Recovery Stacking: Methods to Combine with Sauna for Muscle Recovery
Combining recovery activities can improve your body's ability to heal and prevent injuries.
Read on for a round-up of techniques to try the next time you finish a high-intensity workout, heavy weightlifting session, or long endurance bout. Monisha Bhanote, MD, FCAP, ABOIM, integrative medicine lifestyle physician and the author of The Anatomy of Wellbeing, recommends stacking them in this order: drinking, snacking, active recovery, stretching (including foam-rolling), then infrared sauna. Check with your doctor to get the go-ahead, then begin making time for recovery.
