Sports Massage

Service Description

What is Sports Massage? Sports massage, or deep tissue massage, is a form of manual physical therapy aimed at treating muscular tightness, soreness, injury or dysfunction brought about by the physical demands of sport and exercise. Sports massage techniques include firm stroking, squeezing, compression, and rubbing of the muscles, tendons, ligaments, and other soft tissues. These techniques promote physical, physiological, neurological, and psychological benefits which will turbo charge your recovery! What are the benefits? Through a combination of assessment and treatment, sports massage can have a wide range of positive impacts including: - Alleviate muscular tension - Improve flexibility - Reduce swelling - Stimulate recovery from strenuous exercise - Restore regular movement patterns essential for exercise and general physical function - Improve circulation and lymph flow - Relieve aches and pains - Reduce stress & anxiety What to expect from a treatment This treatment includes a carefully chosen combination of assessment tools and massage techniques designed to locate and treat the root cause of your current issue. Every treatment will include: - Health and physical activity review - Subjective assessment of your current issue - Postural analysis - Functional movement screening - Massage treatment - Rehab/prehab exercise and/or stretching advice Information gathered from the above assessments will allow us to individually tailor each massage treatment to your current needs. A variety of specifically chosen massage techniques will be utilised to warm and prepare the tissues, before applying advanced deep tissue massage and neuromuscular techniques aimed at alleviating your condition.