What are the differences between cavitation and pressotherapy?

Every time you go out to train, you give it your all. And although passion always accompanies you, sometimes your body feels the strain. You need an effective method to condition and prepare your body before each workout and to recover after an intense session. We have the answer that many are already talking about: cavitation and pressotherapy, a winning combination. Two disciplines designed to help you reach your sports goals that we at Sizen put to the test to explain what each one consists of and what their main differences are. Let’s get started!

Cavitation and pressotherapy: which is better?

If you’ve heard about both techniques, you’re probably wondering what the difference between cavitation and pressotherapy is and which one is better. However, this is based on a mistaken approach, since these are not two opposing treatments but complementary ones that, when used together, can provide excellent results in sports practice. Let’s see why.

What is cavitation and what is it for?

Coveted for its aesthetic benefits and highly sought after by those wanting to eliminate cellulite, cavitation has expanded its horizons and also started to be applied in the sports field with extraordinary results.

It is a treatment based on the emission of ultrasounds that, when in contact with subdermal tissues, create micro vapor bubbles capable of breaking down the structures of localized fat cells and transforming them into liquid. So if you’re wondering what cavitation is for, we’ll tell you in a few words: to liquefy localized fat and make it pass into the lymphatic channels.

Once absorbed by the lymphatic system, the fat tends to be eliminated through natural channels, such as urine. But be careful, only partially. And this is where lymphatic drainage activated by pressotherapy comes in, a fundamental complementary technique to eliminate toxins from the body and achieve short-term results. Thus, cavitation and pressotherapy, together, form the perfect tandem for athletes. Let’s continue exploring why.

What is pressotherapy?

Can you imagine enjoying an active recovery technique after your workout that works for you and helps drain your body to leave you feeling perfect before the next session?

That’s pressotherapy, the best-kept secret of high-level athletes with which you can achieve excellent results. It doesn’t matter if you practice sports professionally or as an amateur; the truth is that to reach your goals you need perfect muscle recovery: pressotherapy takes care of that before and after training.

• Before your workout. This machine reactivates lymphatic circulation, which helps eliminate toxins from the body. It purifies and increases your energy and well-being. When applied before an intense exercise session, pressotherapy prepares muscles and joints, helping them maintain optimal lymphatic and venous circulation, thus preventing the dreaded injuries. Pressotherapy also boosts your sports performance because, as you can imagine, muscles that receive the right amounts of blood and oxygen are also muscles in the best condition to reach their maximum level.
• After your workout. But the benefits of pressotherapy go even further and are especially interesting in the field of sports recovery, a fundamental part of training. The positive and intermittent pressure that pressotherapy boots exert on the legs, with a controlled massage of varying intensity and strength, achieves incredible results in the restoration and stimulation of tendons, joints, and muscles.

In conclusion, using a top-level pressotherapy device like Sizen’s, with its air pressure technique, manages to oxygenate tissues, eliminate metabolic waste, accelerate muscle recovery, improve blood circulation, enhance sports performance, and speed up the healing of soreness and injuries, among other advantages.

How do cavitation and pressotherapy differ?

As you have seen, these are two highly effective, painless, and minimally invasive techniques: cavitation and pressotherapy, which differ, however, in their working methods and objectives.

Cavitation aims to break down localized fat cells and uses ultrasound to break the adipocyte membranes and liquefy the fat, which then passes into the lymphatic system. This is where pressotherapy acts as a perfect complement to cavitation. This technique uses a pneumatic suit, very comfortable for the user, which incorporates chambers designed to distribute its advanced air pressure system. Pressotherapy thus stimulates the lymphatic system in different treatment areas, helping to eliminate toxins from the body (and the fat liquefied by cavitation, if used in combination) with immediate results, something cavitation alone could not achieve.

Benefits of combining cavitation and pressotherapy

At this point, we can already imagine why cavitation and pressotherapy are the perfect combination in sports treatments: they enhance each other and achieve the best results in the shortest possible time.

Cavitation will be responsible for breaking down fat cells that the stimulation of the lymphatic system through pressotherapy will expel from the body in record time and very effectively.

Now you know the secret of elite athletes: a perfect fusion of techniques to take your training to the next level. Ready to try it? Contact Sizen to learn more: our team of experts in sports pressotherapy will be happy to advise you as you need.