How Can KAATSU Improve my Workout?
KAATSU can be added to virtually any workout to make it better. Here are a few ways KAATSU improves exercise: Boosts the benefit of low-intensity activities - even walking! Gain cardio benefits from resistance exercises KAATSU enables you to work out lighter so...
Why Should I Use KAATSU When I Already Do Resistance Training?
Depending on your goals, adding KAATSU might be a great addition to your resistance training workouts. There are several advantages to using KAATSU. Let's look at a few of them. Increased Safety KAATSU has been shown to improve strength and hypertrophy at lower...
Can I Use KAATSU on All Four Limbs at Once?
KAATSU is meant and designed to be used on two arms or two legs at a time, but not on all four limbs at once. When KAATSU compressions begin, the limbs become engorged with blood. This means a higher volume of blood than normal is being held in the limbs.The body's...
Does KAATSU Really Work?
Sometimes, I'll admit KAATSU does sound too good to be true. Use KAATSU with light resistance training to grow muscle? Just use it passively to improve circulation? It works in the elderly and infirm as well as it does with Olympic athletes and Navy Seals? Well, yeah....
Do I Need a Prescription to Use KAATSU?
Dr. Yoshiaki Sato (the inventor of KAATSU) has a goal of helping keeping healthy for their entire lives. While the use of KAATSU is associated with many positive effects on health and fitness, it is not a medical device. For that reason, you do not need a prescription...
Do I Need a Licensed Healthcare Professional to Administer KAATSU?
Dr. Sato (the inventor of KAATSU) has a vision of helping people stay healthy for their entire lives. To that end, the KAATSU team has worked diligently on creating the technologies needed to make that a reality. The goal of making KAATSU usable by virtually anyone...
Can Children Use KAATSU?
While KAATSU is generally considered safe for people of all ages, KAATSU protocols state youth under the age of 14 should avoid using KAATSU. This recommendation is due to a small number of overly ambitious adults who push children too much, too hard, or too long with...
Is it Safe for Elderly People to Use KAATSU?
KAATSU has been used clinically in Japan for decades. A national survey done in Japan on the Use and Safety of KAATSU training in 2006 found there were very few reported complications in people who were doing KAATSU training. The survey showed that KAATSU is used with...
Can You Get Peripheral Nerve Damage Using KAATSU?
When performed according to established KAATSU protocols, one should not experience any peripheral nerve damage using KAATSU. There are a few reasons for this, but it's mostly related to the design of the KAATSU Air Bands as well as the overall KAATSU protocols and...
Does KAATSU Cut Off Blood Flow?
Cutting off blood flow to a limb is called occlusion. When a limb's blood flow is occluded there is no blood flowing in OR out of the limb. Reasons to occlude a limb would be for surgery or for emergency medical treatment. While there are forms of blood flow...
Can You Use KAATSU When Injured?
There is a long history of people using KAATSU to recover faster from injuries. The first is Dr. Sato (the inventor of KAATSU) himself when he broke his ankle and damaged knee ligaments at the age of 25 in a skiing accident. His father (also a physician) told him it...
What Are the Risks of Using KAATSU?
If you follow KAATSU protocols, there are very few risks to using KAATSU for the vast majority of people. There are risks for any kind of exercise, so we always recommend checking with your physician before starting any new fitness or exercise program. KAATSU has been...