Scientific basis for massage after exercise.
02-06-12, 04:47 PM
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As the spouse of a massage therapist (the correct term), I have know this for several years.
02-07-12, 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by vinced
As the spouse of a massage therapist (the correct term), I have know this for several years.
02-07-12, 07:05 PM
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Vigorous exercise causes tiny tears in muscle fibers, leading to an immune reaction — inflammation — as the body gets to work repairing the injured cells. So the researchers screened the tissue from the massaged and unmassaged legs to compare their repair processes, and find out what difference massage would make.
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Originally Posted by Nermal
Serious question, then. Doesn't this extract from your link indicate that inflammation might have something to do with the healing process? I know what it does if it lasts too long, but the article didn't precisely say inf
02-08-12, 09:34 PM
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Oh. I must have read too fast. thanks
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Originally Posted by Looigi
As the spouse of a message therapist you cut athletes legs open, took biopsies and did the analysis to determine the biochemical mechanisms behind massage's salutary effect?
