Whether you’re a professional athlete, a gym enthusiast or a fitness devotee, sports injury can set you off track. Besides the psychological set-back, your body needs to physically recover. To keep you ahead of the game, there are ways to both pre-emptively improve recovery time as well as speed up recovery when injury happens. Float tank therapy, magnesium products and sports massage are some of the ways to keep strong, both physically and mentally.
Floating is a widely used sports recovery therapy by professional athletes who include float therapy into their training and recovery regime. Not only does floating ease muscle tension, it also brings on a deep state of relaxation, stretching beyond the physical benefits into enhanced focus and clarity. This balance of body and brain is what gives professional athletes the edge.
Floating eases and soothes pain. The way float tank therapy works on body and mind is by reducing sensory input into your body. The shallow 30cm skin-temperature dense magnesium sulphate water means you float with zero gravity. This weightlessness and reduced sensory input means every muscle in your body experiences complete relaxation without physical pressure. As an enjoyable, gentle and low-risk therapy, floating reduces inflammation and eases pain, making it especially well-suited for sports recovery. Float tank therapy helps you relax and recover. Over and above weightlessness and reduced pressure on your body, floating further helps to speed up recovery time for athletes because of the high magnesium content in the saltwater solution. Many runners and athletes rely on the known benefits of magnesium to relax, soothe and recover. Magnesium can also help reduce muscle soreness, inflammation and swelling. Floating regularly can enhance performance. As a gentle and effective way to reset and recover for athletes and fitness enthusiasts, floating not only heals the body and calms the mind, it can also help build resilience—athletes also use floating for visualisation techniques. In this way floating is known to boost clarity and creativity and enhance performance. All this makes floating ideal for sports recovery and a winning formula to balance both body and mind. Floating reduces blood pressure. With zero gravity, there is no pressure on your body which allows your blood vessels to fully dilate. Adding to the benefits of floating—by reducing blood pressure, float therapy helps to increase the delivery of blood, oxygen, and red blood cells to your entire body.Other than floating in magnesium-dense water (which is luxuriously sublime in our state-of-the-art float tanks!), there are other ways you can increase levels of this vital mineral, at home or on-the-go. Because low levels of magnesium can result in muscle cramps, aches and twitches—especially an issue for athletes—seeking out trusted magnesium-rich products to support your training forms part of a balanced fitness routine.
There are various ways to keep magnesium levels at an optimal level. This includes: • Magnesium-rich whole foods like avocados, cashews, almonds, tofu, seeds, bananas and leafy greens.Another tried and trusted therapy to speed up sports recovery is sports massage. This specialised and targeted form of remedial massage works wonders in many ways. Sports massage:
• Heals a previous activity-caused injury
To enhance your performance with float tank therapy or sports massage, book now. Or shop Amazing Magnesium Products for muscle recovery and relaxation. Bondi Junction Massage & Float Centre is a restorative and remedial oasis of calm and wellbeing in the heart of Sydney’s eastern suburbs, treating thousands of clients since 1985.
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