MASSAGE SUMMARY

Massage is a traditional, relatively low-risk, holistic therapy that works to support the body’s own healing processes. Sports massage is the systematic manual manipulation of soft-tissues, designed to produce specific responses in the athlete, and ultimately improve performance.

Remedial massage incorporates a selection of well-documented manual techniques, which have been developed to improve certain conditions. There are very many applications and benefits of sports and remedial massage.

Maintenance massage is what the athletes often like the best. It is usually something to look forward to, is performed in a one to one, relaxed environment, and attends to the athletes’ current concerns, needs, and aches and pains.

During event massage also referred as inter-event massage, this is very much along the same lines as pre-event massage, but is possibly complicated by the occurrence of new injuries, aggravation of old injuries, muscle or mental fatigue or muscle cramp.

During event massage may take place in the intervals at competitions, for example, at half time or before extra time in a football match, or between heats at an athletic meeting

 

Clearly sports massage, or sports therapy, whether dubbed pre- post- maintenance or remedial, is all about helping theathlete.

 

For more information, do not hesitate to contact Massage 4 Athletes.