Dimeff is the medical director of the Cleveland Clinic Sports Health and assistant clinical professor of family medicine at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. Even better, muscle fatigue can often be prevented. Applying heat to loosen the muscles before exercise and wearing compressive shorts are some other preventive measures. Nicolette is the varsity team physician and clinical assistant professor of family medicine at the University of Florida in Gainesville. Realistic training objectives are important as well.
Gradual conditioning is the key to preventing muscle fatigue.
But all this is anecdotal. We could use more research in sports medicine for the average athlete. Hutchens is the director of athletic medicine and a clinical assistant professor of family medicine at the University of Texas, San Antonio. Foster and his colleagues at the University of Wisconsin are planning just that. As a next step, they plan on exploring how muscles adapt to restricted blood flow in a longer study with non-elite athletes.