This study examined the effects of the percussive massage (PM) treatment on physical recovery of pain and delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) after a lat pull-down exercise. Ten untrained female Hanover College students, who do not exercise regularly, served as participants. All subjects completed two trials which were randomized and balanced. Subjects were randomly assigned to one of the two different conditions: two minutes of percussive massage treatment applied to the arms or no percussive massage treatment. Subjects completed the remaining trial after a week of rest. It was hypothesized that delayed onset muscle soreness, as determined by range of motion (ROM), will be reduced by the percussive massage treatment versus no percussive massage treatment and visual analogue scale (VAS) will increase with both percussive massage treatment and no treatment, but less with PM treatment. Data collection indicates that the PM treatment was not found (p > 0.05) to be significantly different compared to no recovery intervention after 24 hours and 48 hours as measured by ROM. Muscle soreness ratings with PM intervention were found to be significantly lower (p < 0.05) compared to no recovery intervention after 48 hours. Muscle soreness was lower (20%) after 24 hours post-exercise with the application of the percussive massage gun compared to no recovery intervention. Data concluded (1) there was no significant change in ROM with the use of the PM treatment. (2) Muscle soreness ratings through the VAS were sufficiently lower compared to no PM treatment after 48 hours post-exercise. Although there was not a significant difference in ROM there was still a small decrease of muscle soreness with the use of the PM intervention.