Does having a sports massage help wash out metabolites and increase the speed of muscle recovery following exercise? Probably not.
Recent evidence from Queen's University (Ontario, Canada) suggests that massage applied to exercised muscles may impede blood flow and reduce lactate removal. The best way to remove lactate from exercised muscles is probably by performing an active cool down, whereby muscles continue to work and use the produced lactate as a fuel, or allow it to be transported elsewhere.
Recent evidence from Queen's University (Ontario, Canada) suggests that massage applied to exercised muscles may impede blood flow and reduce lactate removal. The best way to remove lactate from exercised muscles is probably by performing an active cool down, whereby muscles continue to work and use the produced lactate as a fuel, or allow it to be transported elsewhere.
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