System and method for controlling active recovery based on detected parameter

A shoe for use by a user, said shoe comprising:

• a sole having a top surface for supporting the foot of the user when being worn by the user;
• a force actuating mechanism operable to provide a force normal to said top surface of said sole, said force actuating mechanism being disposed at said sole so as to provide the force to a plantar venous plexus of the foot;
• a blood pressure detector operable to generate a blood pressure signal, and
• a controller operable to generate a control signal to control said force actuating mechanism,
• wherein said controller is further operable to receive the blood pressure signal and modify the control signal based on the received blood pressure signal.

A non-transitory, tangible, computer-readable media having computer-readable instructions stored thereon and for use with a wireless communication device operable to transmit an blood pressure signal based on a blood pressure of a user, the computer-readable instructions being capable of being read by a computer and being capable of instructing the computer to perform the method comprising:

• receiving the blood pressure signal via a receiver in a shoe comprising a sole, a force actuating mechanism, the receiver and a controller, the sole having a top surface for supporting the foot of the user when being worn by the user, the force actuating mechanism being operable to provide a force normal to the top surface of the sole, the force actuating mechanism being disposed at the sole so as to provide the force to a plantar venous plexus of the foot;
• generating, via the controller, a control signal to control the force actuating mechanism;
• and
• modifying, via the controller, the control signal based on the received blood pressure signal.