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It's like the idea that getting a massage releases all the toxins in your body and you need to drink water after to flush them out. That's what they always tel
by DebtDeflation 3y ago
It's like the idea that getting a massage releases all the toxins in your body and you need to drink water after to flush them out. That's what they always tell me after I get one. I have to restrain laughter.
- ceedan 3y agoEven though the toxins myth is incorrect, drinking lots of water after is a good idea. A deep tissue massage can cause mild rhabdomyolysis, which is where broken down cells (from the massage) get dumped into the blood. Water will help dilute urine while this occurs. Many massage therapists probably do think that there are harmful toxins get released, though.
- msrenee 3y agoI suppose the broken down blood cells would be the toxins at that point. Blinds sows and nuts... sometimes one finds the other.
- fsckboy 3y agoare you saying that healthy cells are broken down by the massage, or that the massage eliminates already broken down cells?
- ceedan 3y agoHealthy cells are physically broken down from the massage. I first learned about this when I got fairly sick a few hours after a deep tissue massage. I felt pretty horrible for a few days.
- jancsika 3y agoI like the idea that getting a massage releases all the toxins in your body because you need to drink water after to flush them out.