Summer fun and exercise can leave your body tired! Try recovering with an on-site chair massage!
Are you trying to get into shape following a summer of “too much fun?” Heading into the cooler temps of Fall can be the ideal time to get outside to walk and exercise. Working out is essential to living a healthy lifestyle. While exercise is wonderful for your body, it can also leave your body feeling exhausted, sore, and taut. Mobile chair massage is a great way to ease stiff muscles and allow you to get in shape faster and prevent injuries.
Whether you work out every once in a while, or you push yourself physically every day in the gym, a massage can be extremely beneficial for your specific exercise regimen. Exercise is often promoted as extremely beneficial to a healthy lifestyle, but the recovery process after the workout is not as often highlighted. Professional teams and athletes almost always use massage to heal from the minor injuries associated with strenuous activity. When you exercise heavily, your muscles can often become hypertonic (chronically tight), less flexible, and less capable of relaxing. Muscle soreness is often linked to a lack of flexibility, leading to a higher likelihood of injury and muscle tear. Also, tight muscles can potentially cause pain since blood flow through tight muscles is much less effective than through relaxed muscles.
Massage maximizes blood and lymph circulation and general relaxation. This rebuilding phase of conditioning ultimately leads to the removal of waste products and better cell nutrition, improved elasticity of tissues, and faster healing of injuries. When receiving a chair massage, the therapist can often hone in on the muscle groups and tissues that are particularly troublesome, allowing you to gain a better range of certain muscles that are particularly tight. Regular massage can help you reach optimal performance by monitoring developing problems, addressing past injuries, and preventing the occurrence of new ones.
Pushing your limits in the gym is great for your body (within reason), but taking care of it afterward is also necessary. Especially if you’re training for some major athletic venture, massage can shorten the recovery time between workouts and prepare your muscles for the next day of strenuous exercise. When you exercise, lactic acid can build up in your muscles and can often cause cramps and muscular pain. Massage enhances the supply of nutrients and oxygen through increased blood flow and eliminates the build-up of lactic acid, thereby improving overall power and performance.
Not only can massage be physiologically beneficial for the professional athlete or occasional runner, but it can also benefit the mental capacity of any type of active individual. When your muscles become sore after exercising, you can be a lot less motivated to work out and get going again. After relaxing and easing the tension in your body, you will feel better and be more mentally prepared to get up and move sooner. Also, after a massage, you will be performing better and might therefore be more inspired to keep aiming for improvement and success. Working out is physical, but it is also largely mental. So, make sure that you take care of your body so that you can be mentally prepared to be active and succeed in your workouts.
Whether you are a super-athlete, a busy worker with a few minutes of exercise to spare, or a person who runs once a year, massage can benefit you in your specific exercise routine. Be physically and mentally prepared for the next time you put on your workout gear, and make sure that you try a chair massage that will leave your muscles feeling relaxed and ready to go in your next workout.
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For more information, check out Dr. Frank Lipman (The Voice of Sustainable Wellness) at http://www.drfranklipman.com/injuries-exercise-and-massage/
