Sports Massage

With more and more people exercising on a regular basis, the demand for sports massage is increasing as a way of aiding recovery and enhancing performance.

By understanding your needs, our massage therapists will be able to tailor your sessions to target those areas that require attention. These sessions can be organised to fit in with your training programme/schedule.

However sports massage is not just for sporty types.  Many aches and pains can benefit from a sports massage and it is also an excellent way to relieve muscle tension.

The benefits of sports massage are numerous

• Minimising the risk of injury or re-injury: By having regular Sports Massage it is possible to prevent injury or re-injury. Applied skilfully, massage is the most effective therapy for releasing muscle tension and restoring balance to the musculo-skeletal system. It may help athletes prevent injuries, which might otherwise be caused by overuse. A constant build-up of tension in the muscles from regular activity may lead to stresses on joints, ligaments, tendons, as well as the muscles and connective tissue themselves.
• Speeds Up Recovery and Improves Quality of Training: Recognition of adverse muscular and neural tension are important during the demanding times of training. By increasing the blood flow through the body, especially the muscle tissue, we can improve the recovery process allowing you to train more effectively and safely. The massage much like a good cool-down significantly assists with the removal of waste products (lactic acid etc) and helps supply the tissues with essential nutrients to aid recovery. The more the therapist can understand your body the more advice they can give on stretching and training.
• Improves Performance: Much like massages aids recovery and increases the quality of training, it may also be used to assist in increasing your performance.
• Induces a Post Exercise Relaxed State: Sports massage is a deep tissue massage designed to manipulate muscle tissue and the feeling of relaxation and freedom post massage is greatly reported.