Muscle Injury

Muscle injury? Pulled a muscle in your back? Slept wrong? Let’s explore what a pulled muscle is from a phycological standpoint. The muscle is made up a fiber, during over extension, or exestuation those fibers can be damaged causing an inflammatory response. This is the bodies response to protect its self and start the healing process.  This localized inflammation is what we know as pain, tightness, and a heat in the area.

Unfortunately, this natural response also delays healing due to the limited blood flow.  How do you correct this? The answer to that is massage, heat and ice. A skilled massage therapist can help reduce the swelling, decrease the inflammation, and restore blood flow. With the combination of hot and cold stones in the massage you can decrease the inflammation further and with the heat of a hot stone will help increase the blood flow further. With increased blood flow mean increased oxygenated blood to the injured area thus helping the healing process.

So next time you over do it in the gym or suffer an acute muscle injury think about getting a massage with hot and cold stones to help in the healing process. Remember to consult a physician prior to any treatment when injured.