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Sports Massage & Remedial Massage Therapy

08 Jan

Don’t let your body prevent you from performing your best!

Musclefix provides specific sports massage that will allow you to perform at your peak, without being hindered by injuries and allow you to train and recover as effectively as you can.

Sports massage has increasingly been used by athletes all over the world and is an integral part of any great training regime. It doesn’t matter if you’re an Olympian, elite athlete, amateur athlete or a weekend warrior, remedial massage can fix your aches and pains and allow you to perform at the level you should be.

There are three types of sports massage, each using different techniques and very different goals.

Pre-event massage helps prevent injury through warming up the muscles, increasing your flexibility and range of motion for optimum athletic performance, increasing blood and nutrient flow to muscles. Sports massage also reduces tension and anxiety and promotes psychological readiness, which can be a crucial factor in your sport.

Post-event massage reduces the impact of damage caused to the muscles during exercise. The swelling caused by tiny tears of muscle fibres is reduced along with easing your stressed muscles and aiding in the removal of lactic acid and other toxins. This damage usually results in soreness a day or two after exercise and we all know this as delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS). Sports massage is proven to be effective in reducing the intensity and duration of DOMS which is great news for every sportsperson.

Maintenance massage is a daily routine for the best athletes in the world. Obviously daily massage isn’t practical/affordable for the average individual but getting regular massage once per week to every few weeks will keep the body in top condition. Maintenance massage will aid circulation and muscle performance, prevent overuse injuries and allow you to fight off injuries, train better and perform to your best.

 
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How Sports Massage Can Help You to Achieve Your Best

05 Jul

Are you serious about your chosen sport or activity?

If you aren’t having regular sports massage then it’s quite likely that you are missing the chance to reach your peak.

How often are you sore for several days after a hard session?

Do you sometimes delay training or practice in favour of rest and recovery time?

Not only will massage increase your flexibility and therefore agility, it will greatly help in speeding your recovery from Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS). DOMS is felt as the tenderness in your muscles that comes on the day after or a few days after hardcore or unaccustomed activity.

When we push our muscles hard, we cause microscopic damage to the muscle tissue. A little bit of this is a good thing as it prompts our muscles to grow bigger and stronger. Sometimes the muscle can take a few days to recover and sometimes we push ourselves too hard and are sore for a week. This is where sports massage can be helpful and bring relief. If you are trying to excel in your sport or activity then it is important that you can train frequently. Massage reduces the severity and duration of DOMS, helps maintain flexibility and smoothness of muscle tissue and can also help to prevent injury.

Sports massage is appropriate for increasing performance regardless of your sport or activity. Whether it be Dancing, Bodybuilding, Walking, Martial Arts, Yoga, Pilates, Football, Cricket or something else, sports massage will make it easier. You’ll be able to increase your flexibility, reduce any pain, train and practice more, all of which will improve your power, form and therefore overall performance.

What’s involved in a sports massage?

It’s pretty similar to Remedial massage in that your therapist will discuss with you your sport and any areas of your body that you might be having trouble with. He or she will develop an understanding of the biomechanical stresses that are being placed on your body and will massage and manipulate appropriate areas to leave your muscles and tendons supple and ready for action. Techniques used will be types of kneading, deep strokes on varying angles, trigger point therapy and special stretches.

How many Sports Massage sessions will you need?

It really depends on you, the individual. Anything from once a month to once or twice a week.

Have a think about how much you like your sport or activity, whether you have any injuries holding you back and whether you want to be the absolute best you can be.

 
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