FAQ: What is a Sports Massage?
What Is A Sports Massage?
While a regular massage may aim for overall relaxation, a Sports Massage is more targeted. Sports Massage is used to help relieve tight muscles by enhancing circulation, increasing tissue elasticity and reducing muscle tension. It is a targeted approach in treating sports-related tension as well as acute and chronic injuries. It also aims to facilitate recovery and help you return to sports or pain-free activity.
Technique:
The technique used varies depending on the needs of the individual and their condition.
Your sports massage therapist may do one or a combination of the following:
Deep Tissue & Trigger Point Therapy – Uses firm pressure to reach deeper layers of the muscles, targeting specific areas of tightness or muscle pain to breaking down knots and relieve tension.
Stretching & Mobilisation – Includes assisted stretching, joint mobilisation, proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) stretching, as well as advice on stretches you can do yourself
Advice on Injury Prevention & Recovery – Advice on combining strengthening, stretching and rest (where needed) to help reduce muscle soreness, prevent injuries and speed up healing
Who can get a Sports Massage?
We can treat a wide range of patients, including:
Athletes from various sporting backgrounds to aid performance, avoid injury, or return to sport post-injury
Individuals with muscle soreness, pain or fatigue
Individuals suffering from chronic neck pain, back pain etc.
Office workers with stiffness related to continuous sitting
…And many more!
What are the Benefits of Sports Massages at Physio 101?
Relieves pain and muscle spasm
Relieves muscle tension
Reduces swelling
Increases flexibility and range of joint movement
Improves sports performance, aids recovery and helps to prevent injury
Our Sports Massage Therapist is a UK-accredited Physiotherapist with experience in designing treatment plans to meet your goals!