Nothing To Brace Against
You brace for the sled push. Nobody braces for the transition. No bar, no sled, just tired legs moving fast, right when the muscles that protect your ankle are already spent.
Most of the damage doesn't happen at a station, sled push, wall balls, sandbag lunges. It happens in the transition after, when your legs are already tired and there's nothing left to brace against. A sports massage eases the soreness around the muscle. It doesn't touch what actually caused it.
You brace for the sled push. Nobody braces for the transition. No bar, no sled, just tired legs moving fast, right when the muscles that protect your ankle are already spent.
That's the routine after every hard race: a sports massage, maybe some rest. It eases the soreness for a while. It doesn't get to the ligament and connective tissue underneath.
No pain at the next warmup, so you load it back up. Same stations, same transitions, on tissue that never finished repairing the first time.
A sports massage relaxes the muscle around an ankle. It doesn't reach the ligament and connective tissue underneath. Red and near-infrared light does: it reaches that tissue directly, at the cellular level, after the swelling's already gone.
*Based on Leal-Junior, E. C., et al., 'Effect of photobiomodulation therapy (PBMT) on muscle fatigue and biochemical markers of muscle damage in athletes.'
**Based on findings published by OnPoint Neuro (Leal-Junior et al., 2018).
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*Based on Leal-Junior, E. C., et al. "Effect of photobiomodulation therapy (PBMT) on muscle fatigue and biochemical markers of muscle damage in athletes.
**Based on findings published by OnPoint Neuro (Leal-Junior et al., 2018).
***Based on Ferraresi, C., et al. "Photobiomodulation therapy and the mitochondrial respiratory chain"
Sports massage, in-office red light therapy. Two ways to treat your ankle, paid one visit at a time. Here's what replaces both with a single routine.
Dr. Joseph A. La Barbera
Doctor of Chiropractic at LaBarbera Family Chiropractic. Utica, NY
Dr. Tammy Gampe
Doctor of Chiropractic at Chiropractic Vitality Center. Exeter, NH
Dr. Sonya Nobbe, ND
Clinic Director, Kingston Integrated Healthcare Inc.
Shannon Bandura, RN, RMT
Registered Nurse & Massage Therapist
Lee Bojic, RMT, HCA-RHNC
Registered Massage Therapist & Holistic Nutrition and Health Coach
Built for racers who'd rather finish treating an ankle than find out in the Roxzone that it wasn't actually treated.
20 minutes a day, whole foot and ankle covered at once. Hands-free, still working at the cellular level after the swelling's gone down, until the ankle's actually ready for full stations again.
What You'll Feel
Certifications: CE, RoHS
Size: 13.4" × 5.7" × 8.3"
Quantity: 170 x 0.5
Irradiance output power: Up to 132 mW/cm² at 0 inch
Wavelengths: 630nm, 660nm (Red) + 830nm, 850nm (Near-Infrared)
Weight: 0.75 lbs
Ships in 2 to 5 days. First session the day it arrives. 60 days to send it back, no forms, no friction.
From Athletes Who Treated It All The Way Through
From first Hyrox event to competitive standard. Quiet doesn't mean race-ready. Keep treating until it does.
20 minutes, past the point the swelling's down. That's the difference between relief and actual treatment.
Do The Novaalab Method for 28 days. If your ankle isn't better, we'll take it back. Or for any other reason, send it back within 60 days. No forms, no friction, no questions asked.