Here we are, my first ever blog about Pro Sports Recovery! More specifically Normatec. The product we hire out to you to help you recovery like a pro.
The first time I saw a Normatec machine was for the football team I support. Chelsea Football Club posted on their social media the players recovering after a game. They were all sitting on a massage bed or on the floor. On their legs were these jumbo looking trouser sleeves with the word NORMATEC branded down the side of each leg. They looked different, almost comical like the old Michelin man logo! But it got my attention. What was Normatec? & what did it do?
I thought it was something to aid their recovery as it was mentioned it was a ‘recovery day’. But how? Why?
Soon after I was playing for Dagenham & Redbridge football club in the Vanarama National league. I try to avoid the treatment room as much as possible if i’m not injured but luckily one day I was in there, there they were! I didn’t think I’d ever see one outside of the elite professional athlete environment but here sat a NORMATEC!
I tried to play it cool but inside I was like a kid on Christmas morning! I couldn’t wait to try them on! This looked like an old model but it was still as effective & the main thing was it worked! After training that day I asked to jump on them & I never looked back.
That first experience when you try something new for the very first time is always something you remember. Luckily for me this was an extremely positive one! I did just 30 mins with the leg attachments on and it was even better than I imagined! When the routine was working its way through it felt good but the best part was once id taken them off. I unzipped them, jumped off and it felt like I was walking on air. My legs felt so light after a hard training session, anyone who trains professionally knows how heavy your legs can get after a tough session but this felt like a miracle! How could something so simple be so effective? Why wasn’t everyone using it?
I didn’t want to shout out too loudly about it because from a selfish point of view I wanted to be taking these home everyday for my personal use! For the rest of that season there was some fighting about who took them home! Nothing would break my heart more than when someone else borrowed them for the night, only to ‘forget’ to bring them in the next day!
But from that first Normatec experience, I was hooked. It wasn’t long after lockdown that I did come across the Normatec machine. During that period when everything was literally locked down, I hired a rowing machine to help keep me fit! It was affordable and so convenient being a hire. So once I knew I was finished I let them know and they collected. I ended up having it for nearly 2 years but still saved on buying my own one & got great use out of it. So this got me thinking. If its so easy to have access to hire gym equipment, why have I never seen any option available to hire recovery equipment? More specifically hire a Normatec?
This started something rolling in my head & was ultimately the start of Pro Sports Recovery!