Massaging Muscles Facilitates Recovery After Exercise
Sunday, August 17, 2008 - 23:21
in Health & Medicine
Researchers testing the long-held theory that therapeutic massage can speed recovery after a sports injury have found early scientific evidence of the healing effects of massage. The scientists have determined that immediate cyclic compression of muscles after intense exercise reduced swelling and muscle damage in a study using animals.
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