Field-notes from the BFR practice
Clinical commentary, programming questions, methodological deep-dives, and patient success stories from Dr. Rolnick and the team. 73 published posts.
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Research methodology
Important Methodological Concerns for the Future of BFR Research
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Practice
Who Better Than Us?
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Comparative research
Low-Load BFR Dynamic Exercise Superior to Electrical Stimulation with BFR
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Case study
Another BFR Success Story: Healing Heel Pain
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Device research
Smart Cuffs Pro Generation 3 Validated Compared To Doppler Ultrasound
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Case study
Another BFR Success Story: The Crucial Role of BFR After a Second Meniscal Repair within ACL Rehab (Part 2)
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Case study
Another BFR Success Story: The Crucial Role of BFR After a Second Meniscal Repair within ACL Rehab (Part 1)
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Programming
Should We Adjust Cuff Pressure Over the Course of an Intervention? Part 2
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Programming
Should We Adjust Cuff Pressure Over the Course of an Intervention? Part 1
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Safety research
The Exercise Pressor Reflex: Should We Be Concerned? Part 2
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Safety research
The Exercise Pressor Reflex: Should We Be Concerned? Part 1
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Case study
Another BFR Success Story: Protect and Serve
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Population research
Blood Flow Restriction and the Elderly
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Case study
Another BFR Success Story: Chris Hemsworth Revisited
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Conditions
A One-Two Punch for BFR and Tendinopathy: Part 2
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Conditions
A One-Two Punch for BFR and Tendinopathy: Part 1
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Programming
Think Passive BFR Is Boring? Think Again! Part 2
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Programming
Think Passive BFR Is Boring? Think Again! Part 1
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Case study
Another BFR Success Story: A Return to Running
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Programming
When Should We Start Blood Flow Restriction Training Post Operatively?
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Case study
Another BFR Success Story: 22-Year-Old Bodybuilder with an Osteochondral Fracture
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Programming
Progressive Overload in Blood Flow Restriction Training
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Practice
BFR and Bone Health: Muscle and Bone Interconnectivity
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Case study
Another BFR Success Story: A 2 Year Old with Spinal Instability
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Another BFR Success Story: Osteoarthritis
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Programming
The Blood Flow Restriction Screening Process
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Case study
Another BFR Success Story: ACL Tear in a High School Football Athlete
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Practice
Need a BFR Elevator Pitch? We Have You Covered!
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Case study
Another BFR Success Story: Being a Grandfather!
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Practice
Four Evidence-Based Reasons To Include BFR Training In Your Program
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Practice
Three Hurdles to Blood Flow Restriction Success
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Practice
Top 10 Benefits of Blood Flow Restriction Training
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Case study
Another BFR Success Story: Meniscus Repair
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Programming
Limb Occlusion Pressure Assessment Using A Pulse Oximeter?
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Case study
Another BFR Success Story: Dan Marino
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Safety research
Blood Flow Restriction Training and Central Hemodynamics
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Case study
Another BFR Success Story: Blood Flow Restriction And Its Potential Use In Women With Pelvic Organ Prolapse And Stress Incontinence
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Programming
Limb Occlusion Pressure For Blood Flow Restricted Exercise: Variability And Relations With Participant Characteristics
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Mechanism
Effort Is Crucial To Building Muscle With Or Without Blood Flow Restriction
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Case study
Another BFR Success Story: Chris Hemsworth
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Programming
Cuff Bladder Position Impacts Occlusion Pressure
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Case study
Another BFR Success Story: A Power Lifter In Pain
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Programming
Safety First!
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Case study
Another BFR Success Story: Elite Powerlifter Plagued By Knee Pain
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Safety research
Blood Flow Restriction Training And A Mechanistic Approach To Explaining Hypertension
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Another BFR Success Story: Sarcopenia
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Practice
Exercise Is Medicine
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Another BFR Success Story: ACL-R Rehab
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Safety research
What’s The Deal With Proximal Hypertrophy?
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Programming
Pain Modulation In Strength And Physique Sport Athletes
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Case study
Another BFR Success Story: Recovery From Distal Biceps Repair in a 35 Year-Old Weightlifter
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Case study
Another BFR Success Story: Patellar Tendinopathy
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Programming
BFR & The Aerobic Athlete
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Programming
Does Blood Flow Restriction Training Have A Place In Powerlifting Training?
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Case study
Another BFR Success Story: A New Mom’s Recovery
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Programming
Blood Flow Restriction Training For Bodybuilders
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Case study
Another BFR Success Story: A New Father And Professional Natural Bodybuilder Shares His BFR Story
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Safety research
Metabolic Stress: It Burns So Good!
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Mechanism
The Pump! The Potential Of Cell Swelling To Enhance Muscle Growth
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Case study
Another BFR Success Story: Dwight Howard
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Programming
Perceptual And Arterial Occlusion Responses To Very Low Load Blood Flow Restricted Exercise Performed To Volitional Failure
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Case study
Another BFR Success Story: Mark Wahlberg
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Programming
Blood Flow Restriction Training Reduces Anterior Knee Pain To Allow For Therapeutic Loading
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Another BFR Success Story: BFR In Natural BodyBuilding
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Programming
Blood Flow Restriction Training In Practice: Isolation Vs. Multi-Joint Exercises
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Case study
Another BFR Success Story: Female Physique Competitor
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Programming
BFR & ACL Rehab
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Safety research
A Brief Overview Of 3 Often Cited Mechanisms (And Why They Likely Are Not Unique To BFR Training)
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Programming
Improving Tendon Properties With Low-Load Blood Flow Restriction Training
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Conditions
Knee Osteoarthritis & BFR
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Mechanism
The Science Behind Blood Flow Restriction, Part 1
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Mechanism
The Science Behind Blood Flow Restriction, Part 3
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Mechanism
The Science Behind Blood Flow Restriction, Part 2
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