Wearable Recovery 2.0: Inside Hyperice's Normatech, Venom, and Nike Hyperboot Innovations
How can athletic trainers and human performance professionals separate meaningful recovery technology from marketing hype, and how can they use these tools to improve athletic performance without overdoing it?
In this episode, recorded live at the 2026 NATA Convention, Dan Canina, Vice President of Performance at Hyperice, joins hosts Andrew Rizza and Dr. Cameron Roth to discuss the evolution of recovery technology and its growing role in sports medicine. He explains why recovery has become a critical part of athletic performance, what clinicians should look for when evaluating new technologies, and how Hyperice is making recovery tools more accessible to athletes at every level.
Canina also breaks down the technology behind the Hyperboot, Hyperice's collaboration with Nike that integrates compression and heat into footwear, and explores how wearable recovery technology could change the way athletes prepare and recover. The conversation tackles common recovery myths, the importance of following evidence-based protocols, and how recovery tools can help athletic trainers work more efficiently. Canina also shares what elite athletes do differently and highlights the need for broader research in understudied populations, including female and youth athletes.
MEET THE GUEST
Dan Canina
– Vice President of Performance, Hyperice
TOPICS DISCUSSED
- The growing role of recovery in athletic performance
- Evaluating recovery technology through science and athlete feedback
- Hyperice's Hyperboot and the future of wearable recovery
- Understanding compression, heat, and recovery protocols
- Using recovery technology to improve athletic training room efficiency
- Research gaps in recovery science and emerging technologies
HIGHLIGHTS
00:00 – Introduction
01:05 – What Is Driving the Shift Toward Prioritizing Recovery?
03:20 – Questions to Ask Before Adopting Recovery Technology
05:23 – Sponsor: Beck Bode
05:50 – What's Next for Recovery Technology?
07:34 – Inside the Nike Collaboration and the Hyperboot Innovation
08:49 – How the Hyperboot Combines Compression and Heat
12:01 – Common Misconceptions About Recovery Technology
13:43 – The Future of the Athletic Training Room
15:51 – What Elite Athletes Do Differently
17:07 – Making Recovery Technology Work for Athletic Trainers
18:48 – Where Recovery Science Still Needs to Grow
19:47 – Lightning Round: Recovery Tools, Recovery Myths & Hype vs. Innovation
QUOTES:
03:43 - “Foremost, the most important is to see the science behind a new technology or any given technology modality that you might use with your athletes. What is the efficacy? What is this doing physiologically to the body? What are the outcomes? Show me the research, right? Because there's a lot of things out there that lack peer-reviewed independent studies that make different claims.”
19:23 - “I think to fully understand the scope of the benefits of these different products that we're using and new technologies that are continuing to come out and come into the market, having a wider scope of different individuals and athletes at different levels and of different genders, et cetera, would really help complete the picture of the different applications and what these products can do for people.”
LINKS
Dan Canina - https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-canina-75b8b12b/
Hyperice - https://hyperice.com/
NATA - https://www.nata.org/
SPONSORS
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DISCLAIMER
The opinions presented on Behind the Sports Medicine are those of the host and guests. They do not necessarily reflect the opinions of any affiliated institutions or partners. The content is for informational purposes only and does not constitute medical advice. Always consult a licensed medical professional before making any health or treatment decisions. Behind the Sports Medicine and its affiliates assume no liability for the accuracy or application of the information discussed.
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