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Sports Massage
Sports Massage
Sports massage is a treatment designed to manipulate the soft tissues such as muscle, skin, tendons, ligaments and fascia. Repetitive and strenuous activity as well as trauma result in hypersensitive tissues and sports massage can be applied either prior or after exercise to aid maximise performance, aid recovery and prevent injury.

Periods of increased activity beyond a point to which the body is used to can result in overload of the tissues. In order to prevent further stress to the soft tissues they can become stiff and painful. Via varying techniques  that include petrissage and effleurage as well as PNF stretching, sports massage attempts to address these hypersensitive and stiff tissues. 

Sports massage has a number of effects:

  • Stretches soft tissue
  • Relieves muscle tension
  • Improves flexibility & range of motion
  • Reduces muscle spasm
  • Improves the formation of scar tissue
  • Reduces swelling
  • Increases blood flow to an area whilst removing lymphatic fluid following injury
  • Removes waste products
  • Relieves pain
  • Aids recovery from delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS)
  • Improves physical performance
  • Relieves tension and anxiety
Sports massage can benefit all ages and all levels of activity. 

It is also worth mentioning that sports massage may not only benefit those who participate in sport, but ANYONE who is suffering from sore and stiff muscles. Prolonged sitting positions as well as jobs with heavy living and repetitive movements can also overload the muscles, in affect leading to the same hypersensitive tissues.

Book today and find out for yourself how you can benefit from a sports massage.
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