I started playing with the boys, because there was no girls team.
From college soccer in the US to the Slovenian national team, and then a professional career across Italy, Austria, Switzerland, and Iceland — every environment had its version of the same rituals. Heat, cold, rest. It was so embedded in how professional sport works that it never occurred to me to question it.
It took 20 years to finally understand exactly what it took to keep me on the field:
Saunas, cold therapy, I did whatever I needed to keep my body going season after season. I did it because it worked and because everyone around you did the same.
When I retired, I started looking into the research properly. And I was honestly surprised — not because the practices didn't work, I had felt that for years, but because the impact goes far beyond sport. Heart health, longevity, the quality of how you feel living in your body as you get older. This wasn't just athlete recovery. It was something anyone should know about.
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