About this episode

The episode discusses the effectiveness of icing for shoulder recovery in baseball pitchers compared to newer recovery methods.

Pitchers are constantly looking for the best way to recover after a long outing. Walk into any training room, and you will hear the hum of massage guns and see guys strapped to ice machines. We're seeing newer things too, like ESTIM machines and even BFR after an outing. We know pitching causes microtrauma and neuromuscular fatigue. The debate over how to properly manage that fatigue never seems to stop. A recent study finally put percussive massage and traditional ice therapy head to head. R...

People in this episode

Host: Mike Reinold

Topics covered

• shoulder recovery
• baseball pitching
• ice therapy
• muscle fatigue
• sports medicine

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ESTIM, BFR, percussive massage, ice therapy

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