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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
When I first heard about KAATSU, it was introduced to me by a chiropractor as “a Japanese method of blood flow restriction”. Think what you will about chiropractors . . . but honestly, KAATSU sounded weird, yet strangely intriguing. I wondered how blood...
