Runners Can Help Muscles And Joints Recover For Just Pennies a Pound

(Feb. 2009) After a long race or intense training, runners need help easing and soothing muscles. Epsom Salt is a naturally occurring compound that helps joints and muscles and also offers other health benefits. And it costs just pennies a pound.

Epsom Salt is easy to use and easy to find at the grocery store or your local drugstore.  Here’s a brief summary of why Epsom Salt – actually magnesium sulfate – is important to the body, and how it can help runners. 

Sulfate is necessary for the formation of proteins in joints, and it helps with a process that keeps joints healthy.

Magnesium regulates over 325 enzymes in the body, performing more functions than almost any other mineral. Magnesium helps flush toxins, reduce inflammation, relieve muscle soreness, improve heart and circulatory health and help ensure proper muscle, nerve and enzyme function.

Avoid Post-Race Gloom: Excess adrenaline and stress are believed to drain the body of magnesium, a natural stress reliever and the main component of Epsom Salt. The body requires magnesium to bind adequate amounts of serotonin, a mood-elevating chemical within the brain that creates a feeling of well being and relaxation.  A boost in serotonin from Epsom Salt can help athletes avoid feeling gloomy in the days after the race.

Improve Muscle and Nerve Function: Epsom Salt baths can improve nerve function by regulating electrolytes. Calcium is the main conductor for electrical current in the body, and magnesium is necessary to help balance out the calcium levels in the blood, often cause muscle contraction.

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