Massage as a Mechanotherapy for Skeletal Muscle

Massage is anecdotally associated with many health benefits, but physiological and clinically relevant mechanisms recently have begun to be investigated in a controlled manner. Herein, we describe research supporting our hypothesis that massage can be used as a mechanotherapy imparting biologically relevant adaptations in skeletal muscle and improving muscle properties.

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Massage is believed to have many health benefits, and recent research has started to investigate the physiological and clinical effects of massage in a controlled manner. Studies support the hypothesis that massage can be used as mechanotherapy to improve biologically relevant adaptations in skeletal muscle and muscle properties.