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This is Ricky Garard, professional CrossFit Athlete, enjoying Red Light Therapy and Cryotherapy during the 2022 Crossfit Games in Madison, WI.  Ricky placed third and took the bronze medal home. 

There are those who love an early-morning workout and claim that it gives them a needed energy boost to start the day. There are those on the opposite side who say that they are slow and lethargic in the morning and prefer to work out later in the day when they are performing better.

Pressure wave therapy is a modern and highly effective treatment method: Strong energy pulses are applied to the painful areas of the body. These pulses create micro-cavitation bubbles that expand and burst. The force created by these bubbles penetrates tissue and stimulates cellular processes in the body that are responsible for bone and...

There are those who love an early-morning workout and claim that it gives them a needed energy boost to start the day. There are those on the opposite side who say that they are slow and lethargic in the morning and prefer to work out later in the day when they are performing better.

For the casual athlete, it's common to mix work and play. Fitness goals are part of a complete and well-rounded life, after all, and social occasions often involve some amount of alcohol consumption. But how does occasional drinking affect physical performance?

Hydration therapy services are popping up all over America, offering luxury intravenous hangover recovery services on demand. In Las Vegas, you can order an IV hangover recovery drip right to your hotel room, freshening you up for another night on the town in as little as 40 minutes. But do these services actually work, or are they just a fad?

There's no doubt that some men seem to age better than others. Men like Liam Neeson, Tom Cruise, and Denzel Washington have remained fit and active well into the decades of life when most men seem to be declining. But these examples make it clear that slowing down, losing muscle, and losing vitality are not an inevitable fact of getting older.

We've all heard the stories about the wealthy and famous who have had their bodies frozen after death, planning on a future time when the medical technologies will exist that will restore them to life and health. But can you freeze yourself into youth and health right now?

Dehydration is a serious health risk during exercise, particularly when working out for long periods of time, in conditions of high heat or high humidity. During physical activity, the body cools itself and regulates your temperature through sweating, resulting in fluids being directed toward the skin and away from vital functions. Sweat on the...

We most often hear about cryotherapy being used to boost performance for elite athletes like Christiano Ronaldo and Von Miller. High performance athletes use whole-body cryotherapy to speed recovery and reduce injuries, the same way American athletic teams like the Boston Red Sox and the Dallas Cowboys have been using ice baths for decades.