Sports massage is an excellent way to speed up recovery during intense training and follow an injury. It has a number of benefits including physical, physiological and psychological.
What Soft Tissue Massage treatments do you offer?
Sports & Remedial Massage
Uses a range of therapeutic techniques for the prevention, recognition and treatment of injuries. Depending on the stage and severity of your injury, the therapist uses various techniques, to improve your muscle function, rehabilitation, aid the healing process and return you back to full fitness. ‘Sports Massage’ is popular with athletes, but it can also be of enormous benefit for non-sports people. Office and manual work can be a physical and mental workout and often stress results in tight and sore muscles that can benefit. Sports Massage can help relieve many day to day problems such as repetitive strain injury, sprains, tension and general fatigue that we all experience. Regular massage helps maintain some balance in what can be a rather hectic work, social and sporting schedule.
Deep Tissue Massage
Helps focus on realigning deeper layers of muscle and connective tissue. It is especially helpful for chronically tense and contracted areas such as the neck, shoulders, lower back, gluteal and legs. It will also help with joint mobility and can aid recovery from injury and surgery. Massage strokes are applied slowly, pressure is deep and concentrated on areas of tension and pain.
What Is Soft Tissue Massage?
Soft Tissue Massage is the manipulation or movement of muscle and connective ‘soft’ tissues, using various techniques by our expertly trained manual therapists. Through stimulation, relaxation and rejuvenation of the muscles and nerves; it can have a positive effect on the whole body, equilibrium and wellbeing. Massage is popular for athletes and sportspeople, as well as those with office or manual jobs, sedentary lifestyles and longstanding problems.
Massage Therapy can be used to address an extensive range of injuries and may also be helpful in the mental preparation of athletes for sporting participation, or anyone looking to improve their well-being.
What Are The Benefits Of Soft Tissue Massage?
It can help to:
- Reduce your pain
- Reduce your anxiety or depression
- Improve your circulation
- Improve your flexibility
- Improve your healing after injury or surgery
- Assist your preparation before sport
- Assist your recovery after sport
