Massage Ointments

Massage ointments for recovery after sports

After intense sporting activity, tired muscles can become tense or joints feel heavy or even painful. Here, a circulation-promoting massage with different massage ointments can help, which provide the necessary lubrication. Depending on your needs, there are cooling special ointments for joints or to reduce swelling, and warming circulation-promoting ointments for soothing relaxation of the muscles. Massage ointments are also ideal for wellness massages or massage treatments in physical therapy. Pioneers are manufacturers such as cosiMed or Röwo.

What distinguishes massage ointments from massage oils and other specialty ointments?

Ointments are water-in-oil emulsions and thus have quite greasy properties. Unlike oil, however, the consistency is more grippy. In massage lotions, the water content is higher than in creams or ointments. Massage ointments allow intensive skin contact with the hands or with massage aids and offer long-lasting lubricity. Due to their consistency, they can be used very sparingly and are quite economical.

What are the benefits of using massage ointments?

Massage ointments help to relieve muscle tension and strains and regenerate stressed parts due to their lubricating properties. Cooling special ointments help with swelling and redness, while warming special ointments help with muscle tension. Extracts of various herbs with appropriate effects on muscles, tendons and joints also provide rapid relief. In this regard, many people attach importance to the use of natural ingredients, such as those often used in massage ointments from, for example, cosiMed.

What ingredients do massage ointments contain?

Cooling ointments contain horse chestnut, arnica, rosemary and mint oil. Warming ointments, which promote blood circulation, contain horse chestnut, vine leaves, chamomile, lemon balm, valerian, yarrow and hops. The soothing scent of lavender, as in cosiMed lavender ointment, puts the patient in a calming and relaxing atmosphere during the massage. In addition, high-quality fats, kerosenes and petrolatum are used in the special ointments, which nourish the skin and do it good.