Blood flow restriction (BFR) allows patients who are unable to perform high load exercises recover through recruitment of both slow and fast twitch fibers, where normally just the slow twitch fibers are working, creating substantial strength and muscle growth effects while exercising at light loads. These individuals will be coming off extended periods of disuse which will cause them to lose muscle.

• It allows the ability to create a significant workload with less central cardiovascular demand.
• BFR helps reduce oxidative stress to help decrease systemic inflammation.
• BFR has been shown to improve vascular endothelial function and peripheral blood circulation in the elderly.