Sports Massage
What is a Sports Massage?
A sports massage is a deeper massage that is aimed at improving range of movement along with improving circulation of blood and lymphatic fluid. It is usually accompanied by assisted and resisted stretches, trigger point therapy and muscle energy techniques to facilitate increased movement in joints and to relieve muscle tension.
Sports massage for Rehab
The main focus of this sports massage is to reduces pain and improve movement of the injured joint or muscle. It often focuses on the tissue and joints around the injury that compensate to accommodate and cope with the injury.
Preventive Sports Massage
This massage focuses on maintenance of a chronic condition. When dealing with patterns of movement and posture that has caused pain and discomfort, it takes repeated treatment to resolve. This is supported by a movement and strengthening plan to reeducate the disfunction.
Resorative Sports Massage
This massage is to support those in training by reducing tension, improving lymph and blood flow and maintaining or even improving range of movement.
Benefits of a Sports Massage
A Sports Massage helps reduce the tension and stress that builds up due to training, working and playing. It improves recovery, prevents injury and helps prepare the body for the next workload. It also has the following effects
Improves range of movement
Reduces Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness - DOMS
Increased flexibility
Improves sleep
Improves blood and lymphatic fluid circulation
Down grades stress and tension
Breaks down scar tissue
Improves performance
