On the heels of the most-watched soccer tournament of the year, Therabody and the University of Northampton share the impact the Theragun, PowerDot, and JetBoots had on decreasing the post-halftime slump soccer players experience in their new peer-reviewed study
LOS ANGELES, July 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Therabody, the global leader in wellness technology, and the University of Northampton concluded research conducted over the last several years examining the introduction of recovery modalities, including the Theragun (percussive therapy), PowerDot (electrical muscle stimulation), and JetBoots (pneumatic compression), during halftime, to help mitigate second-half performance decline in soccer players.
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