Creep Recovery

Creep is a reversible phenomena.  Once the load is removed, the original  shape is recovered.  This is called recovery.  Recovery is not instantaneous and is also a function of time.  After you stop stretching a gummy worm, it will begin its recovery and eventually return to resting length.

Unless you’ve stretched it beyond its elastic capacity.

Notice that the strain is completely reversed during the creep recovery phase, or in other words, no irreversible deformation occurs.