The Coach Amy and Coach Liz Show
Promoting a healthy and positive experience for endurance athletes.
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The Coach Amy and Coach Liz Show

Created with endurance athletes in mind

Created with endurance athletes in mind. Coaches Amy and Liz have a combined thirty years of coaching and seven decades of competing in endurance sports. They cover topics relevant to athletes at various levels of participation: those training for a personal challenge to those competing for an age group placement or race qualification.

 

Heat or Ice to Treat Injury and Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness?

Coach Amy soaking in a hot tub to treat her chronic knee injury, several hours after she recovered from a run.

What’s this Podcast about?

Coaches Amy and Liz provide insights on when to use heat, ice, or neither to treat an injury or delayed onset muscle soreness.

Research to Check out regarding the impact of ice v.s. Heat on Endurance training.

Roberts LA, Raastad T, Markworth JF, Figueiredo VC, Egner IM, Shield A, Cameron-Smith D, Coombes JS, Peake JM. Post-exercise cold water immersion attenuates acute anabolic signaling and long-term adaptations in muscle-to-strength training. J Physiol. 2015 Sep 15;593(18):4285-301.

Pecanha T, deMoraes Forjaz C, & Low D. Passive Heating Attenuates Post-exercise Cardiac Autonomic Recovery in Healthy Young Males. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 2017 Dec 21;11.

Interesting Article to Read.

Check out this article where the doctor who coined the term RICE (rest, ice, compression, and elevation) refutes his original regimen for treating injuries with ice. Why Ice Delays Recovery.

Recovery, Injury PreventionCoach Amyheat, ice, injury, physical therapy