How To Massage Sore Muscles Video

Relaxing and massaging sore muscles is a must for any athlete. Get expert tips and advice on massage and other treatments in this video.

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Perform all over body
Move hands quickly
Move hands along the muscle
Perform light pounding on the muscle

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Malu works for Retreat Massage Therapy as a massage therapist. She is well versed in techniques that are particularly helpful for athletes.

MALU LUJAN: Okay, so we're going to do some techniques for massaging sore muscles, and you know anything feels good when your muscles are sore when somebody works on you, for the most part, unless they're digging in too deep. And these techniques I'm going to do this on her, the front of her legs, on her quads, but you can do it anywhere, on the back, the feet, whatever. One of the techniques we're going to use is just a little light vigorous massage and just kind of rapid strokes. See how quickly I'm doing that? It kind of gets the blood circulating and it moves some of the toxins that are in the bloodstream, so they're going to start wanting to go out of your body. Another technique that's really great for sore muscles and it's very easy for the person doing the massage is just shaking, just give them a good, old shake. And I'm kind of moving my hand along the muscle, I'm moving one hand along the muscle while I shake with the other hand, or you can shake with both hands. That's a very good way to alleviate tension and sore muscles. Another great technique is called--you're just beating or pounding. You don't have to do it too hard. And again, the pressure you use depends on the person you're working on. You know, the basic difference I would say between this type of technique where you're going very rapidly or you're doing the tapping when somebody has sore muscles, is quicker seems to get the blood flowing a little bit faster and is very alleviating when you have sore muscles. Sometimes it's hard to do like a lot of deep tissue work. So those are some great techniques for massaging sore muscles.

How to Massage Sore Muscles Video

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