Sports Massage
This 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 eg muscles,
ligaments and tendons. Sports massage is tailored to each individual’s
needs to positively enhance their ability to perform.
The benefits of sports massage: it improves circulation and lymphatic
flow; sedates or stimulates nerve endings; increases or decreases muscle
length; assists in mental preparation for sporting participation; assists
in the removal of metabolic waste; increases or decreases muscle tone;
remodels scar tissue when required.
Regardless of whether you exercise or play sport to keep fit, or compete
from club to international level, then sports massage may have something
to offer you.
Sports massage can be beneficial at various stages of participation: the
conditioning/training phase; inter competition; post travel; injury recovery;
pre competition; post competition; injury prevention.