Self-Massage Techniques for Runners

If you run try these techniques to relieve muscle pain and soreness.

You can watch this video at the YouTube site under the title Massage for Runners: Do It While You View It.

The Perfect Massage

You don’t need a perfect massage. If you’re an athlete you don’t really want one. A perfect massage implies that massage was the goal. A perfect massage takes place in Tahiti, Hawaii or a spa in some well lighted corner of your mind. If you’re an active person you need something real, something immediate. What you need is something to relieve muscle soreness when you get it. That’s where self-massage comes in handy.

Massage for athletes is a means to a better workout, a better performance, less muscle pain, a faster recovery. The only thing you can say about a perfect massage is that you’ve never had one, and you’ll probably never get one. With self-massage you get the massage you need when you need it.