Massage can help to improve sleep by lowering stress hormone levels and reducing pain
Massage may help improve sleep in two primary ways. ➡️The first is by alleviating stress. Stress is known to affect sleep. Massage reduces stress by decreasing cortisol (a stress hormone) and increasing serotonin and dopamine (neurotransmitters that help to stabilize mood). Using massage to decrease stress and to promote relaxation may help you sleep better.…
Massage is the most powerful technique for recovering from DOMS and fatigue
⚖️ Maximizing the performance capacity of an athlete is not only a matter of training. It also depends on an optimal balance between training and recovery. 🔎 A 2018 study looked for best recovery techniques and searched through 3 scientific databases, and found 99 studies according to their criteria. 🙌 Massage was found to be…
Massage alleviates delayed onset muscle soreness after strenuous exercise
Heading out for race, training or tramping?Book in a recovery massage afterwards 🙌 ➡️ A 2017 study evaluated the effects of massage on alleviating delayed onset of muscle soreness (DOMS) and muscle performance after strenuous exercise. The authors of the study searched through scientific databases and found 11 studies with total of 504 participants relevant…
Massage can help to prevent fibrosis and inflammation in overused muscles
Do you have a job that involves repetive or high intensity movement or you do lots of sports? Have a read ⤵️ From a recent study: Musculoskeletal disorders secondary to occupational overuse are highly prevalent in many professions. Repeated injury is associated with chronic inflammation and fibrosis in tissues undergoing chronic injury/repair processes. ➡️Fibrosis is…
Massage helps injured muscles heal faster and stronger
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…
Functional training
🤸♂️Everything seems to be functional nowadays, but what exactly does it mean? 👶Think about the development of a baby. First they can spontaneously move their tiny arms and legs. Eventually they learn how to roll over, sit, crawl and, finally, stand up. Standing up is initially wobbly and babies spend a lot of time falling and…
TvA, pelvic floor and breathing
One of the main Pilates principles is centring which means activating the core muscles before and during exercises in order to gain stability for quality movement. ❗Core muscles are transversus abdominis (TvA), diaphragm, abdominal oblique muscles, multifidus (deep back extensors) and pelvic floor muscles. ➡️When core muscles are engaged, they provide the lumbopelvic stability by increasing the pressure…
ACUTE:CHRONIC WORKLOAD RATIO
In the previous posts I was writing about the body’s amazing ability to adapt to physical load and chronic injuries as a result of training load errors. Excessive and rapid increases in training-load are the main cause of non-contact soft-tissue injuries so it is important to monitor and adequately manage the load. If you don’t…
ADAPTATION. Everybody’s superpower.
❗I’ll tell you a secret – you have a superpower.It is called ADAPTATION. ➡️Think about the almost superhuman speed of a professional sprinter, and think of Hulk like power of a rugby player, and think of ballet dancer’s incredible ability to dance on tips of toes, and think of the endurance of an ironman triathlete.Yes,…
CHRONIC & OVERUSE INJURIES
When someone sprains ankle, it is apparent that it is an injury and needs treatment. But when someone has ongoing niggles it’s not always clear what do do. Chronic injuries can happen through 1 or more of the following 2 mechanisms: ➡️low-magnitude stress applied for a long duration, like, someone who only drives everywhere starts…
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