From the recent issue of the journal Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise and the Science Daily article last week, "Massaging Muscles Facilitates Recovery After Exercise" [QUOTE] ScienceDaily (Aug. 18, 2008)

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This is definitely true. Of course, massages are incredibly expensive - but they do make a big difference when you are training hard. Hint: go to a massage school to get a massage from a student in training. They are usually about $30 instead of $100+