30/11/2025
🌟 Recovery day = Wellness day?! 🐾
🐾 Are you already helping your furry athletes with improving their recovery on a rest day, when they swap their harnesses for an extended wellness session? If not, maybe the following information can be of some benefit for you. 💖
✅️ You can check each dog for muscle tension and stiffness and then give them a nice massage, focusing on specific areas of concern. ⚠️
👍 The main benefits of massage:
▶️ Faster Recovery and Less Pain:
Helps to more quickly remove waste products (such as lactic acid) from the muscles, reduces muscle tension, and relieves pain. Crucial after strenuous exercise.
▶️ Improved Blood Flow:
Stimulates blood circulation, which ensures a better supply of oxygen and nutrients to the muscles and tissues.
▶️ Injury Prevention:
Keeps muscles, tendons, and joints more flexible, reducing the risk of stiffness and injuries (such as muscle knots or adhesions).
▶️ Relaxation and Stress Reduction:
Provides mental peace, lowers blood pressure, reduces stress, and promotes the production of "happy hormones" (endorphins/oxytocin).
▶️ Body Awareness:
Improves body awareness and balance, which is important for their performance and overall range of motion.
🔋In short, massage is a powerful way to support physical recovery and promote mental well-being.
Of course, a hug at the end is a must! ❤️
