Sports Massage and
Extensive Rehabilitation
As important as it is to exercise and to work the musculoskeletal system it is just as important to recover right. Whether it is to reduce those DOMs from the last session, rehabilitation/prevention of injury or reducing muscle hypotension/fatigue related to disabilities and long term health conditions. Recovering right will better enable you to reach your goals by improving performance.
Sports massage can be beneficial whether a person is an athlete, a once a week jogger, just physically active or is looking to relieve symptoms of some medical conditions.
Sports massage techniques are used to help alleviate muscle stress and tension which builds up in the body’s soft tissues during physical activity these techniques will help:
- Relieve swelling
- Reduce fatigue
- Reduce muscle tension
- Improve lymphatic drainage
- Promote flexibility
- Prevent injuries caused by overuse
- Speed up the recovery process and aid rehabilitation after injury
- Prevent recurrence of previous injuries
- Prepare for peak performance
- Improve posture and general body awareness
Sports massage can be beneficial for an athlete through stages of participation/competition including:
- Pre competition
- During competition
- Post competition
- Injury Recovery
- Injury prevention
If you would like more information or to arrange a consultation then please do not hesitate to get in touch and we can look at starting to remove some of the barriers that stand in your way.
However you don’t have to be a sportsperson to feel the benefits, whether you are a competitive athlete, a Sunday league footballer, a DIY fanatic, a gardener, a housewife/husband, stressed, active or sedentary you should find massage relaxing and therapeutic…..although maybe not while we are rolling out those knots, frictioning that scar tissue or removing trigger points but the benefits of this are remarkable and many people appreciate the deep tissue treatments offered by a sports massage therapist.
Treatment for injuries/conditions including:
Lower body
- Muscle Hypotension associated with disabilities such as Cerebral Palsy
- Muscle fatigue that is also associated with some health conditions such as MS and ME
- Achilles Tendinopathy
- Lateral Ankle Sprain
- Medial Ankle Sprain
- Stress Fractures
- Achilles Tendon Bursitis
- Plantar Fasciitis
- Shin Splints (MTSS)
- Compartment Syndrome
- Calf Muscle strain
- Collateral knee ligament sprain
- Cruciate ligament strain
- Osgood Schlatters Disease
- Meniscal tear
- Patello femoral syndrome
- Prepatellar Bursitis
- OA of the knee
- Iliotibial band syndrome
- Trochanteric bursitis
- Hamstring and Quadricep strain
Upper body
- Rotator Cuff strain
- Adhesive capsulitis
- AC joint separation
- Deltoid muscle strain
- Dislocated shoulder
- ‘Golfers’ elbow
- ‘Tennis’ elbow
- Shoulder impingement syndrome
- Lower back pain
- Torticolis
- Whiplash
- Neck strain
Functional Integrated Cupping Therapy
I also offer Functional Integrated Cupping Therapy which can be included to compliment the sports massage techniques. Functional integrated cupping therapy uses a negative pressure to loosen and relax muscles, encourage blood flow, release toxins and relax the nervous system.
Cupping therapy has many uses, but it is most commonly used for the following concerns:
- back and neck pain
- muscle soreness
- migraines
- fatigue
- anxiety
- skin problems
- high blood pressure
- respiratory problems.
