica Meyers Most cyclists have heard the expression that there are two types of riders; the ones who have crashed and the ones who are waiting to…
To Swim or Not to Swim?
By PowerPlay Athlete, Jessica Meyers That is the question. How many times do we feel overwhelmed, tired, unmotivated? The last thing we want to do is pull on a bathing…
Project 90: A Running Revolution
When I saw Gearhead Outfitters starting a program called Project 90 the shivers and chills made their way through my body when I heard echoes of Shaun T and Tony…
A Closer Look at Athletic Recovery Could Increase Performance
By Dr. Donna Krutka, MD All too often athletes ignore their recovery. They compartmentalize their thinking into areas of: training, racing and resting. When you break down the recovery process…