The Recovery Room
Rest. Reset. Rebuild.
Take Time to Recover
Recovery is one of the most important - and often overlooked - parts of any workout or movement routine. It’s where your body adapts, repairs, and gets stronger. Our Recovery Room is intentionally designed to help your body reset, recharge, and recover more efficiently. Using evidence-based recovery tools like the infrared sauna, cold plunge, and Normatec compression boots, we support circulation, reduce muscle soreness, improve mobility, and help regulate your nervous system.
Whether you’re training hard, managing stress, or simply need intentional recovery time, these modalities work together to accelerate recovery, improve performance, and help you feel better - faster.
The Infrared Sauna
The infrared sauna uses gentle, radiant heat to warm the body at a deeper level - helping increase circulation, relax muscular tissue, and support the body’s natural recovery processes.
From a recovery standpoint, infrared heat can help reduce muscle stiffness, improve tissue elasticity, and support nervous system down-regulation. This makes it a very valuable tool for managing soreness, chronic tightness, and overall stress on the body.
Before Stretching, Massage or a Workout: A short sauna session helps warm muscles and connective tissue, making them more pliable and receptive to movement. This often allows for deeper, more effective stretching or bodywork - without forcing anything (your hamstrings will appreciate this).
After Stretching, Massage or a Workout: Using the sauna post-session promotes circulation, encourage relaxation, and support recovery after the work is done. It’s an ideal way to shift the body our of “go mode” and into recovery mode - where actual progress happens.
Whether you’re training hard, staying active, or just feeling generally tight and overworked, infrared sauna is a smart way to support mobility, recovery, and overall wellness - without adding more stress to your system.
We offer 20, 30 and 60-minute infrared sauna sessions, so you can choose a quick warm-up, a focused recovery boost, or a full rest - depending on how your body (and schedule) are behaving that day!
Unsure if the infrared sauna is appropriate for you? Please scroll below for precautions and contraindications to using the infrared sauna.
The Cold Plunge
Cold water immersion is controlled cold exposure designed to support recovery, manage inflammation, and help regulate your nervous system. In simple terms: it’s not about suffering - it’s about sending a very clear message to your body to calm down, recovery, and reset.
From a physiological standpoint, cold exposure causes blood vessels to constrict and then dilate once you re-warm. This process helps improve circulation, manage post-exercise soreness, and supports recovery between training sessions. It also gives your nervous system a hard reset - which is great for stress, recovery, and general life chaos.
Cold plunging is not about being tough or proving a point. It’s about using discomfort strategically to support recovery, regulate your nervous system, and help your body adapt better over time. Short, intentional, and effective - kind of like our approach to movement in general.
Important note regarding Massage appointments: Cold Plunge is NOT allowed immediately after massage therapy. Massage oils and creams do not mix well with cold plunge systems. If you’re pairing services, cold plunge should be scheduled before massage or on a separate day. You CAN use the cold plunge after a stretch as we do not use any lotions or creams during your session.
Unsure if the cold plunge is appropriate for you? Please scroll below for precautions and contraindications to using the cold plunge.
The Normatec Compression Boots
Compression boot therapy uses dynamic, sequential air pressure to support circulation, reduce muscle soreness, and speed up recovery - without you having to literally do anything. You just lie there, and you let the boots do the rest!
Compression boots help move fluid through the limbs, supporting venous return and lymphatic drainage. This can reduce swelling, decrease post-workout heaviness, and improve how your legs feel between training sessions. Think less stiffness, less “dead-leg” feeling, and better recovery overall!
After workouts or long days on your feet: This is the sweet spot. Compression boots are ideal post-exercise, after long shifts, travel days, or events where your legs take the brunt of the work. They help flush out metabolic byproducts and support faster recovery - so your legs don’t feel like concrete the next day.
Paired with Stretching or Massage appointments: These work wonders after stretch or massage appointments by helping move blood and fluid through newly relaxed tissue. It also helps push the “crud” that was released during your session, out of your body. This pairing can enhance recovery and help your body adapt to the work that was done.
Compression boots are especially helpful for runners, athletes, people who stand all day, and anyone whose legs feel heavy, tight, or constantly fatigued. It’s recovery that works quietly in the background - while you relax!
Unsure if the compression boots are appropriate for you? Please scroll below for precautions and contraindications to using the Normatec Compression Boots.
Prices & Packages
Infrared Sauna
Single Sessions: $25
8-pack: $135 (expires 2 months after purchase)
Cold Plunge
20-min Single Session: $25
Add $1 per min past 20 min
8-pack of 20-min Sessions: $135 (expires 2 months after purchase)
Compression Boots
$1 per minute with a 15-minute minimum and a maximum of 60-minutes.
No individual sessions at this time. Option to add on with any appointment.
Take your recovery to the next level with unlimited access to our Recovery Room which includes access to the Cold Plunge, Infrared Sauna & Normatec Compression Boots one time per day during our open hours. This membership is a 3 month commitment. Feel better, move better, and recover faster, whenever you need it.
$199 per month
Recovery Room Guidelines.
Unsure if the Infrared Sauna is appropriate for you?
Please read below all of Stretchd Out Buffalo’s guidelines for Infrared Sauna Usage:
Guidelines for The Infrared Sauna:
1. Drink plenty of water before, during and after your session with the Sauna. Dehydration can occur quickly. You are welcomed to bring your water bottle in with you during your sauna session to help prevent dehydration. If feeling faint at any moment, please leave the Sauna immediately and let the front desk know.
2. We recommend either wearing a bathing suit or a sports bra or shorts as the Sauna can get hot. There is a bathroom to change in.
3. The temperature of the Sauna runs from 68-149 degrees, we recommend starting the sauna at a lower temperature if you are new to Sauna use.
4. We recommend not wearing any jewelry while using the Sauna as any metal object can retain heat and cause burning. Wear jewelry at your own risk.
5. We recommend not bringing your phone or any electronic devices into the Sauna as this can be damaging to your electronics. Use your electronic devices at your own risk. Stretchd Out Buffalo LLC is not responsible for any damaged items.
6. If you experience pain, discomfort and/or faint during your Sauna session immediately discontinue and exit the sauna.
7. Please refrain from using the Sauna if you are experiencing any illness.
8. If you are pregnant, you will not be allowed to use the Sauna.
9. If you are on any medications, consult with your Physician before using the infrared sauna as some medications may interact with extreme heat.
10. Do not use drugs, tobacco or alcohol prior to or during the sauna session. Any drug/alcohol use during your session will immediately suspense current and future use of our Sauna.
11. If you are not over 18 you are NOT permitted to use the Sauna.
12. Consult with your physician if you have any other underlying conditions that may interfere with your ability to use the sauna.
Contraindications to Infrared Sauna Usage: Clients are NOT permitted to use the infrared sauna if they suffer from any of the following.
1. Pregnancy
2. Severe Cardiovascular Disease. (uncontrolled hypertension, recent heart attack, unstable angina)
3. Hemophilia or other bleeding disorders
4. Fever or active infection
5. Severe Dehydration
6. Recent Stroke
7. Implanted Medical Devices sensitive to heat. (ex: certain pacemakers, defibrillators unless manufacturer approved.)
The following are relative contraindications, which means clients should proceed with caution and only enter with medical approval.
1. Multiple Sclerosis or other heat-sensitive conditions
2. Metal Implants, orthopedic hardware or artificial joints
3. Chronic Respiratory Conditions like COPD or Asthma
4. Recent surgical wounds or open skin lesions.
5. Severe adrenal fatigue or autonomic dysfunction. (like POTS or NCS) The Sauna use can cause a rapid drop in blood pressure and increase heart rate.
6. Medications that affect sweating or thermoregulation (like diuretics, anticholinergics, beta-blockers, etc)
Unsure if the Cold Plunge is appropriate for you?
Please read below all of Stretchd Out Buffalo’s guidelines for Cold Plunge Usage:
Guidelines for The Cold Plunge:
1. Drink plenty of water before, during and after your session with the Cold Plunge. The cold water causes your vessels to constrict which makes it more difficult for the body to circulate fluids.
2. We require you to be in a bathing suit for the Cold Plunge. There is a bathroom to change in.
3. The temperature of the Cold Plunge is 50-59 degrees Fahrenheit. We can adjust the temperature if requested by an individual.
4. Build up your tolerance slowly. If you are new to cold plunging, it is important to gradually increase your exposure to cold water. It is recommended to start with a short amount of time (1-3min) and increase the time slowly as your body becomes more accustomed to the cold temperature. You are NOT to exceed 10min in our cold plunge.
5. You are NOT allowed to wear any jewelry in our Cold Plunge. Stretchd Out Buffalo LLC is not responsible for any damaged or lost items.
6. NO lotions are permitted in our cold plunge. Please do not wear lotions or perfumes prior to using our cold plunge. Wearing lotions may lead you to pay a $75 cleaning fee that will be charged to your card on file.
7. You are NOT allowed to bring your phone or any electronic devices into the cold plunge. Use your electronic devices as your own risk. Stretchd Out Buffalo LLC is not responsible for any damaged items.
8. If you experience pain, discomfort and/or faint during your Cold Plunge session immediately discontinue and exit the Cold Plunge.
9. Please refrain from using the Cold Plunge if you are experiencing any illness.
10. If you are pregnant, you will NOT be allowed to use the Cold Plunge.
11. Do NOT use drugs, tobacco or alcohol prior to or during the Cold Plunge session. Any drug/alcohol use during your session will immediately suspense current and future use of our Cold Plunge.
12. If you are not over 18 you are NOT permitted to use the Cold Plunge unless you have a written permission from your parent or guardian. If you are 16 years old and under are NOT permitted to use the cold plunge, no exceptions.
13. Consult with your physician if you have any other underlying conditions that may could interfere with your ability to use the Cold Plunge. This includes but is not limited to heart disease, pulmonary disease, high blood pressure, diabetes, peripheral neuropathy, poor circulation, venous stasis and/or cold aglutinan disease. If suffering from any of these conditions, you are required to get a written and signed statement from your physician clearing you from Cold Plunge use. If you do not have a written statement, you are taking 100% your own risk using the cold plunge.
Contraindications to Cold Therapy: Clients are NOT permitted to use the cold plunge if they suffer from any of the following.
1. Hypertension (due to secondary vasoconstriction)
2. Raynaud's disease
3. Rheumatoid arthritis
4. Local limb ischemia
5. History of vascular impairment, such as frostbite or arteriosclerosis
6. Cold allergy (cold urticaria)
7. Paroxysmal cold hemoglobinuria Cryoglobulinemia or any disease that produces a marked cold pressor response.