Help your brain, have a massage!

Over the past few years there has been a growing interest in brain health and research has shown that massage can improve our brain function. Massage can play a major role when aiming to reduce stress and its damaging effects on the brain. Research has shown that by applying pressure to the muscles, massage has […]

October 22, 2015

22 Oct

Oliver Nicholson Posted in Ortho-Bionomy article No comments

Stretching or not stretching that is the question?

Does stretching really increase our flexibility? What is happening when we stretch? When a muscle is taken into a stretch the proprioceptors (nerve endings that relay information to the nervous system) are sending a message to the brain telling our muscle to contract to resist the stretch. This is what we call the stretch reflex. […]

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Author: Oliver Nicholson

Help your brain, have a massage!

Stretching or not stretching that is the question?