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Benefits of Sports Massage

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The English Institute of Sport describes sports massage ‘as a speciality in its own right’ (EIS) whilst the Rugby Football Union, Football Association and nearly every elite sports team in the UK rely on sports massage to optimise performance and aid recovery from injury. 

Adding sports massage to your workout routine can seriously improve your performance. As the training and playing hours pile up, so do the aches and pains. These little aches and pains can turn into a serious injury. Regular bodywork will help alleviate pain.
You can benefit from half an hour of work on a specific area that you feel needs attention or longer for more general and maintenance work. 
Sports massage techniques, when used regularly, can increase the blood flow that is needed for recovery. It will improve the range of motion and strength of injured muscles and accelerate their healing process.
 
With a full recovery you will be able to increase your workouts and allow your body to adapt to a higher level of stress.
Sports massage can:
  • Enhance body awareness
  • Identify problem areas before they develop into injuries
  • Remove trigger points formed as a result of injury
  • Relax and stretch muscles
  • Improve range of motion
  • Restore suppleness and elasticity
  • Relieve pain and stress
  • Free muscle adhesions and soften scar tissue caused by injury or overuse
  • Improve circulation
  • Flush out toxins that cause muscle stiffness and soreness
  • Relax the body and mind
  • Speed recovery and healing from exertion
Sports Massage techniques may differ as you have different needs at different times.
 
Pre-match: Before the event you need a quick treatment that will compliment your warm-up, to increase your circulation and flexibility and leave your muscles resilient and ready to go. This can be very specific work on a known problematic muscle or more general. This also provides an excellent opportunity to psyche yourself up before your event. The therapist will use very specific techniques, such as STR, which provide quick results and ensure the muscles are not subjected to uncomfortable deep pressure prior to performing.
Post-match: After a hard event you need a massage that will increase your circulation to speed the removal of fatigue toxins, relieve your muscle spasms and prevent soreness.
Fine-tuning: For regular Fine-tuning you need a massage that will search out the areas of biomechanical stress in your muscles and relieve them before they become problems, enabling you to train harder and more consistently.
Injury Rehabilitation: For Injury Rehabilitation you need a massage that will speed your healing, increase your range of motion and reduce scar tissue to allow the muscle to expand/contract normally.
 
There is no reason to carry soreness and stiffness from your last session, race or game into the next bout of activity. By taking measures to speed your recovery following exertion you can reach a higher level next workout. Sports massage provides an ingredient for that complete recovery.
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