More research notes: we all know massage feels good and helps heal sore muscles, but how? In one clinical trial, research subjects performed difficult exercises, and then received Swedish massage on only one leg. Biopsies on each leg found that massage activated genes that decrease inflammation and promote energy generation within cells, resulting in muscles that hurt less and grow quicker. If you want the source go to today's blog entry. So, do what horse trainers know-get a good rub down after exercise!
The study was published in February 2012 in Science Translational Medicine. I read the story in Body Sense Magazine, Spring Issue, 2012, which you can link to from my website. This issue also contains one of my favorite articles "I'm a Massage Convert" which tells one man's story about why he spends his very few discretionary dollars on regular massage.
Are you a convert?
Peace
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