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The Link Between Elevated Cortisol, Stress, and Chronic Back Pain: How Sports Massage Can Help Cortisol – the ‘stress hormone’, released by the brain as part of the ‘fight or flight’ response and plays a critical role in helping your body cope with a stressor. In the short term, this is beneficial: it prepares muscles for action, increases blood sugar, enhances brain function, and suppresses non-essential functions like digestion to prioritize immediate survival. However, pro

A Smart Approach to Performance & Injury Prevention When working with female runners, it’s becoming increasingly evident that structuring training around the monthly hormonal cycle provides an optimal framework that supports performance, recovery and injury-prevention. As female participation in running continues to rise, understanding how the phases of the menstrual cycle influence neuromuscular control, ligament stiffness, fatigue and recovery is key. Why the menstrual cycl