Massage feels good and body undeniably feels better afterwards, so it is very exciting to learn about the mechanisms of massage from a new study from Wyss Institute at Harvard University.
👉Scientists at the Wyss Institute and Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences applied precise, repeated forces to injured mouse leg muscles and found that they recovered stronger and faster than untreated muscles, likely because the compression squeezed inflammation-causing cells out of the muscle tissue.
👉When injured mouse muscles were treated with mechanotherapy (=massage) for three days (top), they displayed a significantly reduced number of white blood cells compared to untreated muscles.
👉White blood cells and inflammatory agents are necessary for the first response after an injury, however if they stay around for too long they may prolong healing and facilitate scarring.
👉”These findings are remarkable because they indicate that we can influence the function of the body’s immune system in a drug-free, non-invasive way,” said Walsh, who is also the Paul A. Maeder Professor of Engineering and Applied Science at SEAS.
🔎Read more:
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2021/10/massage-helps-injured-muscles-heal-faster-and-stronger/
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