What exactly does a massage gun do?
Relax muscles, relieve fatigue, treat diseases, burn fat, and shape the body… On shopping websites, the description of the massage gun has excited consumers. Is a small massage gun really so magical?
In simple terms, the fascia is the white membrane that wraps around the muscles of the human body. It is essentially connective tissue, mainly composed of collagen, and its main function is to reduce friction between muscle tissues so that muscles can function better.
massage gun uses its internal special high-speed motor to drive the massage head, producing a high-frequency vibration effect to reach the deep muscle, to reduce local tissue tension, promote blood circulation, prevent and relieve delayed muscle soreness, and other functions.
After fitness or strenuous exercise, the sympathetic nerve is over-excited, causing the muscles to be too tense at the static time, which is prone to fascial adhesion, thus affecting recovery.
So releasing this extra excitability through fascia relaxation can resolve and alleviate these problems. But there is no scientific evidence that the vibration of the massage gun can lead to weight loss, let alone other therapeutic benefits.
Warm-up before training, static stretching after training can be combined with the use of massage gun, the use of massage gun is to relax muscles, 3 to 5 minutes in one part is appropriate.
It should be noted that the use of massage guns is also contraindicated.
For example, the acute phase of a sprained joint or ligament strain is not available. In the first 72 hours of joint sprain or ligament strain, massage gun impact therapy is not appropriate. Instead, the principles of protection, rest, cold compress, compression dressing, and elevation of the affected limb should be followed.
Also not available after fracturing until callus formation. Especially for the lumbar pain caused by an osteoporotic thoracolumbar fracture in the elderly, because most of the trauma history is not clear, the blind use of massage gun will aggravate the injury, counterproductive.
Massage gun is not suitable for patients with thrombotic diseases, hemorrhagic diseases, and other basic diseases, because, in the process of massage head impact, it is possible to vibrate thrombus or plaque off, leading to vital organ embolism through blood flow.
The neck should be used with caution. There is a carotid sinus, commonly known as a “death hole”, on both sides of the neck of the human body. It is located at the beginning of the internal carotid artery and contains a carotid sinus baroreceptor. When it is stimulated by pressure, it will produce vagus nerve reflex, causing the decrease of human heart rate and blood pressure, and in serious cases, it can cause life danger.
Now I guess you have a better understanding of massage usage.
