Sports Massage
Are you an athlete? Do you participate in athletic events? Have you ever left an event and thought, “Wow, that hurts. I may need some help here.”
Sports Massage addresses the needs of athletes and is typically used before, during and after athletic events. It is also used as a maintenance tool for athletic off-seasons, pre-seasons, and post-seasons times.
The purpose of sports massage is to assist the athlete reach peak performance, to drain away fatigue and relieve swelling. It reduces muscle tension and promotes flexibility – all to prevent athletic injuries.
This type of massage utilizes several modalities of massage: Swedish, deep tissue, neuromuscular, myofascial release and stretching techniques.
With sports massage, it is important to have a massage therapist who understands the demand put on your body by the sport. The therapist must understand how to integrate this knowledge with how to address those demands.
Sports massage can reduce recovery time from a sports injury. It reduces swelling associated with soft tissue injuries. After a severe injury, sports massage will increase range of motion and reduce pain by addressing any issues regarding scar tissue, see our blog Scar Tissue.
This type of massage will also indirectly help your body gain higher efficiency so you can get more speed, more strength, and more performance by
- Shortening healing time
- Reduce swelling
- Helping to form soft, pliable scar tissue
- Increasing and maintaining range of motion
- Locating and deactivating trigger points associated with the original trauma
- Increasing circulation
- Decreasing pain
- Stretches tight muscles
This means you, the athlete, can train harder than you ever have before, excelling at higher levels than you thought possible.
Call Body Exhale Mobile Massage Therapy if you are an athlete that needs
- Recovery from an injury, or
- Help reaching your next level in your sport.
