GAA turns to cryotherapy in appliance of science

Mobile cryotherapy units and oxygen chambers are part of inter-county teams’ plans to overcome their intense championship schedules this year.

As recovery becomes even more important with the new league formats for the provincial senior hurling championships and the All-Ireland senior football quarter-final stages, the Irish Examiner is aware of one county team that is in the process of securing mobile cryotherapy units for the summer, while players in another squad have already been visiting an oxygen chamber to rehabilitate.

Six of the 10 teams involved in the hurling provincial competitions will have four games in five weeks, while Offaly, Tipperary, Waterford, and Wexford each face four outings in the space of 22 days.