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5 Reasons Massage Guns are a Great Investment for Anyone

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Many athletes use massage guns to help them in recovery. As a chiropractic tool, these devices help people who exert a lot of physical strain on their muscles. A massage gun can relieve aches and pains while keeping muscle recovery times short.

Why are massage guns effective?

Percussive treatments, like what you get from using this type of device, improve blood circulation, and help muscles receive more oxygen and nutrients. They also aid in lymph circulation, which removes bacteria and abnormal cells. Percussive treatments can help improve your motion range, aid in pain relief, and contribute to tissue restoration.

It helps rehabilitate muscles

One of the best ways to speed up healing is by having a massage. Massages assist in regeneration and help you avoid re-injury. A massage gun can supplement injury treatment cycles and promotes the rehabilitation of inflamed or traumatized muscles. In time, it helps promote good mobility and strengthens weakened tissues.

It helps release lactic acid

Exercise uses up the oxygen in the bloodstream, and when the body's oxygen levels are low, it makes up for the deficit by converting lactate into lactic acid. While lactic acid buildups contribute to muscle repair, they can also bring toxins and cause cramps and feelings of exhaustion or nausea. A massage gun can expel lactic acid from tissues, which reduces soreness and contributes to muscle pain relief.

It contributes to blood and lymphatic flow 

When you use a massager like this, you're helping activate nerve receptors and induce blood vessel dilation. Since this device provides deep tissue stimulation, it increases the body's blood flow and lymph functions. 

Your lymphatic system eliminates waste and contaminants from tissues; since muscle contractions regulate this process, it benefits you to exercise regularly. However, even if you're less active, you could still reap the benefits of lymph drainage if you use a massage device.

It activates muscles and the nervous system

Your nervous system controls muscle activity and keeps your body's homeostasis. Each operation the muscles perform alerts the nervous system, and a device like this helps stimulate these nerve receptors to induce vasodilatation. 

This process enables the body to decrease blood pressure. Aside from lowering blood pressure, massage devices help stimulate the skin, reduces stress, and improves mobility while keeping muscles relaxed.

It helps break down scar tissue

Beyond muscle tightness, a massage gun can help get rid of scar tissue. These thick, coarse formations are from collagen fibers that reinforce weakened areas on the skin. When scar tissue forms, you regain some functionality. At times, though, the membranes formed do not correlate with the body's natural tissues; this can hinder essential functions like bending joints or stretching limbs. 

When you use a relaxing gun, the deep tissue massage can break down the scar tissue. This helps relieve the restraint and discomfort you might have from this fibrous growth. You can also use massage guns for scar tissue formed from surgery, not just trauma from sports.

Conclusion

A massage gun is an excellent addition to an athlete or a highly active individual's recovery program since it assists in blood and lymph circulation. Besides people with active lifestyles, a massage gun can help those who experience muscle tightness, joint pain, and stiffness.

Make your muscles more robust and resilient after putting them on a treatment plan using our massage guns. Gravity's state-of-the-art muscle massagers run on our proprietary GravityQuiet™ Technology, exerts anywhere from 50 to 60 pounds, and have 15 to 30 speed settings. Buy your first device today or contact us for more information.