Lymphatic Massage For Incredible Health and Fitness

by Dr. Robert O. Young

The appended article is interesting aside to the VibrapHirm whole body vibrational machines. It points out the obvious, but omits the true intrinsic value of "lymphatic massage."

It is often stated in Medical School that "about a third of what goes on in the human body is MECHANICAL," another third is biochemical, and the remainder is psychological." For instance, for new bone, or even bone regenesis, to go forward, mechanical agitation is necessary. An incapacitated person lying in bed will mend a broken bone only if relatively young, or often with an electric current being passed though the fracture (which mimics mechanical "jarring"). Calcium ions are only laid down in the bones with the mechanical jarring of walking, running, rebounding, whole body vibrating and going about mild to moderate daily activities.

Inactivity leads to acid build-up and then body breakdown expressing the symptoms of bone soreness, bone weakness, osteoarthritis, and osteoporosis.

The article points out that "massage" (mechanical agitation) speeds up muscle recovery...!

The VibrapHirm not only will mimic active exercise, but increase circulation, re-calcification of bone, AND speed up muscle recovery, to say nothing of improving lymphatic flow, and active blood transport.

http://www.phmiracleliving.com/vibraphirm.htm

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Massaging Helps Muscles Recover After Exercise

Researchers testing the long-held theory that therapeutic massage can speed recovery after a sports injury have found early scientific evidence of the healing effects of massage.

The scientists have determined that immediate cyclic compression of muscles after intense exercise reduced swelling and muscle damage in a study using animals.

Though they say it's too soon to apply the results directly to humans in a clinical environment, the researchers consider the findings a strong start toward scientific confirmation of massage's benefits to athletes after intense eccentric exercise, when muscles contract and lengthen at the same time.

"There is potential that this continuing research will have huge clinical implications," said Thomas Best, a professor of family medicine at Ohio State University and senior author of the study. "If we can define the mechanism for recovery, the translation of these findings to the clinic will dictate how much massage is needed, for how long, and when it should be performed after exercise."

Anecdotal evidence suggests massage offers many health benefits, but actual testing of its effects at the cellular level is more difficult than one might think. In this study with rabbits, the researchers used one mechanical device to mimic movements associated with a specific kind of exercise, and a second device to follow the exercise with a simulated consistent massaging motion on the affected muscles. They compared these animals to other animals that performed the exercise movements but did not receive simulated massage. All animals were sedated during the experiments.

"We tried to mimic Swedish massage because anecdotally, it's the most popular technique used by athletes," said Best, who is also co-medical director of the OSU Sports Medicine Center and a team physician for the Department of Athletics. "A review of the research in this area shows that despite the existing anecdotal evidence -- we know athletes use massage all the time - researchers don't know the mechanism of how massage improves recovery after exercise and injury."

Swedish massage combines long strokes, kneading and friction techniques on muscles and various movements of joints, according to the American Massage Therapy Association.

After the experimental exercise and massage were performed in the study, the researchers compared the muscle tissues of all of the animals, finding that the muscles in animals receiving simulated massage had improved function, less swelling and fewer signs of inflammation than did muscles in the animals that received no massage treatment after exercise.

Immediately following the exercise, the affected muscle was subjected to 30 minutes of simulated massage, called compressive loading. The researchers used mathematical equations to determine the appropriate amount of force to apply to the animal muscle, which was intended to match the force Swedish massage typically places on a patient's spine. The device used to simulate the stroking motion for the research was designed by Yi Zhao, assistant professor of biomedical engineering at Ohio State and a co-author of the study.

"We know biological tissues are sensitive to the magnitude of frequency, duration and load, so we controlled the force, frequency and time spent on massage," Best said.

The exercise-massage cycle was repeated for four days, after which the animals' muscle strength and tissue were examined.

The massaged muscles recovered an estimated 60 percent of the strength after the four-day trial, compared to restoration of about 14 percent of strength in muscles that were exercised and then rested. Similarly, the massaged muscles had fewer damaged muscle fibers and virtually no sign of white blood cells, the presence of which would indicate that the body was working to repair muscle damage, when compared with the rested muscles. The massaged muscles weighed about 8 percent less than the rested muscles, suggesting that the massage helped prevent swelling, Best said.

"Our goal is to use this model to understand the biological mechanisms of massage as a guide to pre-clinical trials to test the effects of massage on muscle recovery after exercise," he said. "A trial in humans could look at optimal indications for massage. Ultimately, we could also find out how massage helps not just exercise-induced muscle injury, but swelling and pain associated with other medical conditions, as well."

According to Dr. Robert O. Young, a research scientist at the pH Miracle Living Center, "massage, especially lymphatic massage helps to move and remove dietary and metabolic acids out of the bone and muscle tissue and interstitial fluids of the body. This helps to protect healthy tissue from the devastating effects of acid breakdown. That is why I highly recommend a daily one hour lymphatic massage, especially after exercise or if one is dealing with a health challenge."

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