Sports Massage can be highly beneficial for easing aches and pains, improving joint range of movement, and helping you recover from activity, be that training for a sporting event or the stresses and strains of daily life.
It is a form of deep tissue massage that helps repair micro tears in muscles that we receive either from sporting activity or prolonged postures such as sitting at a desk or continually lifting heavy objects. Massage can help repair these tears by improving localised blood flow.
Sports massage can be a perfect complement to your Osteopathic treatment. Despite the name, you do not need to have taken part in a sporting activity before receiving a sports massage it can also be beneficial to ease muscles that are sore from overuse or an old injury.
Anyone who is feeling general aches and muscle tension can benefit from a massage. This could be tight shoulders from sitting at a desk all day, sore heavy legs from training in the gym, or those just feeling generally tight and stiff and needing to relieve some muscular tension.
If you are training for a new event, starting a new activity or exercise, or feeling stressed and general tension, sports massage can help support your body, ease any muscular tension, and aid recovery.
If you have a specific injury or complaint, we advise booking an Osteopathy session first. This will allow time to fully assess and diagnose your complaint and ensure you get the suitable care and treatment plan.
The Signs That Tell you That you Need a Sports Massage
You Feel Stiff a Lot
Sports massages improve circulation, flexibility, and recovery, which can help alleviate muscle stiffness caused by overuse or tension buildup.
You Feel as Though Your Performance is Limited
If you feel limited in performance, muscle tension or imbalances may be to blame, requiring a sports massage to relieve them. This can improve range of motion and function, restoring a sense of well-being.
You are Experiencing Deep Muscle Aches
The relaxation provided by a sports massage helps relieve deep muscle aches and beat back adhesions and tightness.
You are Experiencing More Frequent Headaches
Muscle tension in the neck and shoulders may cause headaches, but sports massage relaxes tight muscles and improves circulation to relieve them.
Sports Massage is for everyone.
As mentioned, sports massage is not just for those doing sporting activities! All sports massage therapists will have completed extensive training that will allow them to offer “Sports massage” techniques. All our Sports Massage therapists are also trained Osteopaths.
Each massage is tailored to an individual, so if you don’t like strong massages, the practitioner can alter the pressure so that it is still effective but comfortable for you.