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World Service,1 min

Does massage get rid of lactic acid?

CrowdScience

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There are many urban legends around the benefits of massage – including that it helps to rid muscles of a build-up of lactic acid. Dr Mark Tarnopolsky tells CrowdScience presenter Caroline Steel about the results of his research into whether this is medical fact or total fiction.

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