Sports massage

Being active and being able to participate in sports or an active lifestyle can help people to achieve self confidence and increase their sense of well being. It is therefore important that when injuries occur, even minor ones, help is readily available to treat them and avoid reoccurrence.

Reoccurring injuries can be caused by a knot in the muscle. These knots are old injuries that have been repaired. But when they are repaired, the body puts a kind of mesh in the muscle, but this mesh is not pliable like muscle, so can easily be re-torn. By breaking down these knots, reoccurring injuries can be helped and prevented. Massage movements spread and lengthen the muscle fibres. These actions increase your body's circulation, cleanses the tissues of metabolic waste and increases muscle flexibility

Massage is the most effective therapy for releasing muscle tension and restoring balance to the musculo-skeletal system. Received regularly, this may help people who exercise to prevent injuries. A build up of tension in the muscles from regular activity, stress or injury may lead to stresses on joints, ligaments, tendons, as well as the muscles themselves.

These muscle imbalances may develop and often go undiagnosed until they are serious enough to cause discomfort or impede performance. The skilled massage therapist will be able to detect variations in the soft tissues and by using the correct techniques, help the person maintain a much healthier physical state. Therefore one of the greatest benefits of sports massage is in helping prevent new or recurring injuries.