Magnesium is the single most important mineral to sports nutrition that no serious athlete can afford to overlook.
Used by international athletes and sports teams around the world BetterYou Magnesium Oil provides elemental magnesium in its most absorbable form together with essential oils.
Formulated for topical use, essential magnesium is absorbed directly into the skin tissue, entering the cells immediately. Magnesium Oil efficiently replaces magnesium lost through the increased metabolism of exercise regimes and pressured lifestyles.
Muscle Recovery and Lactic Acid Removal
Magnesium helps draw lactic acid and other toxins out of the muscles and joints, helping to enhance the repair process. The pure salt form is quickly absorbed relaxing and calming muscles and nerves and helping to relax blood vessels and provides comfort from joint and muscle pains.
Energy Production and Reduced Fatigue
Magnesium is responsible for the production of ATP, our bodys most important and efficient energy phosphate compound. Magnesium replenishment reduces fatigue, heat exhaustion and is essential for blood sugar control.
Joint and Muscle Pain
Magnesium works alongside calcium in the body, to regulate muscular contraction and relaxation. Calcium contracts muscles, magnesium relaxes them. After intense periods of exrcise, there is an increased risk of muscle spasm and the pain that accompanies it. Magnesium oil can help to reduce this when sprayed directly on to the affected area.
Bone Strength
Magnesium is fundamental in the process of ensuring calcium is absorbed by the body to enter the bone. Magnesium deficiency can reduce calcium solubility and so restrict bone entry.
Magensium Oil Sport is an instant body spray formulation with a wonderfully relaxing aroma and quickly absorbed to give fast acting relief. Each bottle contains up to 800 individual sprays. Suitable for vegetarians, vegans, coeliacs and diabetics. BetterYou is against animal testing.
Please note: due to the supersaturated nature of this mineral formulation you may experience a tingling or itching when first using the spray. This is completely natural and is caused by the large, crystaline magnesium molecules being drawn quickly through the pores. As you remineralise this process is less aggressive and you will simply feel a slight warmth on the area of application. This is an essential process in the stimulation of blood flow and muscle detoxification.
Muscle Power & Essential Oils for sport
Juniper berry, lavender, rosemary
The essential oils may be used to tone and condition joints, both before and after exercise. They are a wonderful addition to a sport program and can for example be used in a bath to soothe and relax your aching body after a hard exercise. Essential oils can also be put in a invigorating foot bath for tired, aching feet.
Before the training you want to increase the circulation and after the training you want to release waste.
The musculoskeletal system is often misused and abused by physical wear and tear. Aromatherapy is very effective in treating musculoskeletal problems. Essential oils used in bath or massage have an almost immediate effect on muscle tissue. Some essential oils bring warmth to the body and can provide pain relief.
Many oils with anti-inflammatory properties also have analgesic properties; rosemary.
Rubefacient oils are used to promote circulation to the muscle tissue and skin. This will not only bring warmth to the area but also relief from pain and an anti-inflammatory effect as well. Some rubefacient oils are juniper berry, lavender, rosemary.
Juniper berry and rosemary are considered detoxifiers and may aid in detoxifying the system of acid waste.
Warm and cold compresses are also a great way to use essential oils when doing sports. Cold compresses are used for treating, sprains and swelling and hot compresses are used to reduce muscular or rheumatic pain. Alternating warm and cold compresses may be used to speed up heeling in pulled muscles, sprained ligaments and bruises. Dip gauze, cloth or cotton wool into it and wring it out, cover the area being treated. Follow the RICE method when injured, Rest, Ice, Compression and Elevation.
