Sports, Therapeutic and Pregnancy Massage
Here at Physio4Life our Massage Therapists, offer a variety of massages, including sports, deep tissue, and pregnancy massage designed to relieve tension, increase flexibility and improve muscle tone.
You don't have to be an athlete to benefit from deep tissue massage - day to day life can cause a chronic build up of tension, often around the shoulders and neck, which can be greatly reduced through deep tissue massage techniques. Here are all the ways a sports massage can help you:
- Break down adhesions in tissues - massage helps to relieve the tension and inflexibility caused by a build-up of scar tissue in soft tissues such as muscles, tendons and ligaments. This may be present as a result of past injuries or repeated micro-trauma.
- Increase Tissue Permeability - a deep massage causes the pores in tissue membranes to open, facilitating the exchange of fluids. This improves the removal of waste products such as lactic acid, which builds up during and after vigorous exercise.
- Stretch muscles, tendons and fascia - massage can stretch those tissues that cannot be reached by other means, and also stretch the fascia that surrounds muscle, thus releasing any tension.
- Improve sports performance and endurance - massage can remove the build up of general aches and pains, allowing for an improved sports performance.
- Prevent injuries and loss of joint mobility in potential trouble spots - hands are used to explore the tissues, find problems and deal with them accordingly.
- Enable a faster return to activity after injury - manipulation of the injured tissues will help to prevent adhesions forming, by realigning scar tissue.
- Release of muscle spasms - massage induces a relaxation and desensitisation of the muscle spindles that will lead to improved joint mobility, as well as lowering stress levels placed upon the body.
- Extening the overall life of an athletic career - sports massage helps to maintain the entire body in a better physical condition.
- Psychological effects - During the pre-sport massage, when the movements are quick and stimulating, the athlete will experience a feeling of warmth, and feel a readiness to perform. Massage can relieve anxiety before and after an event.
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