Sports massage is effective for releasing tension and restoring balance to the musculoskeletal system.
Sports massage is the management, manipulation and rehabilitation of soft tissues of the body including muscles, tendons and ligaments. It can be used as a standalone treatment, as part of your physiotherapy treatment and rehabilitation, as a maintenance programme, or as a form of relaxation.
Ways massage may be helpful to you:
Improve circulation and lymphatic flow
Assist in the removal of metabolic waste (e.g. lactic acid or swelling)
Sedate or stimulate nerve endings
Increase or decrease muscle tone and tension
Remodel scar tissue when required
Increase or decrease muscle flexibility
Reduce anxiety and stress
Assist in mental preparation boosting performance
You do not need to be a sports performer to benefit from a sports massage. The benefits above can also help relieve the many day to day problems, repetitive strain injury, sprains, tension, fatigue that everyone experiences.
Massage can be used with a great range of patients in assisting with preventive treatment and injury recovery.
If you are a sports performer, of any level, a sports specific massage can be beneficial at various stages of participation. For example: The conditioning / training phase, pre competition, inter competition, post competition, post travel, injury prevention and injury recovery
Regardless of your experiences in sport or exercise, whether you exercise socially or compete to an international level – sports massage may have something to offer you.
