The muscles of the human body form a powerful system, but that system still needs to recover after strenuous activities, including high levels of exercise. The body is naturally equipped to automatically begin the process of correcting damage that is caused by intense muscle usage, but the recovery cycle can be time consuming.
After an intense workout, inflammation and microscopic tears in the muscle tissue may lead to soreness. The damage might seem small, but this temporary trauma can lead to an accumulation of waste materials, including lactic acid and creatine.
The lymphatic and circulatory systems work together to clear accumulated waste materials from the muscular system. The circulatory system is fairly efficient, but the lymphatic system's waste removal process is relatively slow.
The muscles in the human body are capable of enduring incredibly intense physical workouts, but that extreme activity does come with a price. The human body's amazing recovery process can repair small tears in the muscle tissue, reduce inflammation, and remove waste. While the natural muscle recovery cycle is perfectly efficient for those living a sedentary lifestyle, the process might seem inefficient to athletes and other highly active individuals.
Rather than seeking an alternative, however, athletes and trainers can help speed the already efficient process through the use of sequential compression therapy. Part of the reason that the circulatory system works more quickly than the lymphatic system is that the former has a powerful pump: the heart. Pneumatic compression devices give the lymphatic system a pump of its own and leverage the body’s existing recovery system and transform it from passive recovery to active recovery.
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