What is Sports Massage?
Sports massage is manual manipulation of the muscles designed to help athletes before, during and after training. Sports massage involves a wide range of techniques that include effleurage, kneading, wringing, hacking and trigger pointing.
It is useful for anyone who exercises to increase flexibility, prevent injuries. Sports massage is designed to assist in correcting problems and imbalances in soft tissue that are caused from repetitive and strenuous physical activity.
Benefits of sports massage:
- Increased joint range of motion (ROM)
- Increase performance
- Increased flexibility
- Increased sense of well-being
- Decreased muscle stiffness and soreness after exercise or physical activity
- Decreased neurological excitability (nerves more relaxed)
- Decreased muscle spasms
- Muscular and joint injuries such as sprains and strains,
- Postural related pain,
- Headaches,
- Whiplash,
- Golfers and tennis elbow,
- Repetitive strain injuries,
- Back pain,
- Better sleep
