Sports therapy

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WHAT IS SPORTS MASSAGE and HOW CAN IT
HELP ME?

Sports Massage is the management, manipulation and rehabilitation of soft tissues of the body including muscles, ligaments and tendons.



WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS REGULAR SPORTS
MASSAGE?

The techniques that I use have been developed to ensure effective and efficient results are gained from each massage given.

The reported benefits of Sports Massage include:



·Improve circulation & lymphatic flow

·Assist in the removal of metabolic waste

·Sedate or stimulate nerve endings

·Increase or decrease muscle tone

·Increase or decrease muscle length

·Remodel scar tissue when required

·Assist in mental preparation

To benefit from a sports massage you do not need to be a sports performer. I work with a wide variety of clients, ranging from office workers, drivers, stressed out mums, young budding athletes, people with general aches and pains etc. The benefits listed above can also help relieve many day to day problems that everyone experiences from time to time.



SPORTS SPECIFIC MASSAGE...

This can be beneficial to an athlete or keen sportsman at a variety of stages in performance and training:





·The conditioning / training phase

·Pre competition

·Inter competition

·Post competition

·Post travel

·Injury prevention

·Injury recovery

HOW CAN MASSAGE HELP ME IF I DON'T DO SPORT!

You don't have to do sport to have a sports massage! A big myth a lot of people believe! How many times do you come home from work with aching, stiff shoulders, you wonder what to do to help. A sports massage is an ideal treatment to help relieve that horrible discomfort! You have "golfers elbow" but don't play golf? Yep, once again massaging the affected area will help that niggling pain vanish! Lower back ache and you don't know why, nothing seems to get rid of it? Having a good firm sports massage will loosen off all the tense muscles resulting in an ache free back!