Between 2000 and 2004, Augsburg College's Division-III football team had the following number of hamstring injuries:
2000: 11
2001: 14
2002: 9
2003: 10
2004: 12
The following two seasons, they incorporated ARPwave loosening in place of a traditional dynamic warm-up before all of their workouts, practices, and games. The number of hamstring injuries became
2005: 0
2006: 0
ARPwave loosening took the team from an average of 11 hamstring injuries per year to zero, and it did so while decreasing the amount of time necessary for preparation (a whole body loosening takes just 2-3 minutes, and the athlete is ready to perform immediately after without further warm-up).
The reason for this success is simple: the ARP can be used to instantaneously relax and elongate muscles. The end result of the ARPwave loosening process is a longer muscle, and a longer muscle can absorb more force and dramatically reduce the risk of injury. A longer muscle can also create more force, which is going to allow athletes to run faster, hit farther, and throw harder.
In the next post, we'll talk in detail about how the ARPwave loosening process works.
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