The relationship between recovery and fatigue and its impact on performance has attracted the interest of  sports  science for  many years. 

An  good balance between stress  (training  and competition  load,  other  life  demands)  and  recovery is  essential for  athletes to achieve continuous high-level performance

Recovery is an umbrella term which can be further characterized by different techniques of recovery such as regeneration or psychological recovery strategies.

Regeneration in sport and exercise refers to the physiological aspect of recovery and ideally follows  fatigue induced by training or competition. Cold water immersion and sleep is a common recovery strategy for this.

In contrast there is also mental fatigue, this can be recovered by cognitive Self-regulation, resource activation, and psychological relaxation techniques (think meditation).

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​​Recovery can be broken down into 3 types, passive, active and pro-active recovery.

1. An example of passive recovery is a service I offer which is massage coupled with PNF stretching.

2. An example Active recovery is cool down jogging the idea behind this is that it compensates for the metabolic response of physical fatigue.

3. For proactive recovery, this is a mixture of both of the above and using them as part of your weekly training sessions e.g. a weekly massage or using compression garments after training.

Fatigue isn’t all bad, this is because, a certain degree of fatigue is needed as this causes functional overreaching- (this is required to improve performance).

If you would like more help with recovery and/or would like to book a session passive recovery give me a ring on 07759689612 or email me at [email protected]​.

 I’ll be happy to help with any queries and to book you in.