A Muscle massage gun is also known as a vibration massage gun or a fascia gun. In recent years, with the rise of fitness atmosphere, as well as the rise of health care awareness, coupled with modern people often have back pain, muscle pain after exercise, or often sedentary computer caused by shoulder and neck stiffness and other troubles, and drive the popularity of muscle massage gun.
However, the principle and efficacy of a muscle massage gun involve professional medical knowledge, which is actually not very clear to the general public without background knowledge. This article is written by a practicing physical therapist, and with the professional opinions of professional literature and the opinions of rehabilitation physicians, physical therapists and other medical experts.
How the fascia gun works
Relax the muscles and fascia by high-frequency vibration. Massage gun has been achieved by a high speed and high frequency of vibration, to achieve a rapid relaxation of muscles and fascia effect, the principle is roughly the following three:
1. Increase the pain threshold (reduce pain)
Pain is a sensory signal sent out by the nervous system. When the intensity of a signal exceeds a certain value, it is called a pain threshold (Threshold of pain), and the brain feels pain. The lower the pain threshold value is, the more sensitive you are to the pain value, and the more likely it is to feel the pain value. Otherwise, the higher the threshold value is, it is less sensitive to the pain and not easy to feel the pain value. Massage the tissue by vibration way, after academic research confirmed, can effectively increase the pain threshold, that is, has the pain relief effect, can inhibit pain perception, reduce pain feeling.
2. Promote muscle relaxation
A ock is a sensory stimulus that stimulates the body's proprioceptive receptors, producing inhibitory signals and making a reflexive response to relax the muscles. This is the main principle that the vibration massage gun can effectively promote the tight muscles to relax.
3. Increase tissue temperature and increase muscle blood flow
When the vibration energy is transmitted into the tissue, it is converted into heat energy, causing the tissue temperature to rise. Higher tissue temperature will relax local blood vessels, increase muscle blood flow, improve blood circulation, accelerate metabolism, and therefore, the muscles will become more soft and relaxed.
