Whether you are a professional athlete or you just enjoy exercising, you know how important keeping up your oxygen levels to have an efficient workout and fast recovery time. During exercise, your breathing and heart rate increases to compensate for the extra oxygen needed for your body to release energy. If your lungs can provide more oxygen to the blood, your physical stamina will increase allowing you to train for longer periods of time.
It’s been proven that ozone therapy can help to improve oxygen metabolism in the body and is slowly being adopted into the world of professional sports as a performance enhancement. Some research claims to see a 15% increase of athletic performance from a series of ozone therapies.
Made up of three oxygen atoms, ozone helps by supplying more oxygen to the body to restore what was lost and by increasing the circulation of oxygen in the blood. Dr. Robert Rowen, a U.S. ozone therapy expert, has claimed in interviews how ozone improves blood flow by accentuating the red blood cell so that it can pass through small capillaries with ease, thereby enhancing athletic performance.
Ozone therapy has also been used to stimulate a healing response in the body and reduce muscular fatigue. Soccer player sensation, Cristiano Ronaldo, underwent ozone therapy sessions in 2015 to heal a troubling knee injury and NFL player, Adrian Peterson, used it for a torn meniscus in 2016.
In this process, the athlete experiences reduced inflammation in the injured area due to a decrease in the quantity of inflammatory mediators speeding up recovery. Additionally, when we work out intensely, lactic acid builds up in the muscles when there isn’t enough available oxygen to break down glucose in the blood. By introducing ozone, the oxygen breaks down the lactic acid to make carbon dioxide and water, dissolving the pain and discomfort.
Cellular detoxification is also of great importance to an athlete for faster recovery and to decrease the likelihood of an injury. Ozone improves the ability of the body to detox, maintaining the health of the athlete to perform at their very best.
There’s a good reason why drinking a lot of water is strongly encouraged when you exercise. Staying hydrated can help you improve your oxygen and performance levels since water molecules are made of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom. When you’re hydrated, your body is able to deliver and receive oxygen and nutrients much more freely and it won’t be hard to notice the difference.
