What is a sportmassage?
Sportmassage is a deep form of soft tissue mobilisation, it can be applied in a sporting and non-sporting context.
Involves a wide range of techniques that include:
A sportmassage is used for general relaxation of the muscular skeletal system as well as being directed towards any problem areas. It helps relieve muscular tension, break down adhesion's, mobilise soft tissues and reduce pain.
Who should be treated?
Sportmassages are not limited to athletes. It is an appropriate massage treatment for anyone who is in need of a remedial or soft tissue mobilisation. The remedial effects of sports massage are beneficial post-surgery, alongside physiotherapy, osteopathy or chiropractic, or as a health benefit within an office environment.
Within a sporting context, people who participate in sport can use a sportmassage as a regular part of their training programme. Sportmassage is also effective as a performance enhancement. Although the name implies a sporting clientele, it is a massage treatment appropriate to all.
When can a sportmassage help?
Sports massage is an effective treatment used:
To treat delayed Onset Muscle Soreness(DOMS)
Part of a training programme
Post Event
Pre Event
To relieve tight Muscles
Receiving a sportmassage helps on many occasions.
- It helps reduce delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS), help as part of a training programme, post event, pre event and relieving tight muscles.
- It helps to reduce DOMS. DOMS can be caused by a number of factors. DOMS can be the result of minor muscle or connective tissue damage, local muscle spasm that reduces blood flow or a build-up of waste products from energy production.
- It helps treat DOMS by reducing muscles spasm, flushing out waste products and increasing blood flow to an area. Increased blood delivers oxygen and nutrients to an area to assist the repair of any damaged tissues.
Sportmassages is an effective tool to integrate into a training programme.
- It helps the body recover from the stresses of exercise and facilitates the rebuilding phase of conditioning.
- It helps improve blood and lymph circulation, muscle relaxation and general relaxation.
- Sportmassages also help to flush out waste products and better cell nutrition. The effects of sportmassage adds up to the relief of soreness, stiffness, increased flexibility and less chance for future injury.
- It helps after a sporting event such as a 10k run, a football match or a cycle race.
- Also helps after workouts or gym classes.
- It is a beneficial treatment to help muscles recover, prevent injuries and prepare the body for future exercise.
- It will help reduce muscle spasms and metabolic build-up of waste products that occur during exercise.
A sportmassage is also used to help pre event. Pre event massage can be given directly before exercise or in the weeks leading up to an event. A sportmassage used before exercise can help performance and decrease the chance of injury. A sportmassage is used as part of a warm up for the muscles prior to exercise.
A sportmassage focuses on enhancing circulation, increasing tissue elasticity and reducing muscle tension.
Sportmassage is also used to help relieve tight muscles. Muscle tightness can limit flexibility, increase pain and cause future injuries. Sportmassage helps release muscle tightness. A sportmassage helps increase blood flow through tight muscles, break down inflexible tissues and stretch out muscle fibers. Using a sportmassage regularly to relieve tight muscles can help reduce the chance of injury and maximise performance.