Sports massage is a deep form of soft tissue mobilisation that helps release the musculoskeletal pain, stress, tension, or injury caused by intense exercise or even sedentary work.
During treatment the therapist will utilise a variety of soft tissue techniques to alleviate pain, stresses, and strains. It improves the mobility of your body, relieves anxiety, and strengthens muscle movements. It also can help recovery from previous injuries that restrain elasticity in your muscles due to scar tissue.
Key facts:
It can be applied in a sporting and non-sporting context.
Involves a wide range of techniques that include trigger point massage, MET (muscle, energy, techniques), STR (Soft tissue release) and many more.
helps relieve muscular tension, break down adhesion's, mobilise soft tissues which leads to reduce pain and increased performance.
Is not a regular “candles and scent sticks” kind of treatment that you would expect at a hotel or spa.
Who should be treated?
Sports massage is an appropriate massage treatment for anyone who is in need of soft tissue mobilisation. The effects of sports massage are beneficial post-surgery, alongside physiotherapy, osteopathy, or as a health benefit within an office environment.
It is common however for professional athletes to use a sports massage as a regular part of their training program to help injury prevention and elevate performance.
What is it good for?
Back Pain
Hip Pain
Stiffness
ITB Issues
Piriformis syndrome
Tension Headaches
Neck Pain
Reoccurring injuries
Gate issues
Performance
Pre and post event
Scar tissue
Should I have a sports massage or see a Physio?
This depends entirely on your individual history and current injury. Sports massage is an excellent way to encourage fast recovery and assist in injury prevention and recovery. However, if you have sustained an acute injury that is preventing you form participating in the sport that you love, you may well be referred to a trusted Osteopath or Physiotherapist.
Remember that before any treatment begins you will be taken through a detailed consultation and assessment at ElliottSRM to make sure you are getting the optimal treatment for you to get back to what you love as fast as possible.
Referrals works both ways and I am glad to work alongside Vale Osteopathy whom I can share knowledge and experience to provide you the client the best help and treatment possible.
At ElliottSRM, I offer the most up to date techniques for sports massage in the industry to provide you with a speedy recovery and enduring results. During every treatment, I give my clients my full attention to detail and drive to help everyone I meet change for the better.
To find out more on what I offer, please explore the webpage.
Thanks for reading; much more content coming soon!
Sean.
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