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A bathtub with water and lots, lots of ice. The recipe is easy, but the experts guarantee that Cryotherapy brings a lot of benefits to the MMA fighter. A new mania in the Brazilian fighters camp, it’s normal to see Rodrigo Minotauro, Demian Maia and Junior Cigano immersed on cold waters after hard train sessions. On the report published on TATAME Magazine October edition, we tried to understand why this new training became are more common than ever.
“Cryotherapy’s biggest benefit is the analgesic effect that it provides, in a localized way, without pharmacologic agents”, explains Rafael Alejarra, Wanderlei Silva and Demian Maia’s physical coach. Talking about Demian, the black belt experienced it for the first time before his last fight and approved. “This method is excellent. After the immersion, you feel a little cold, but then you take a hot shower and feel the muscles relaxed”, confess. To know all Cryotherapy’s benefits, how it must be applied and the risks to the health, read the TATAME # 164.
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