Owens Recovery Science

09/11/2026

Are you headed to the APTA Academy of CVP this weekend!?!

Don't miss our instructor Zac Dunkle's talk on Saturday along with our friend the legendary CVP PT himself, Beer Cicerone, Dr. Larry Cahalin of the storied University of Miami DPT program!

09/11/2026

Times running out! ⌛

Unlock the power of Blood Flow Restriction (BFR) training in just one day.

Join us at 𝗥𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗼 𝗟𝗼𝘀 𝗔𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗼𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗟𝗼𝘀 𝗔𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟬𝘁𝗵 for our 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝗕𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝗵𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 (𝗣𝗕𝗙𝗥) 𝗖𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲—the original BFR course that’s trained over 20,000 rehab and performance professionals.

In this hands-on, evidence-based course, you’ll learn how to:

* Explain mechanical tension vs. metabolic stress and why it matters in BFR
* Safely determine individualized limb occlusion pressures
* Design and implement BFR protocols after injury or surgery
* Use BFR to drive strength, hypertrophy, and endurance with light loads
* Integrate BFR into your outpatient clinic, training room, or performance setting

𝗖𝗘𝗨𝘀 𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗧𝘀 & 𝗔𝗧𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀.

Non-PT/AT? We provide everything you need to submit for CEU approval with your organization.

📍 Host: Rancho Los Amigos - Los Angeles
📅 Date: October 10
🔗 Register now: https://owensrecoveryscience.com/courses-view/downey-ca-october-2026

09/09/2026

Red light. Cryo. Infrared. Float. Hyperbarics. Geoff Kaplan stacked the research and picked BFR as the Texans' #1 recovery tool — then did the math on what a fixed budget actually buys.

09/08/2026

Hacking the system...

09/08/2026

Geoff Kaplan of the Washington Commanders on choosing BFR - Episode 83 ORS Podcast

09/07/2026

Twelve years ago Johnny flew to Houston on a weekend with a bag of handheld Dopplers, because the BFR units back then didn't have built-in limb occlusion pressure yet.

The athlete was the No. 1 overall pick in that year's draft. Cartilage surgery, eight weeks of strict non-weight-bearing, and essentially nothing in the toolbox but blood flow restriction.

He did straight leg raises. On his fourth set he asked to have his shoe taken off, because his leg had gotten too heavy. By the end of the set, he asked them to take his sock off too.

At twelve weeks, his thigh size was almost identical side to side. Eight weeks without putting a pound through that leg, and the quad was still there.

The athletic trainer in that room was Geoff Kaplan — now Senior Director of Player Health & Performance for the Washington Commanders. He's the reason BFR went from a curiosity to standard equipment across the NFL.

Episode 83 is out now, and he holds nothing back — including the budget math on why ten BFR units beat one hyperbaric chamber.

🎧 https://www.buzzsprout.com/2610421/episodes/19708421

09/06/2026

Geoff Kaplan spent 30 years in NFL training rooms and counts two real breakthroughs in that time. This is one of them. Episode 83.

09/05/2026

He asked us to take his sock off. His leg was too heavy.

2014. The No. 1 overall pick in the draft, eight weeks non-weight-bearing after cartilage surgery, doing straight leg raises with blood flow restriction because there was nothing else available to him.

Week 12: thigh almost identical side to side.

Geoff Kaplan was the athletic trainer in that room — and he's the reason BFR went from one unit in Houston to a standard piece of equipment in every NFL training room. He's now Senior Director of Player Health & Performance for the Washington Commanders.

Episode 83 covers the whole story, plus the ischemic preconditioning protocol that became their number one recovery tool.

🎧 Link in bio.

09/03/2026

Geoff Kaplan on the importance of a BFR device from Episode 83 of the ORS Podcast

09/03/2026

Fort Wayne, you're up. 🗓️ October 5 — Parkview Sports Medicine is hosting the BFR Throwing Course from Owens Recovery Science.

8 BOC Category A CEUs. A full day built around getting overhead athletes back to the mound, the court, and the field — faster and safer.

If you work with throwing athletes, this one's for you. 🔗 Register: owensrecoveryscience.com/bfr-throwing/

Learn from the leaders in Personalized Blood Flow Restriction (PBFR). We provide the most up to date, evidence based education on the implementation of PBFR for the medical and strength and conditioning professional.