Do you workout at the gym regularly till you feel the burn? Or do you play sports like soccer or basketball regularly and feel your muscles getting tight and sore? Or doing daily household chores like cooking, cleaning and running after the kids is making your body get tired and worn out?
Actually, muscle soreness is a common consequence of overworking your body. When you push your body beyond what it can comfortably handle, it results in muscle soreness. At the first sign of muscle soreness, many athletes think that it’s a sign of weakness, so they push their body even harder. This only breaks down the body even further, and causes more muscle soreness.
Enjoy pushing hard with your workouts? It can result in muscle soreness. During an intense workout, microscopic tears can appear in your muscle fibers. The pain and sore feeling in your muscles following a workout is because of these tears, and inflammation around them. Essentially, the stress you place on your muscles during exercise breaks down your muscle fibers, signalling your body to send help and repair the damage. Fluid rushes to the area to flush out the damaged cells and build new, stronger muscle cells. As the tears are repaired, the new protein strands are stronger, which leads to bigger and stronger muscles. This is how muscles are built stronger but in the process, muscles become sore and may hurt. A lot of athletes and exercise enthusiasts are turning to Hijama as a way to reduce sore muscles, accelerate recovery or to reduce injury. One notable example is the US swimmer, Michael Phelps. He woke up on the morning of the first race of his 5th Olympic games with some soreness in his right shoulder. At 31 years old, the swimming superstar could not have anything slowing him down. So, he went to a Team USA athletic trainer for Hijama, a treatment he has been receiving for years to help relax his muscle and ease soreness. On that day, with large purple circles dotting his shoulder and back, Phelps delivered a performance for the ages to lead the 4×100-meter freestyle relay team to victory, giving him his 19th career gold medal. Phelps swam the fastest 100 meters of his life, a blazing 47.12 seconds on the second leg of the relay. You don’t have to be an athlete to receive Hijama therapy, though. Research indicates that Hijama can help with muscle recovery. In fact, a study from 2021 found that Hijama was a great way to treat muscle fatigue 24 hours after participants worked out biceps and triceps. Tight muscles are compressed and have poor circulation, this can lead to the weakening of muscles, pain, posture imbalances, and build-up of toxins. Hijama draws stagnant fluids toward the surface, assisting with detoxification, and it brings in fresh nutrient-rich blood. Hijama provides a gentle sustained stretch for loosening tight muscles and connective tissue adhesions. It also clears “heat” or inflammation. Hijama is traditionally used at the base of the neck for common colds and fevers. Additionally, Hijama soothes the nervous system, so it can be helpful for stress, anxiety, and insomnia. Most commonly, people get Hijama for tight muscles and pain in the back, shoulders, neck, jaw, legs, or arms. Hijama can also be used for improving lung health; such as for asthma or during a common cold. Cupping can also help with headaches, sluggish digestion, breast milk production, and menstrual cramps. Contact us to schedule your HijamaEnergetics session to get relief from the pain of sore muscles.
HijamaEnergetics for Sore Muscles
Your muscles are covered with an outer sheath of fascia. This stretchy coating cushions impact and allows muscles to glide over each other. Microscopically, fascia is composed of a three-dimensional network of stretchy fibers. When your fascia is healthy, it is soft and flexible. But when you have an injury, long periods with poor posture, repetitive motion, poor nutrition, or high stress, fascia can become tough and inflexible. Tight fascia can cause pain, a reduced range of motion, and lead to damage of your muscles, joints, and tendons.
When working on tight muscles, it helps to think of muscles and fascia like rubber bands. When you stretch them occasionally, they’ll quickly return to their tight position. HijamaEnergetics sessions help to release tension in your muscles and improve circulation that makes lasting changes,
HijamaEnergetics uses natural healing modalities such as Hijama, herbs, nutritionals, microcurrent therapy and bioenergetic remedies Contact us today to schedule your HijamaEnergetics session to help you ease the tension of sore muscles.
Questions? Contact:
Amin Shah
Shahclan HijamaEnergetics
Boston, MA -USA
Phone 617-787-5151 (Landline)
Email: aminshah@shahclan.boston