Sports massage can help your muscles relax, recover and regenerate to reduce your pain and restore function to your body. Sports massage can help in reducing fatigue, alleviate swelling, reduce muscle tension, promote flexibility, prevent injuries and prepare you for optimal performance.
Sports massage can also help with postural aches & pains; work related achy upper back and shoulders, stiff neck & lower back, Sports injuries, accident injuries; muscle/ tendon strains, ligament sprains, Maintenance & recovery; prevention of injuries, post travel (recover from static posture), maintain healthy tissues, relaxation, Sporting event; pre-event massage (maximize muscle potential), post-event (optimal tissue recovery).
You can gain significant health and performance benefits from regular sports massage therapy. Sports massage therapy is a form of massage therapy that helps athletes avoid or recover from sports-related injuries, and typically utilises more vigorous forms of massage to facilitate muscle healing or relaxation. Massage therapy should be performed before and after a competition to prevent injuries and loss of mobility
Benefits
Sports massage deals with the management and rehabilitation of your soft tissue which has many benefits.
Sports massage is not only for sports injuries, it can be used as a specific treatment for soft tissues & muscles. If you are keen on sports, a good sports therapist is invaluable.
Improves Training
Sport Massage can help with:
- Increases blood flow
- Improve the recovery process allowing more effective training & safely
- Assists the removal of waste products
- Assists the supply of essential nutrients
- Provides a clearer understanding of your muscles and stretching
- Improve your performance
Physical Benefits – If you are frequently engaged in sports where physical contact and bruising, such as rugby, hockey and football, Sports Massage therapy can have physical benefits. Running and cycling place considerable strain on your musculoskeletal system. Sports massage therapy can help!
- Reduced tension in the fascia
- Reduction in scar tissue
- Clearing of harmful metabolic byproducts
- Improved blood flow
- Improved delivery of nutrients to your muscles
- Improved tissue elasticity
- Relieve stress on joints, ligaments, tendons and muscles
Physiological Benefits – Pain reduction and relaxation are the two main physiological benefits from Massage therapy. Also helping you keep healthy and competitive in your chosen sport.
Techniques
Techniques are always chosen to be the most suitable for your individual situation; to be the most effective and time efficient – getting you better, quicker!
- Neuromuscular techniques
- Myofascial release
- Soft tissue
- Muscle energy
- Home stretching and rehabilitation advice
