What is Sports Massage?

Sports massage is a deep tissue massage designed to relieve tension, increase flexibility and improve muscle tone.

Who can benefit?

You don't have to be an athlete to benefit from deep tissue massage - day to day life can cause a chronic build up of tension often around the shoulders and neck; this can be greatly reduced through deep tissue massage techniques. If you are an athlete, then using sports massage as part of your training regime can help to reduce fatigue and muscle soreness, allowing you to train more frequently and intensely.

Here are all the ways in which sports massage can help you:

• improve circulation and lymphatic flow.
• increase or decrease muscle length and tone.
• improve range of motion.
• assist in removal of metabolic waste that causes soreness/stiffness.
• relieve stress and tension.
• free muscle adhesions and soften scar tissue caused by injury.
• speed recovery and healing of injured/overused muscles.
• assist in removal of sore trigger points resulting from injury/overuse.
• enhance body awareness.