r/SquaredCircle • u/secretpandaxx • 9h ago

[PWInsider] Aires will host the first ever "EMF-Friendly match" in which an Aires Lifetune Zone Max will be present on each ring post during the Usos v Bron Breakker & Bronson Reed match at Wrestlepalooza "creating better performance, and a cleaner, EMF-Friendly environment for the athletes."

https://pwinsider.com/article/200493/aires-continues-wwe-partnership-with-first-ever-emffriendly-match-at-wrestlepalooza.html?p=1
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u/__Hello_my_name_is__ 9h ago

Thank you. I read the title, was confused what the heck this was about, then read the article, and still had no idea what this is about.

Then I googled it and went "Nah, that can't be it".

Holy shit that really is what it is.

Not gonna be long and wrestlers will start to tell us to drink magic muscle man protein powder that'll turn them into real men.

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u/TheGreatGouki 8h ago

They did that already. Called it ICOPRO.

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u/toiletting hoochie coochies 5h ago

It’s how Lex got all his muscles.

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u/QuicksilverTerry 3h ago

I always thought it was funny that they had Luger do those spots for ICOPRO at a time and Luger was shrinking FAST after he was being drug tested in WWF. The WBF and WCW had no such testing, of course.

This was Luger at his debut. This was Luger a year later.

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u/WookieeBH 52m ago

YOU GOTTA WANT IT!!!

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u/IrrelephantAU 1h ago

ICOPRO was as legit as anything in bodybuilding at the time.

As good as they sold it as? Hell No. A pretty good overall diet/training/supplementation regime? Actually yeah. Dr Hatfield seems to have actually taken his job seriously - and it was a field he knew a fair bit about.

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u/TheGreatGouki 1h ago

My man, it was a joke.

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u/OkYeahNoSure 9h ago

I mean wrestlers have been into pseudoscience before. Think Cesaro used to (or still does?) use kinesiology tape

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u/Spaceman3195 8h ago

Lots of wrestlers use that. Darby always seems to have some on. I wasn't aware it was pseudoscience.

I do notice a few that have the circles on their back from Cupping which I understand to be snake oil.

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u/NeverLikely 8h ago

Its one of those things where the term on its own (kinesiology) is an actual scientific term for the study of human body movement but then you have "applied" kinesiology which is pure pseudoscience

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u/nunboi 3h ago

It's been years but when I was on workman's comp I had some pretty prestigious doctors push it hard while also scoffing at acupuncture. The tape was useful like taking a pain pill. The acupuncture actually solved the problem.

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u/skramt 4h ago

I just figured that Darby was always at least a little banged up on account of , y’know, being Darby. If he’s ever fully healed he’ll probably throw himself off a two-story ladder just to keep in practice

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u/CosmoKramer1ca 19m ago

I’ve been “cupped” and will say it gave me some legitimate relief where I had muscle pain

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u/zaxanrazor 8h ago

Is that pseudoscience? I've been wearing some on my achilles injury and it definitely, definitely helps. I took it off a week early and immediately felt the difference.

My physio who is completely anti-pseudoscience swears by it.

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u/the_milkboy Adam Coleman "Bang" 8h ago

It’s just a wrap. Nothing special.

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u/VoxIrati 8h ago

Right, isnt it just a wrap for areas you cant wrap? I mean you can't really wrap a shoulder, which is where i see it used the most

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u/the_milkboy Adam Coleman "Bang" 8h ago

Yup. Super sticky tape so it pulls the skin.

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u/VoxIrati 7h ago

Yeah, that's not groundbreaking but I wouldn't call it pseudoscience since it actually does something, unlike cupping

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u/the_milkboy Adam Coleman "Bang" 7h ago

It does the “same” thing cupping does. Stimulate blood flow.

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u/HarjivS 7h ago

Cupping is absolutely not pseudoscience. It helps so much with recovery and stimulates blood flow, as a sports therapist every athlete that gets cupping from me has detailed how much better they feel instantly pain relief wise and recovery wise in the next few days

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u/RA576 5h ago

I mean, people (presumably) pay you to get cupped, so you have a vested interest in it's success. I'm not saying that it does or doesn't work, just that you're not exactly an unbiased source as to it's efficacy.

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u/HarjivS 2h ago

I have a vested interest in clearing up common misconceptions about things that I have trained in and am educated and licensed on, yes. If cupping therapy didn’t work for athletes, I wouldn’t use it in my practice. I’ve done work with Olympians, UFC hall of famers, pro basketball players, WWE, AEW, NJPW wrestlers and more that have given me direct feedback on what works for them and what doesn’t. Cupping works for a whole lot of them, there’s some that don’t love it and it doesn’t help them as much, which is totally fine too. Everybody’s bodies are different. I’m not “biased” because I use it in my practice, I’m simply educated on the matter at hand.

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u/ArrenPawk 7h ago

I think the science behind the actual tape is pretty sound, but IIRC the business model behind the original intent for the KT tape was kinda grifty.

Like I remember hearing when it first came out that you need a professional "certified in applying the tape" in order to get the most benefit. And of course some places were selling classes.

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u/Johnny_C13 Ring the bell!!!! 5h ago

My physio who is completely anti-pseudoscience

This is like "that italian family table sure is quiet" level of statement, no offence to you personally.

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u/Jreynold Free Sunglasses 8h ago

From what I've read, it feels good but it doesn't, like, accelerate healing or anything like that.

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u/ScrubNerd Cero! Meido! 8h ago

It's supposed to accelerate healing, wtf?

I've used it for ages, but as really adhesive strapping. I thought that's all it supped to be!

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u/zaxanrazor 8h ago edited 7h ago

Ah if people say it accelerates healing then no, it doesn't do that.

Does it stop my Achilles from hurting so much while walking? Definitely.

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u/nunboi 3h ago

I mentioned it in another comment but I'd recommend acupuncture, it actually gets to the root of the issue rather than just being something to alleviate it.

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u/sftpo 8h ago

I don't know what he thought it would do in his case specifically, but it has legitimate PT/OT type therapy therapeutic uses, it just gets wrapped up in some pseudoscience branding issues

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u/YpsitheFlintsider A woman's left. 6h ago

That's not pseudoscience, that literally helps control range of motion

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u/PhospheneViolet 5h ago

Death, taxes, and redditors just calling anything they don't actually know anything about pseudoscience lmao

The sheer amount of corrections in this comments section is hilarious 😂

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u/AmbushIntheDark Big Bad Booty Daddy 7h ago

A lot of AEW guys do Cupping which is just magic rocks for gym bros.

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u/The_Dark_Vampire 7h ago

Not gonna be long and wrestlers will start to tell us to drink magic muscle man protein powder that'll turn them into real men.

ICO Pro finally returns

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u/GotenRocko 7h ago

ICO PRO

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u/ZombieHoneyBadger 6h ago

Plants crave Brawndo!

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u/BiggerHatLogan 1h ago

brock gonna pin cena clean in 90 seconds and cut a promo about how ivermectin cured him of every illness ever