What is Sports Massage?
Sports massage is a deeper type of massage that works specifically with sporting injuries and ailments. Most of our clients are active people who come in for treatment to recover from injury sustained during sport.
Sports massage therapy is geared toward athletes of every kind, from world-class professionals to weekend joggers. The particulars of the sports massage technique are specific to the athlete’s sport of choice.
Sports massage has an increasing profile in sports medicine, offering benefits for all kinds of athletes, from elite swimmers, cyclists and footballers, to recreational golfers and joggers, and weekend soccer warriors. Sports massage is a deeper type of massage that works specifically with sporting injuries and ailments.
What Does Sports Massage Do?
The main purpose of sports massage therapy is to help alleviate the stress and tension which builds up in your body’s soft tissues during physical activity. Where minor sporting injuries occur, due to overexertion and/or overuse, massage can break them down quickly and effectively.
Benefits of Sports Massage
Sports massage has many benefits. In addition to feeling invigorated, sports massage helps to reduce the heart rate and blood pressure,increases blood circulation and lymph flow, reduces muscle tension,improves flexibility, and pain relief.
Sports Massage can also include pre-event, post-event and maintenance techniques that promote greater athletic endurance and performance, lessen chances of injury and reduce recovery time.
Sports Massage Techniques
Depending on your needs, a variety of techniques are used. The technique often involves a blend of deep tissue and soft tissue massage, myofascial release and trigger point therapy specifically designed to treat professional athletes.
Each type of sport has different demands on the players. Each sport uses muscle groups in a different way. Sports massage is designed to address your specific concerns and may differ according to the sport you play. Sports massage can be aimed to help heal strained muscles and allow healthy ones to reach peak performance and maintain it while minimising the risk of injury.