CBD and sports

CBD is a safe and effective natural ally to promote muscle recovery and support sports activity.

The Enecta products are not medicines. They are obtained from hemp varieties registered in the Common European Register, in compliance with the requirements set forth by Law 242/2016. This product is registered as a cosmetic for external use and not intended for oral use or therapeutic purposes.

The CBD (cannabidiol) is an active ingredient with numerous beneficial effects, promotes muscle recovery, and can be particularly useful in the sports field. It is a natural ally for those who engage in competitive physical activity and for all those who resume sports after a long time or start for the first time.

If certified, CBD is safe and legal even for professional athletes. In 2018, the World Anti-Doping Agency excluded CBD from the list of prohibited and doping substances, allowing athletes to benefit from the numerous positive effects identified by scientific research.

Enecta promotes and sponsors numerous sports activities and our athlete friends have always known the properties of hemp extracts applied to sports.

Sport and CBD: what science says

In March 2023, the first study on the topical administration of CBD in elite athletes. This is a target audience accustomed and trained to deal with sports injuries daily and to evaluate with extreme care and strictness the safety of the products they use and how they might impact their sports performance. Topical use of CBD was well tolerated by the athletes and after six weeks of use, muscle pain significantly decreased, resulting in improved muscle function.

A very recent pilot study on the potential of CBD on physical exercise, used IL-6, or interleukin 6, a protein produced by the immune system, essential in regulating inflammation, as an evaluation parameter. It seems that CBD can help reduce systemic inflammation, regardless of the dose taken. Research has shown that by binding to the CB2 receptor, present in our endocannabinoid system, CBD can help prevent the potential cytokine storm that usually occurs after intense muscle trauma, causing pain.

One studio on the effects of cannabis on athletes' performance, highlights how the active ingredient can be relevant for muscle recovery during training and competitions. Through its interaction with the endocannabinoid system and receptors involved in pain perception, CBD can support the body throughout the performance cycle. 

Another study on theuse of cannabidiol for sports recovery, suggests that the intake of CBD combined with other recovery protocols could help promote the restoration of physical performance, potentially altered by the structural imbalance caused by exertion. It could therefore be useful in the case of consecutive competitions, to aid recovery between one race and another. 

Various preclinical studies on CBD and sports suggest that CBD could be beneficial for athletes in various ways. In addition to supporting the body in case of pain, CBD can help with anxiety and stress and be useful for better sleep. These characteristics make it an active ingredient useful for female and male athletes dealing with performance anxiety or poor sleep quality. 

CBD can be used topically or taken orally through CBD oil. This is a safe product with rare or negligible side effects, as revealed by this study on the side effects of CBD.

is essential, however, as most of the cited articles specify, to use caution and care in taking and using only products made from certified and legal CBD, which are therefore not contaminated with harmful substances and do not contain THC levels exceeding the allowed limits.