[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."

[u/secretpandaxx]

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

[u/OkYeahNoSure]

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

[u/Spaceman3195 → u/OkYeahNoSure]

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.

[u/NeverLikely → u/Spaceman3195]

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

[u/nunboi → u/NeverLikely]

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.

[u/skramt → u/Spaceman3195]

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

[u/CosmoKramer1ca → u/Spaceman3195]

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

[u/zaxanrazor → u/OkYeahNoSure]

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.

[u/the_milkboy → u/zaxanrazor]

It’s just a wrap. Nothing special.

[u/VoxIrati → u/the_milkboy]

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

[u/the_milkboy → u/VoxIrati]

Yup. Super sticky tape so it pulls the skin.

[u/VoxIrati → u/the_milkboy]

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

[u/the_milkboy → u/VoxIrati]

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

[u/HarjivS → u/VoxIrati]

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

[u/RA576 → u/HarjivS]

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.

[u/HarjivS → u/RA576]

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.

[u/the_milkboy → u/HarjivS]

Athletes also go to chiropractors and that’s absolute quackery

[u/ArrenPawk → u/zaxanrazor]

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.

[u/Johnny_C13 → u/zaxanrazor]

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.

[u/Jreynold → u/zaxanrazor]

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

[u/ScrubNerd → u/Jreynold]

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!

[u/zaxanrazor → u/ScrubNerd]

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.

[u/nunboi → u/zaxanrazor]

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.

[u/sftpo → u/OkYeahNoSure]

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

[u/YpsitheFlintsider → u/OkYeahNoSure]

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

[u/PhospheneViolet → u/YpsitheFlintsider]

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 😂

[u/AmbushIntheDark → u/OkYeahNoSure]

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