Massage Guns for Endurance Athletes: More Than Placebo? | Cycling Science Explained

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Massage guns have been credited with increasing athletic performance, accelerating recovery, and increasing mobility.

All of this could help endurance athletes, but what does scientific research say?

Interestingly enough, research hasn’t found conclusive evidence of a specific mechanism that makes you faster, but massage guns do seem to create a strong placebo effect that could actually improve your endurance performance.

So how should you use them to get the benefits, and what risks should you know about?

Tune in to find out, and leave your comments below!

// STUDIES REFERENCED IN THIS VIDEO

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- Increasing effort without noticing: A randomized controlled pilot study about the ergogenic placebo effect in endurance athletes and the role of supplement salience - 2018, Broelz: https://trainerroad.cc/Broelz2018
- Placebo effects in competitive sport: Qualitative data - 2007, Beedie: https://trainerroad.cc/Beedie2007
- The Neurobiology of Placebo Effects in Sports: EEG Frontal Alpha Asymmetry Increases in Response to a Placebo Ergogenic Aid - 2019, Broelz: https://trainerroad.cc/Broelz2019
- The Placebo Effect in Sport: How Practitioners Can Inject Words to Improve Performance - 2020, Roelands: https://trainerroad.cc/Roelands2020
- The Placebo Effect in Sports Performance: A Brief Review - 2009, Beedie: https://trainerroad.cc/Beedie2009
- To Compare the Effect of Vibration Therapy and Massage in Prevention of Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS) - 2014, Imtiyaz: https://trainerroad.cc/Imtiyaz2014
- The Acute Effects of a Percussive Massage Treatment with a Hypervolt Device on Plantar Flexor Muscles’ Range of Motion and Performance - 2020, Konrad: https://trainerroad.cc/Konrad2020
Rhabdomyolysis After the Use of Percussion Massage Gun: A Case Report - Chen, 2021: https://trainerroad.cc/Chen2021
Case Report: Vertebral Artery Dissection After Use of Handheld Massage Gun - Sulkowski, 2022: https://trainerroad.cc/Sulkowski2022

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