The Benefits of Sports & Remedial Massage

Sports & Remedial Massage has similar benefits for all groups of people, however, there are also specific improvements that can be gained depending on your own individual circumstances.

Here are some typical examples of different types of client:

For those training for an event / regular competition:

• Improves muscle performance
• Helps prevent injuries
• Releases tension in the muscles, helping to maintain their condition
• Improves the flexibility of the muscle fibres
• Reduces recovery time and soreness, allowing for a greater training intensity
• Improves circulation and helps to remove metabolic waste
• Reduces ‘over-use’ symptoms, such as tennis elbow / golfer’s elbow

 

For those in sedentary occupations:

• Helps to relieve muscle tension acquired through being seated during the working day
• Reduces / relieves stress
• Restore muscle balance and improve general posture
• Maintains and improves general flexibility
• Reduce the frequency of tension headaches
• Maintain / increase joint range of movement, helps to stop joint ‘clicking’

 

For those recovering from injury or surgery:

• Reduces recovery time
• Aides any muscle rehabilitation
• Breaks down restrictive scar tissue
• Increases joint range of movement
• Restore muscle balance and reduce secondary tension around injury site
• Helps to correct postural changes that may have occurred through the recovery process

 

During / after pregnancy:

• Help manage any back pain during pregnancy
• Can help ladies suffering with symphysis pubis dysfunction (SPD)
• Help reduce neck and shoulder pain whilst breast, or bottle feeding
• Help reduce the postural impact from carrying baby around in your arms