Sports Massage

Sports Massage is the discipline of using massage for the specific benefit of all sports and exercise participants. It covers the management, manipulation and rehabilitation of the soft tissues of the body, e.g. muscles, ligaments and tendons.

Sports Massage should always be tailored to your individual needs and requirements, to positively enhance performance. More specifically, sports massage is defined as the application of manipulation and stretch methods to the muscles and connective tissues of the body for the purpose of enhancing athletic performance.

The main benefits to receiving sports massage therapy are that it will improve your circulation and lymphatic flow, sedate/stimulate your nerve endings (depending upon the desired outcome), increase/decrease muscle length (again depending upon the desired outcome), assist mental preparation for sporting participation, assist removal of metabolic waste from active tissues, increase/decrease muscle tone (again depending upon the desired outcome) and finally remodel scar tissue when required. Sports massage is adaptable for application pre-/during-/post- event.

Those who have received sports massage therapy can be expected to experience increased thirst, due to the utilisation of bodily fluids during the massage process, slight tenderness/aching in the soft tissues worked, due to the application of pressure and techniques, in order to release the muscle fibres and possibly a slight headache, for which the consumption of water is the best remedy.

Please don’t hesitate to contact the clinic on 01242 222111 to make an appointment.