Flu and cold season Is it okay to go for a massage with a cold?
Your nose is running, your head is buzzing... luckily this massage appointment has been on your calendar for weeks. It will do you the world of good. Right?
Well-ness
Noun, feminine [the]
Well-being achieved through [light] physical activity
Goals. Well-being sounds good. Especially when you're not feeling so well. Because your nose is running, your throat is scratchy, your head hurts.
But it's a prankster who wants to roll onto the massage table and have their aches and pains kneaded away. If you're ill, you belong at home - until you're completely cured. After all, the wellness treatment could even make our condition worse.
Why massages are not a good idea when you're ill
If our body is incubating something, it's a full-time job for it. The immune system is working at full speed. After all, viruses and bacteria need to get out as quickly as possible.
And what happens during a massage? Pressure, movements and heat are used to stimulate blood circulation and the removal of "waste" from the body.
What sounds good at first means a lot of extra work for the already battered and hard-working apparatus, which would only make our recovery more difficult and delay it further. Quite apart from the obstacles we put in the way of our immune system, the massage could also be quite painful - after all, we are much more sensitive and susceptible to pain when we are ill than usual.
And by the way: the same applies to any kind of sport during an illness. If you're looking forward to the subsequent endorphin high in order to feel better, you're jogging on the wrong track for the reasons mentioned above.
But, but, you're almost recovered? That doesn't count. Think of it like a sprained ankle - you won't sprint again until it's fully healed.
Thank you. And get well soon!
