Fitter Radio Episode 114 - Tony Dodds
Fitter Radio Triathlon Podcast
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The Effects of Post-Exercise Massage on Pain and Perception of Fatigue
Study looked at 74 triathletes who had just completed a full Ironman triathlon. The group received massage therapy to the quadriceps of the frontal thigh for only seven minutes, while the control group simply sat down and rested. While the perceived pain of the control group dropped by about three points out of a hundred just by resting on the pain scale, from before to after, the massage triathletes experienced a ten point drop. So what this study shows is that post-exercise massage can produce significant reductions in pain and perceived fatigue in the real world.
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