Sports Massage

Sports Massage is a special form of massage that is typically used before, during, and after athletic events. The aim of sports massage is to prepare the athlete for peak performance, drain away fatigue, reduce muscle tension, promote flexibility, relieve swelling and prevent injuries.

Sports massage can help prevent those niggling injuries that so often get in the way of performance and achievement, whether a person is an elite athlete or an amateur jogger.

Benefits of Sports Massage

Sports massage uses specific massage techniques to promote efficient healing of injuries caused by sporting or other activities to the body's soft tissue. It is generally used in the maintenance of fitness, both pre and post event massage.The therapist will choose massage techniques according to the tissue damage present. (source: FHT website)

Massage, applied skilfully, is the most effective therapy for releasing muscle tension and restoring balance to the musculo-skeletal system. Received regularly, it may help athletes prevent injuries, which might otherwise be caused by overuse. A constant build-up of tension in the muscles from regular activity may lead to stresses on joints, ligaments, tendons, as well as the muscles themselves.

These muscle imbalances may develop and often go undiagnosed until they are serious enough to cause the athlete discomfort or impede performance. The skilled massage therapist will be able to detect variations in the soft tissues and by using the correct techniques, help the sports person maintain a much healthier physical state.

It may therefore be reasonably claimed that one of the greatest benefits of sports massage is in helping prevent injury.