2006-09-28 15:31:16 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Alternative Medicine
The only way you could tone your muscles during a massage would be to flex and hold your muscles in a state of being flexed. However, that defeats the purpose of a massage, which is to loosen your muscles. It would be better to work out and have a regular massage to mitigate the effects of sore muscles. Using essential oils and aromatherapy with massage is very beneficial, relaxing, and rejuvenating. You should check out this page on massage: http://www.aromatherapypro.com/aromatherapy_massage_oil.shtml
2006-09-29 04:50:20 · answer #1 · answered by Wharf Rat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you were TOTALLY sedentary...like maybe an invalid...a deep tissue massage could provide some measure of exercise benefit...but only a little. The muscles are after all stimulated and moved around, and for a very sedentary person, there might even be a little aerobic benefit. But as everyone else has said here, don't count on massage over a real work out. For the vast majority of us, massage has many benefits, but that doesn't rank up among the major ones.
2006-09-29 00:16:51 · answer #2 · answered by kathy_is_a_nurse 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've been working out for years I can't imagine a massage toning muscles . muscles have to contract and release to get tone , I've had massages after a work out to relax the muscles after wards and so they don't cramp,there's absolutely no way they can become tone
2006-09-28 16:09:48 · answer #3 · answered by newjersey2112 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No tone muscles requires flexing. Massage is the opposite.
2006-09-28 16:24:37 · answer #4 · answered by Gone fishin' 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Massage therapists claim many things.
I don't think that replacing a workout at the YMCA is one of them.
Massages are used by most high-end athletes, but they use them to loosen muscles, promote circulation and heal injuries.
2006-09-28 15:35:06 · answer #5 · answered by geek49203 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is a good workout and can tone and build muscle. The thing is you have to be the masseuse not the massagee.
2006-09-28 15:41:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2017-02-27 20:22:09 · answer #7 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends, if it has a "Happy ending" it could end up being quite a work out.
2006-09-28 15:39:13 · answer #8 · answered by Gent Of Style 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope
2006-09-30 10:40:27 · answer #9 · answered by jyd9999 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋