Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Self-Massage the Runner's Way

From Running Times online...

Self-Massage the Runner's Way
Tend to your aches yourself with this guide
By Caitlin Chock
As featured in the January 2012 issue of Running Times Magazine

Who doesn't love a massage? And who doesn't think, "I wish I could get massages more often"? Enter self-massage.

If you do it right, self-massage can serve as a form of maintenance between massages given by a trained therapist. Self-massage can "take care of the tightness that comes up with day-to-day training," says Julia Kirtland, the 1997 national marathon champion who's now a massage therapist in Portland, Maine. It can "break up adhesions before they cause problems."

Read on here<http://runningtimes.com/Article.aspx?ArticleID=24811>.

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