Cost: £25 for 30 mins or £40 for 60 mins

 

Sports massage is also known as Remedial Massage or Soft Tissue

Therapy…….and its not just for sporty people!

 

It’s not a full-body or relaxation massage, but is instead a series of

pressure techniques, stretches and mobilizations, which allows the

therapist to concentrate on your specific problem areas.

 

Sports massage was originally designed to benefit a person engaged in

regular physical activity or recovering from injury. 

 

However, you don’t

have to be an athlete to benefit from sports massage

Many people find that their work or their daily activities create muscle

tension and stress patterns which can lead to pain. 

 

Whether you work in a

board room, a library or a construction site, anyone can develop chronic

and often long-term pain. 

 

This is what I call Lifestyle Injuries!

 

 

Sports massage has been proven to be effective for releasing and

reducing tension in the muscles, improving circulation, encouraging the

removal of waste products such as lactic acid, stimulating or suppressing

nerve activity and increasing range of motion.

All in all, sports massage can be effective for the professional athlete,

recreational exerciser or anyone with an injury or general tightness

 

 

Unlike a traditional spa-style massage, a sports massage therapist will

make a thorough assessment of your specific condition and will focus

specialised

treatments directly on the problem areas (for example, a

frozen shoulder or tight ITB), to restore healthy function.

As well as treating specific injuries directly, Sports Massage improves the

general health of your muscles. So, although the therapies often do give

instant relief, it is normal to feel most of the positive improvements taking

place over the next three to five days as your body responds to the

treatment.

Its important to remember though, everyone is different, so the speed of

your overall recovery depends on your individual situation. If you’ve had

chronic pain for a long time, or you have an acute injury then you’ll

probably want some follow up treatments to reach a full recovery. It’s a

good idea to leave a week or so in between sessions if you are having a

course of treatments, so you can feel the full effects of each one.

 

 

 

Sports massage is a very successful in the treatment of a huge variety of

muscle and joint pain. Conditions that can be treated with sports massage

are…Chronic pain –This can either be felt as intermittent or constant

discomfort in any area of the body. For many people, this type of pain is a

familiar but unwelcome companion! Its not uncommon for people to

experience chronic pain in more than one area (for example, lower back

and opposite shoulder).

 It can often be brought on by performing certain

repetitive tasks such as working at a computer, working on a production

injures are often caused by trips, falls, trauma, heavy lifting or DIY…..to

name but a few!

Muscle Tension –Sports massage is great for revealing muscle tension on

a deep level. In addition, sports massage can also reduce the likelihood of

picking up further injuries. Muscle tension can also be caused as a result

of certain other health issues (for eg fibromyalgia) that cause muscles to

become shortened, tight and uncomfortable.

 

 

 

Before we start any treatment, I will assess your condition. I will get a lot

of this information by asking you questions……so be prepared! I may also

do some postural assessments, walking assessments and range of

movement tests. Doing these postural and ROM assessments may help

me identify other issues that may be exacerbating your condition. 

Eitherway, I will explain everything as we go!

Once we begin; the treatments used will typically involve a variety of techniques such as:

Effleuarage and Pettrissage – these are the most gentle forms of

treatments and are often used to warm up the area before the deepertreatments are performed.

 

Deep Friction Massage –as well as muscles; these are often used on

injured tendons such as tennis elbow or plantar faciitis. It helps to

breakdown scar tissue, increase blood flow to the area and stimulates

nerve tissue…..amongst other benefits! Compressions –

Trigger Point Therapy or Neuromuscular Technique –this releases points

of tension in the muscles that are often referred to a knots. 

and ligaments. Rather than depth the focus is more on time. 

Gentle tomoderate pressure is applied over a longer time period making sure each

part of the restricted fascia is treated.

 

Soft Tissue Release techniques & assisted stretches –these are great for

helping stretch tight muscles and muscles that are sometimes difficult to stretch

Joint mobilisations and manipulations further relieve restrictions and

Treatments are carried out on a massage bed and involve a variety of the

above techniques being preformed directly to the skin using a sportsmassage oil.

If you have any allergies, please feel free to contact me and Ican make sure the oil is suitable.

After the treatment, I will often give you advice about things you can do

(stretches and strengthening exercises) to help with your recovery.

If you have any questions at all please feel free to