BFR and lymph considerations.

LowFrog155

Hello All,
Just want to give you my 2 cents. I think BFR as BD has explained it is a really good idea. In my opinion though this should be done appx 24 hours after an enlargement session. Conceptually, after a PE session you have caused micro damage to tissue and you want to allow your body system to remove interstitial fluid caused by the damage. By shunting off you can actually slow or inhibit you healing process possibly decreasing gains. If you wait till this micro edema has cleared and do BFR, you may have better gains. I am a PT, similar to Perv (I think he is) and have a large knowledge base dealing with soft tissue and healing. Didn’t want to get too crazy in the weeds of the science and based my assumptions on tissue, healing, and BFR principles. FYI, I do a day on day off for PE sessions and 2 x week on day off do 10 min of BFR. I am new to the PE world but def know about the body and its mechanics having a doctorate as a rehab specialist. Cheers everyone and happy growing!!

BeeDee

LowFrog155 so you are saying to clamp on the off days from pumping?

LowFrog155

Also, just wanna thank Bee Dee for all he, Hink, and Perv are doing. Cheers guys!!

LowFrog155

Yes, I think that is a better idea. Not only is there some edema, but also interstitial fluid/swelling from tissue damage from scraping and manuals. Similar to if you sprain your ankle you wouldn’t put a tourniquet on it immediately after the injury. But after some time you could do BFR for the leg muscles if they are not contracting/activating properly. This is an extreme example but I think there is tissue damage with manuals and we would want to allow the body’s ability to decease inflammation, prob about 24 hours, and then do some BFR work. Thanks for your question. I also have some ideas about scraping and I do it a bit different as my skin gets irritated. Hit me up again if interested. Thanks again for all you are doing. Philly guy here BTW. Cheers!