About sports massage
Massage is recorded as one of the earliest forms of physical therapy, originating in China, India and Greece some 3000 years ago. Sports Massage therapy has evolved from the ancient treatment. It is the manipulation of soft tissue for the prevention of injuries, whilst maintaining good physical condition and health through normalising tone, promoting relaxation, stimulating circulation and producing therapeutic effects on all systems of the body.
It is so named because of the amount of physical effort placed into the treatment by the therapist. Sports Massage is a deeper, more specific, soft tissue massage treatment. It is a ‘hands on’ treatment technique, originally used and developed for athletes to prevent and relieve injuries. However, it has now evolved into a treatment that provides both physiological and psychological benefits for all.
Who benefits?
Sports massage is for everyone.
We are often involved with repetitive lifestyles that often result with overuse injuries. Be it an athlete that trains regularly or those who are working daily within the same environment, you’ll find it surprising just how the body can suffer.
Even sat at a desk all day, or running around after children, repetitive and stressful results in muscle tension and stress. Our Sports Massage therapies will soon bring you back to full health, contributing towards a healthy, active and extended life.
Some of the benefits of sports massage are:
- Maintain the body in better condition
- Reduces anxiety and stress
- Relaxation and feeling of well-being
- Improves flexibility
- Improves posture
- Alleviates muscle tension
- Assists and promotes recovery
- Improves the body’s circulation system, aids cellular renewal and removes toxic waste.
- Improves muscle tone.
- Stimulates and helps to rebalance the nervous system which aids function.
Sports Massage Can Help:
- Reduce tension headaches
- Alleviate shoulder and arm pain related to ‘trapped nerves’
- Sciatica
- Lower back pain
- Repetitive Strain related injuries such as carpal tunnel, golfers elbow, tennis elbow
- Muscle injuries
- Whiplash and contact based injuries
- Tightness in shoulders and the upper back
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