Massages Increase Muscle Regrowth? | Study

We are all looking for the happy ending in here, and NO this is not a Nuru massage, to have the optimal muscle growth. If you have been watching bodybuilders and athletes, you would see how they have having a weekly massage is a ritual for them.
Now, do massages have any effect on muscle growth? We do not know that yet. However, they have proven to work like a charm with a deloaded phase in rats when they suspended their hindlimb for 2 weeks and then retrained them for 8 days + including massages to them. They a good increment in the muscle mass of the massaged leg.
Calm your gainz, we need to see this research done in humans to take massages for granted as the optimal recovery tool.

Check the conclusion of the study:
Conclusion
In summary, this is the first report of massage in the form of cyclic compressive loading exerting an anabolic effect on muscles that are recovering from a period of disuse. The regrowth effect is marked both in the massaged and the contralateral limb, although the contributing mechanisms to remodelling differ in the two limbs. Since massage is a therapeutic manipulation that is generally well tolerated, the possibilities for clinical application are potentially very high in patients who are on bed rest or under non‐weight‐bearing orders after injury or surgery.

Check the full study here and thank the researchers:
Enhanced skeletal muscle regrowth and remodelling in massaged and contralateral non-massaged hindlimb
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5746529/

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