Recovery For Sports Performance

Question 1

Massage therapy has shown to have no effect on skeletal muscle blood flow. However, what does massage therapy do to promote skeletal muscle adaptation?

Answer 1

Activates mechanotransduction signalling cascade

Accumulation of PGC1alpha in the cells nucleus

This leads to stimulation of mitochondrial biogenesis

Question 2

Massage therapy may also be anti -inflammatory. What is the mechanism?

Answer 2

Massage reduced inflammation, notably reductions in TNFalpha and IL6