Sports Massage and Manual Therapy
1. Who can benefit from Sports Massage ?
Regular clients include amongst others ...
- RUNNERS
- GOLFERS
- HORSE RIDERS
- TENNIS PLAYERS
- WEIGHTLIFTERS
- WRESTLERS / MMA
- CROSS FIT
- PERSONAL TRAINERS
- MILITARY
2. How does Sports Massage & Manual Therapy differ from other massage ?
Sports Massage uses a range of advanced bodywork and joint mobilisation techniques to help the athlete, it is typically divided into three types :
- 1. Pre-event ... helping someone prepare for an upcoming event
- 2. Inter-event ... working at a sporting event to help with preformance and injury
- 3. Post-event ... working with an athlete after a sporting event to aid recovery ...for example post marathon
Sports Massage & Manual Therapy is focused on relieving areas of discomfort and restoring correct muscle and joint function and balance where possible.It employs deep remedial style massage and joint mobilisation as well as remedial home exercise to help with rehabilitation.
3. Sports Massage Therapy benefits
- Improved performance, strength, range of motion.
- Acceleration of soft tissue healing.
- Reduction of inflammation / pain across the body,
- Reduction of muscle spasm.
- Improved injury recovery and management.
4. What happens during an appointment ?
Appointments can be 60, 90, 120 minutes. At the first appointment a comprehensive consultation is undertaken to screen out anything which would require medical intervention or a different type of treatment. This is followed by an assessment of the areas of discomfort and a general postural assessment, the information is recorded and used to formulate a treatment plan. The initial consultation and assessment take 15 to 20 minutes. Treatment is a combination of different advanced massage and manual therapy techniques and remedial exercise as required.