Massage is promising for muscle recovery: Researchers find 10 minutes reduces inflammation

Researchers have discovered a brief 10-minute massage helps reduce inflammation in muscle. As a non-drug therapy, massage holds the potential to help not just bone-weary athletes but those with inflammation-related chronic conditions, such as arthritis or muscular dystrophy. While massage is well accepted as a therapy for relieving muscle tension and pain, the researchers delved deeper to find ...

Massage helps 'speed up muscle recovery'

Washington, Feb 2 : A brief 10-minute massage helps reduce inflammation in muscle, a new study has found.

Massage is promising for muscle recovery

( McMaster University ) While massage is well accepted as a therapy for relieving muscle tension and pain, the researchers delved deeper to find it also triggers biochemical sensors that can send inflammation-reducing signals to muscle cells.

Massage Is Promising for Muscle Recovery: Reduces Inflammation

McMaster researchers find just 10 minutes of massage reduces inflammation.

Wayne L. Westcott: Does electrical muscle stimulation add to strength?

Many people experience varying degrees of muscle weakness and muscle fatigue. To address these issues, we recently conducted two studies on increasing muscle strength and decreasing muscle fatigue that compared strength training alone with strength training plus electrical stimulation.