The Advantages of Blood Circulation Limitation Many patients in our physical treatment center are not able to lift heavy weights in some cases because of discomfort, immobilization, or because of surgery. Blood Flow Restriction (BFR) Training can be a fantastic rehab tool since it permits patients to enjoy the benefits of an extreme heavy weight-lifting session while just requiring the patient to carry out low-to moderate-intensity training.
Throughout BFR training, a client or professional athlete carries out high repetitions of a specific workout while using a band or cuff around their arm or upper leg with use of light resistance. The following are physical changes that can occur secondary to Blood Flow Constraint Training: Improved muscular strength Increased muscular cross sectional area Prevention of muscular atrophy Development of more recent and healthier blood vessels Decreased risk of heart disease Enhanced bone mineral density BFR Causes Muscles to Work Harder With elastic BFR training, BFR bands are put near one's upper arms and/or upper legs.
Elastic BFR bands partly limit the venous blood (oxygen lacking blood flowing from the limbs back to the heart) return. BFR workouts involve periods of exercise and rest.
The muscles in the limb have to work even more difficult to pump the venous blood past the BFR bands back to the heart. At the local cellular level, this dam impact produces a disturbance of homeostasis lower oxygen levels in the muscle cells, acidic muscle cells, and other changes that make the muscles fatigue rapidly, much like they would with heavy weights.
How the Brain Reacts to Changing Oxygen Levels Similar to heavy weight lifting, BFR Training enables your body to experience periods of fast circulation of blood where oxygen is flowing throughout your entire circulatory system. The absence of oxygen in our limbs is notable to our body, and our main nerve system sends the message to our brain that our limbs "aren't getting adequate oxygen." It is extremely important to understand that the decreased oxygen levels that our body experiences is short-lived, safe and important for BFR to work.