100 Yards of Wellness
A hallway beside Paw Bistro allows you to enter 100 Yards of Wellness, Clemson’s new $4.9-million wellness space at the Football Complex that spans roughly 300 feet in length that has become a central hub of activity and a major point of pride for Tiger football.
Completed in August 2022, 100 Yards of Wellness represents the natural evolution of Clemson Football’s long-time commitment to student-athlete health and wellness. By literally and figuratively breaking down walls that divided the focus areas, the new space combines Clemson’s athletic training and rehabilitation expertise with its continued innovation in active recovery and applied science.
The treatment and training room area includes all requisite athletic training resources, including a diagnostic office with a fully digital X-ray space and diagnostic ultrasound, a general medical exam room, 30 yards of turf, and hydrotherapy areas, including two underwater treadmills.
Features of the Recovery Center are:
• A cryotherapy chamber for muscle recovery through extreme cold temperature exposure.
• A sensory deprivation float tank that houses 1,200 pounds of Epsom salt dissolved in water at skin temperature to remove athletes from light, sound and some gravitational force.
• Infrared hyperthermic Cocoon pods for Far-Infrared light therapy and vibrational massage.
• Photobiomodulation therapy beds that leverage multiple wavelengths of infrared light to reduce oxidative stress.
• A hyperbaric chamber to create a pressurized environment for concentrated oxygen intake.
• Numerous massage chairs, including both percussive massage and hydromassage options.
• Percussive Hypervolt massage guns.
• Dedicated tables and space for practitioner-assisted stretching, percussive massage gun therapy, and Normatec compressive sleeves provided to each player prior to the season.
• Functional testing equipment to obtain objective information on student-athlete muscle and joint function that can be used for injury prevention and return-to-play purposes.