Saturday, August 26, 2006

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Again I am pushing trigger point massage therapy. It's great for releasing stress that gets stored in the body.

Muscles that are constantly tense cause cortisol to be produced in the body. This has many ill effects, but one thing it does is interfere with the synthesis of nitric oxide in the body.

Nitric oxide is important for athletic and sexual performance. If nitric oxide production is down for any reason, aerobic activity will be harder and other things may be less hard :-).

So, if you've got a lot of muscle tightness, you might not do as well in bed as you could. And you may get winded more easily in general.

So you'll want to get those tight muscles, all of them, worked on. That may be expensive, but its worth it. If you can't afford or find a professional, you might want to consider reading up about the subject yourself.

This topic came up for me recently because a massage therapist helped me realize I had some unaddressed trigger points in the back. A lot of them. I've worked on them a lot at home this week and noticed that my breathing was a lot less labored while cycling. And that was just one performance improvement :-) My range of motion also improved quite a bit; I'm amazed how loose my shoulders and lats are now.

You need to worry about this sort of thing more if you've ever been through prolonged stress. As for me, I worked at this small startup company for 7 years and I think it got to me after a while. Also, I grew up with someone that was bipolar and that was really stressful. Apparently, recovery was not instantaneous.

Its amazing how long we can carry stress around with us. Its nature's way of helping us survive a bad environment, but once the environment improves, we need to let it go.

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