Microtrauma Microtrauma is the result of various factors. It occurs when the muscle sustains damage, which is every time it's utilized under any significant load or training volume. This applies to resistance training as well as endurance exercise; damage to the fibers within the muscle can be caused by either method. The small structures within the fibers, known as myofibrils, are made up of proteins that are broken down as their amino acids are utilized for repair. Amino acids are the building blocks of protein. |
Sports & Remedial Massage
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Sports & Remedial Massage
Sports and remedial massage therapy is appropriate not only for people who engage in sport. We can sustain injury and experience symptoms from a wide range of causes. These can include:occupational factors, postural/structural anomalies, emotional and medical factors (pre and post surgery), symptomatic illness and disease, through physical disabilities or even tripping over a pet.
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Therapeutic MassageSaturday, 07 July 2007 09:54 | Written by Administrator | |
Therapeutic Massage Massage has been used as a form of therapy to heal and relieve pain for thousands of years. The earliest records for the use of massage as a therapy come from China over 5,000 years ago.
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The Benefits Of TouchSaturday, 07 July 2007 09:54 | Written by Administrator | |
The benefit of touch is well documented. Research has shown that babies who have received massage from their mothers have increased weight gain, nerve and brain cell development, better hormonal functioning and cell activity. The exterior and the interior of the body is interlinked by the nervous system and it has been found that stimulating specific areas on the surface of the body can have a corresponding effect on the internal organs and systems of the body. The dermis layer of the skin contains nerve endings which respond to touch. When stimulated, they will relay impulses from the receptor nerves via the spinal cord back to the brain. The brain then relays messages back to the area involved, the effects of which may include the relaxation of voluntary muscles, the sedation of nerve sensors and improved circulation to the area.
The receptor nerve endings affected by touch travel more quickly than those involved in chronic pain and can reduce the brain’s perception of the amount of pain from the affected area with endorphins being released which act as the body’s natural painkillers.
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