Sports Massage

Sports massage is a form of massage involving the manipulation of soft tissue. Massagedirectly changes the shape or condition of the skin, fascia, muscle andconnective tissue via pressure and manipulation, enhancing their movements andflexibility.

Sports massageinvolves techniques such as effleurage, petrissage, kneading, trigger point,pin and stretch.

Sports massagecan help to relieve all the aches and pain with sports and day-to-dayactivities. Also, enhance performance, ensuring muscle stay in good conditionand helps recovery and prevent injury. It is also used for general relaxationof the whole body.

Massageincreases the nutrition and development of muscles by enhancing oxygenatedblood delivery and removing cellular waste. In addition, massage increases theexcitability of muscles, making them more sensitive to a nerve impulse. Massagecan result in faster reaction times, more effective movements, and bettercoordination.

Physicalexertion is often followed by muscular fatigue, and massage is one of the mostpractical and beneficial treatments for muscle fatigue. Massage helps to speedup the recovery of fatigued muscle by encouraging lactic acid, the chemicalresponsible for the symptoms of muscular fatigue, to move out of the musclesand into the bloodstream.

Benefit of Sports Massage

·      Itimproves performance, recovery, and pro-moving relaxation throughbiomechanical, physiological, neurological and psychological mechanisms.

·      Manualmassage may be a valuable modality to enhance performance and prevent injuryfor athletes who use their muscles vigorously.

·      Itmay help to optimise positive performance factors such as healthy muscle andconnective tissue and a normal range of motion.

·      Sportsmassage is used both pre- and post-event to increase athlete's performance,overcome fatigue and help recovery.

·      Stretchesand relaxes tight and sore muscles.