Why sports massage therapy is different?
The sports massage therapy method has proven so effective that it is now used to treat other patients and ailments. While initially designed for athletes, sports massage therapy has also proven beneficial for people suffering from chronic low back and shoulder pain, as well as people with injuries that limit their mobility and range of motion.
Chronic ailments such as fibroblast and muscular dystrophy respond well to sports and deep tissue massage therapy when it is included in an overall treatment program.
What can you expect from sports massage therapy?
Sports massage therapy combines advanced deep-tissue massage techniques that physiotherapist clinicians and osteopaths also use. There are different types of sports massage techniques:
- Sports rehabilitation massage
- Event & post-event sports massage
- Maintenance sports therapy
Each has different uses and benefits. An experienced, highly qualified, and trained sports massage therapist can perform all types of work with skill and expertise to make you walk out of a sports massage clinic smiling. Let’s take a moment to go over the details of the different treatment types available:
- Athletes extensively use restorative sports massage during training. A restorative massage treatment during training allows the muscles and tendons to relax and work together effectively. Done correctly, this can maximize the effects of your training session and reduce the aches and pains you might typically get in training.
- Rehabilitative sports massage is used primarily after an injury to help reduce pain and muscle trauma. It can help speed recovery time and get you back on your feet as soon as possible without the residual pain and stiffness many people experience. Anything that relaxes you helps to speed up healing and promotes healing.
- Pr-event and post-event sports massage. A pre-event massage is a thirty to forty-five-minute session most effective before an event. Concentrating on the muscle groups that will come under the most stress in the event helps reduce the potential for injury and fatigue. This is popular with runners, basketball players, and tennis players worldwide, but it can also benefit everyone who might participate in strenuous physical activity.
Sports massage techniques:
- Trigger points therapy to release tender points in muscle and tissue
- The muscle energy technique involves resistance movement to stretch the muscle out before discomfort is felt
- Neuromuscular technique sports therapist gradually increases thumb pressure over sore point
- Soft tissue release of muscular adhesion through movement applied pressure and stretch
- Connective tissue massage releases tight muscles and traps fluid between muscle fibres
Is your sporting performance or ability to exercise at a higher level hindered by aches and pains? Are you regularly training through discomfort due to fatigued, tender and painful muscles?
Do you have back and shoulder pain or stress in the office? If that sounds familiar, you could likely benefit from sports massage therapy. A good sports massage therapist can provide the proper treatment to promote natural healing from muscle imbalance, sprain, strain, aches, and pain.
Deep tissue massage
As we rush through our daily routines, most of us never stop to think about what we’re doing to our bodies. We rush from one task to another, from work to home, from home to school, and from school to various social activities. Then, the day is over, and we finally make it home to collapse into the easy chair. One of the first things we notice is how sore we are.
Repetitive physical activities, like lifting and bending, can strain muscle groups. Running and jumping constantly have pretty much the same effect. Sometimes, even standing still for too long can put certain muscle groups in conflict with each other. And once you’ve strained or in some other way compromised your deep muscle groups, the effects can stay with you for a long time.
Deep tissue and sports massage have proven effective in reducing the pain, strain, stress, and trauma associated most commonly with sports injuries, back and shoulder pain, repetitive strain injury (RSI), and sciatica pain, relieving pain and stress in the office.
How does deep tissue massage therapy work?
With chronic tension and/or serious injury, adhesions can form within the deep muscle groups. Muscle adhesions are bands of tight, strained and stretched muscle. These adhesions can limit your movement, cause circulation problems, and are almost always accompanied by some form of pain and discomfort. And chronic pain can lead to other issues as well. In such cases, one of the best massage treatments you can employ is the deep tissue massage muscle technique.
At Massaggi, an expertly trained massage therapist will use deep tissue massage to relax the bands of tense and tight muscles that are causing you so much pain and grief. Tissue massage treatment focuses on the realignment of muscle groups.
This is done by correctly applying pressure in problem areas and using friction resistance to relax other trouble areas. Once everything is in its proper place and not putting a strain on the different parts of the body, your overall sense of well-being and happiness will improve, leaving you feeling refreshed and recharged.
Deep tissue massage is effective for chronic problems like stiff necks, strained or twisted shoulder muscles, and lower back stiffness or pain. This remedial massage technique is also especially good at reducing pain and discomfort in whiplash, a fall, a sports injury, or some other form of injury that puts a lot of force and strain where it wasn’t supposed to be.
What should you expect during the massage session?
During a massage treatment, your trained massage therapists may use hands, fingertips, knuckles, and even elbows to properly manipulate trouble spots in muscle groups. You may be asked to take deep breaths occasionally, as this technique helps relax you by allowing you to focus on your breathing. This is common in therapeutic sessions and very helpful for the overall result.
After your treatment, you will be relaxed and rejuvenated. You will find that much of your chronic pain and discomfort will disappear with your muscles in proper alignment. Your overall health will improve, and you will find your strength and coordination improve. Sometimes, more than one session is required to achieve optimum results. Here at Massaggi, our comprehensive massage treatment plan stays with you every step of the way until you can start taking those steps on your own again.
