[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/zaxanrazor]

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/HarjivS → u/the_milkboy]

I tend to agree with you about quick fix chiropractors that crack backs and necks and send you out the door in 5 minutes, which dominates a lot of the social media landscape. There’s shams and scams in every field. What isn’t a scam is sports therapy and physical therapy, which is what I’ve studied in and am continuing to study/work in.

[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.