Abdominal and ice massage lowers blood sugar and improves heart function in healthy
Abdominal and ice massage lowers blood sugar and improves heart function in healthy
A new study has brought interesting insights into the effect of ice massage on the stomach in healthy people. Ice massage is often used to treat certain chronic diseases such as high blood pressure and diabetes. Nevertheless, there is little evidence of how such an ice massage affects the blood sugar level and the cardiovascular function. This study examined exactly this and provided remarkable results.
The researchers carried out an experiment with 50 healthy volunteers who underwent a 20-minute ice massage on their stomach. They measured important health parameters such as blood sugar levels and various cardiovascular functions, both before and after treatment. This included blood pressure, pulse frequency and other specialized measured values that represent the heart function.
A central result of this investigation was that the ice massage led to an improvement in the cardiovascular function immediately after treatment. A decline in blood sugar levels was also recorded 20 minutes after the treatment. Surprisingly, the participants reported no negative side effects during or after the massage.
These findings could possibly lead to changes in the way certain health measures are carried out, especially in physiotherapy and possibly in the treatment of diabetes. Nevertheless, further research is necessary, in particular studies with a larger number of participants and a longer observation period in order to consolidate these results and to check their applicability for patients with diabetes.
Basic terms and concepts
In order to better understand the importance of this study, I explain some of the terms used:
- blood sugar level (BGL): This is the amount of sugar (glucose) in the blood. A high blood sugar level can be a sign of diabetes.
- systolic blood pressure (SBP): This is the pressure in the arteries when the heart beats and pumps blood.
- Diastolic blood pressure (DBP): This is the pressure in the arteries when the heart rests between the blows.
- pulse rate (pr): The number of heartbeats per minute.
- medium arterial pressure (map): an average of blood pressure in the arteries during a heart cycle.
- Rate Pressure Product (RPP) and Double Product (DO-P): These values provide indications of the workload of the heart and help to better understand cardiac performance.
abbreviations:
- BGL: blood sugar level
- SBP: systolic blood pressure
- dbp: diastolic blood pressure
- pr: pulse rate
- map: medium arterial print
- rpp: rate pressure product
- do-P: Double Product
Influence of the ice massage on the cardiovascular functions and blood sugar levels
The present study examines the effect of abdominal ice massage on the blood sugar level (BGL) and cardiovascular functions in healthy individuals. The relevance of this investigation lies in the inadequate previous evidence on the role of ice massage in the treatment of non-transferable diseases such as diabetes and high blood pressure.
methodology
- Study design: one-group in-front-after experiment
- Participant: 50 healthy volunteers (27 women, 23 men) aged 24.72 ± 5.48 years
- Intervention: A 20-minute ice massage of the abdomen
- Measurements: blood sugar level (BGL) and cardiovascular parameters (systolic blood pressure [SBP], diastolic blood pressure [DBP], pulse frequency [pr], pulse pressure, medium arterial pressure [map], rate pressure product [rpp], double product [do-p])
- Times of the measurements: before the intervention, immediately afterwards and 20 minutes after the intervention
results
parameter
| change 20 minutes after the intervention
| | |
|---|---|---|
| pulse frequency (pr) | significant reduction | significant reduction |
| Rate Pressure Product (RPP) | significant reduction | significant reduction |
| Double Product (DO-P) | significant reduction | significant reduction |
| blood sugar level (BGL) | - | significant reduction |
| systolic blood pressure (SBP) | - | significant reduction |
| diastolic blood pressure (DBP) | - | significant reduction |
| medium arterial pressure (map) | - | significant reduction |
The results show that the ice massage leads to an improvement in cardiovascular functions immediately after use. After 20 minutes, a significant reduction in blood sugar levels could also be determined. None of the subjects reported side effects during or after the intervention.
conclusion
The ice massage on the abdomen is an effective measure to improve cardiovascular functions and to reduce blood sugar levels in healthy subjects. However, long -term randomized controlled studies with patients, especially with diabetes, and a larger sample are required for clinical application and the results.
Further information can be found in the full study: https://pubmed.nlm.nih.gov/3969542 .