Health - Sports Massage

Massage is the practice of soft tissue manipulation for physical, functional, and in some cases psychological purposes. The ameliorative and recuperative benefits of massage, form relieving pain from musculoskeletal injuries and other causes of pain, reducing stress and enhancing relaxation, rehabilitating sports injuries, decreasing feelings of anxiety and depression, and increasing general well being, are well-known and documented.

Sports massage is an effective and beneficial form of physical therapy, not only for active sports people, or those requiring therapy after a soft tissue injury, but also for those people seeking relief from muscle tension or requiring massage for the maintenance of healthy muscles. Sports massage involves the skill of manipulating the soft tissues of the body and isolating individual muscle groups using specific and specialised techniques including compression, kneading and stroking. The principal aims of sports massage are the enhancement of performance, the prevention of injury, and post-event recovery.

Benefits of sports massage: