Sports massage is a style of massage tailored towards helping sportspeople and gym-goers with their recovery and imbalance of muscle tightness, correcting poor posture or recovering from injuries.
Before diving deeper, some of the common benefits of sports massage are:
-Muscle soreness
-Recovery from exercise
-Muscle tightness and imbalance
-Recovery from injury
-General health
People who exercise regularly know that recovery is a crucial part of performance. If you have every had your performance on the pitch or in the gym limited by muscle fatigue then you could benefit from sports massage. Breaking down of knots and increase of blood flow to the area allow the muscles to recover quicker, meaning your body can be back to 100% in a shorter space of time.
Many sports or daily living involve repetitive movements which over time can cause imbalances in muscle tightness. This causes us pain or have a deteriorating effect on the body. Sports massage helps to identify and treat these to ensure your body is pain free and moving as it was designed to.
Its not uncommon to get injured from sport or from our jobs. Some injuries which are muscle and tendon based can be identified and treated through sports massage. Sports massage will also help to prevent injury by keeping your muscles, tendons and ligaments in peak condition.
Lastly sports massage can be a benefit to everyone through its ability to aid general health. Sports massage has been shown to benefit not only our muscles but our circulation and nerve health as well.
If you want to improve your health through sports massage you can book in your first session here
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