What is Remedial & Sports Massage?
Remedial & Sports Massage is the term applied to the discipline of using massage and associated techniques for the benefit of all physical activities and sports.
Remedial & Sports Massage covers the management, manipulation and rehabilitation of the soft tissues of the body eg muscles, tendons and ligaments.
Remedial & Sports Massage is tailored to each individuals needs to positively enhance ones ability to perform.
Benefits of Remedial & Sports Massage
- Improve circulation & lymphatic flow
- Assist in the removal of metabolic waste
- Sedate or stimulate nerve endings
- Increase or decrease muscle tone
- Increase or decrease muscle length
- Remodel scar tissue when required
- Assist in mental preparation for sporting/everyday activity
- Enhance performance
- Maintain high levels of training/work
- Improve flexibility
- Improve muscular function
Sports massage can be beneficial at various stages
- The conditioning/training phase
- Pre competition
- Inter competition
- Post competition
- Post travel
- Injury prevention
- Injury recovery
Regardless of your job whether it be physically demanding, sedentary or challenging mentally, regardless of your age or activity then remedial massage may have something to offer you.
Regardless of whether you exercise or play sport to keep fit, or compete from club to international level, then sports massage may have something to offer you.
Members of the Sports Massage Association will be able to identify anyone for whom sports massage would be ill-advised or detrimental to their short or long-term, well being. They will assess each individual and provide the appropriate massage techniques, and advise on alternative action if required. |
