While many people seek massage for its relaxing benefits, it can also prove useful for bodybuilders, athletes, and other physically active men and women. To learn more about massage therapy and the benefits it offers after working out, keep reading.
Reduces Inflammation
When you work out – particularly strength training exercises – your muscles become inflamed. This is a direct response to the stress the muscles undertake while working out. Massage therapy has been proven to reduce inflammation associated with exercise.
“What massage seems to do is … it reduces the inflammatory response as a function of the damage you incurred while you’re exercising,” said Simon Melov, a molecular biologist at the Buck Institute for Research on Aging. continue reading
#1) Relieves Stress
Not to be confused with pressure point massage, trigger point is a special type of massage therapy that involves the manual manipulation of specific areas throughout the body (known as trigger points) to relieve myofascial pain. By stimulating these trigger points, it forces contracted muscle fibers to relax; thus, treating the problems associated with chronic muscle tension. To learn more about trigger point massage therapy and the unique benefits it offers, keep reading. 
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