Why Are Your Muscles Sore After Massage

Some people have soreness following therapeutic massage and others never do.

The possibility of having sore muscles following a massage  is more common with your very first massage. Soreness occurs because “new” things are happening to your muscles.  They get kneaded, moved, squeezed.

All of this can release metabolic (body) wastes and other materials that are stored in your muscles and other soft tissues (skin, fat, fascia.)  These waste products are being manually flushed from the soft tissues.

Massage stirs things up.  This is not a bad thing but sometimes, for some people, massage can cause muscle soreness.

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