Blood Flow Restriction: Cause for Optimism, But Let's Not Abandon The Fundamentals.

The article focuses on most popular modalities in sports physical therapy in memory is blood flow restriction (BFR) training. Topics include the concept of BFR dates back to the 1960's, and BFR-related studies published in the literature started increasing in the early 2000's, the sports physical therapy professionals have a good reason to be excited about this modality, and the many interventions we use or have used have little to no scientific basis or clinical research to support them.