Sports & Remedial Massage
Sports massage is a massage technique that has developed to deal with various muscular conditions that can develop during training, competition or every day life. It combines standard massage with more specific techniques such as:
- Muscle Energy Technique: a stretching and strengthening technique that encourages the muscle to stretch beyond its current ability but within the normal range of that muscle.
- Neuromuscular Technique: targets specific fibres within a muscle to encourage their relaxation. This enables the whole muscle to relax.
- Soft Tissue Release: a stretching technique that releases local areas of severe muscle tension.
- Connective Tissue Massage: promotes the free and independent movement of muscles by breaking down adhesions between the connective tissue.
Who is sports & remedial massage suitable for?
Sports people: The aim of the sports massage is to enhance performance at whatever level the sports person has reached. The major risk for sports people in their quest for enhanced performance is injury, so the primary treatment concern is to prevent injury. Regular sports massage means that high levels of performance can be sustained without getting injured. Sports & remedial massage is also invaluable for the recovery from injury and the preparation for competition.
Anyone with muscle problems: sports & remedial massage is not just confined to people who practice sports. Anyone who has a muscle related problem, perhaps due to gardening, carrying heavy objects (including babies!), repetitive movements (typing, factory work) or even inactivity. Muscles can ache after long periods of inactivity so it is suitable for people who travel long distances and office workers who sit at a computer all day.