Mitochondria, as a positive side effect of a specific stimulation by massage

The value of this research is in the importance of the exposed data. In addition, this study/research paper was published at "Science Translational Medicine," which provides considerable authority to this research.

On February 2nd, 2012, multiple sources issued a press release related to intense healing power massage therapy. At the time, it was widely publicized, including TV reports. Below are a few excerpts of this release.

Massaging muscles may reduce inflammation, spur mitochondria formation. USA Today (2/2, Vergano) reports in "Science Fair" that according to a study in Science Translational Medicine, "kneading muscles reduces inflammation and spurs cellular energy production." In the experiments, researchers found that "massaged muscle cells had higher activation of gene pathways that spur mitochondria," as well as "fewer signs of painful inflammation." However, "massage didn't lower levels of lactic acid buildup in muscles often blamed for the 'burn' in exercise."

The Los Angeles Times (2/2, Brown) reports

"Massage also seemed to help cells recover by boosting amounts of another protein called PGC-1alpha, which spurs production of new mitochondria." Here is what the Times adds stated, according to researcher Dr. Mark Tarnopolsky, "exercise is the best way to reverse damage caused by common conditions including diabetes, obesity, and aging."

Bloomberg News (2/2, Lopatto) reports that in the study.

"subjects were exercised to exhaustion, which took about 70 minutes. One leg was massaged; the other wasn't. Both were biopsied immediately after the therapy and 2.5 hours later. The massaged leg showed slower production of interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor-alpha, both linked to inflammation."

According to the Wall Street Journal (2/2, Hobson), "Health xtagstartzspan data-preserver-spaces="true">Blog,"