Sports Massage

Regular human activity leads to a consistent build-up of tension in the muscles and causes stress on joints, ligaments and tendons. Sports massage is designed to reduce injuries and alleviate inflammation; this technique is for novice and professional athletes before, during and after training events.
Sports massage is designed to enhance athletic performance and recovery.

There are three contexts in which sports massage can be useful to an athlete:
• pre-event,
• post-event, and
• injury treatment

Pre-event massage is typically fast-paced and stimulating, it helps to establish blood flow and to warm up muscles. During the massage, the athlete generally focuses on visualizing the upcoming event.

Post-event massage is intended to calm the nervous system and begin the process of flushing toxins and waste products out of the body. Post-event massage can reduce recovery time, enabling an athlete to resume training much sooner than rest alone would allow.

When an athlete sustains an injury, skillful massage therapy can often speed and improve the quality of healing.

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