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25.05.2023

Lime oil massage helps athletes get rid of DOMS

Athletes who want to reduce their muscle pain after intensive training and who want to accelerate recovery through massage, achieve better results if they are massaged with lime oil.

Study
Indonesian physiologists divided thirty male young boxers into 3 groups. Three times a week for 4 weeks, the researchers measured the concentration of lactic acid in the blood of the subjects and the muscle pain they reported.

In one group this happened after a workout. That was the control group [E].

A second group had themselves massaged half an hour after training with a regular oil [EM].

A third group had a massage half an hour after training, but then the masseurs used lime oil, which consists of essential oil from the lime [Citrus aurantifolia] [EMC].

Results
Massage with regular oil reduced the concentration of lactic acid in the blood, but massage with lime oil reduced that concentration even more.

The same was true to a greater extent with the muscle pain reported by the subjects. Massage reduced muscle pain, but massage with lime oil further reduced muscle pain.

Mechanism
Lime oil contains flavonoids that may inhibit inflammation and weaken pain stimuli. [Molecules. 2020 Feb 10;25(3):762.]

In addition to flavonoids, lime oil also contains significant amounts of linalool and linalyl acetate. These substances have a positive psychological effect.

Source:
Med Arch. 2023 Feb;77(1):24-28.

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