Ideal for people who love sports and physical activity. Sports massage brings many benefits and results for these people.
Sports massages help athletes, both professionals and amateurs, to combat injuries from exhaustion. By improving circulation toxins accumulated in muscles are eliminated, helping ease muscular pains and tensions.
Sports massage can also aid athletes in controlling anxiety and sleeping difficulties caused by physical tension and feeling ill.
When an athlete suffers injuries, sports massage works on the area reducing and alleviating the symptoms of pain. A good therapist can also identify and work on areas which have not yet become injured, helping protect their customers from future serious injuries.
How does it work?
The techniques used during a sports massage vary according to the timing of their application. Massages can take place before, during or after activity, at the start or the end of an event. Massages can be applied both during restless environments such as competitions, or in a tranquil and private environment.
The place and situation of a massage determine the choice of equipment and manoeuvres to be used and the duration of the session.
The effects of massages can be heightened or diminished by the performance of other forms of training. For this reason consideration should be given as to whether massage should be carried out before or after other forms of training.
Benefits of Sports Massage
Among the various gains which they can promote some are presented below:
-Reduction of muscle spasms, inflammatory processes and swelling
– Preventing injuries;
– (when occurring before activity) preparing muscles for exercice;
– Toning muscle tissue;
– Eliminating toxins from musculature;
– Reducing anxiety;
– Improving sleep quality
– Easing post-exercise pain;
– Reducing fatigue and aiding muscle recovery;
– Improving circulation;
– Having a stimulating effect on the central nervous system;
– Improving the transport of oxygen and nutrients to the muscles;
– Having a relaxing effect on the nervous system.
Why Should I Have a Sports Massage?
Just because you’re not a professional athlete doesn’t mean you can’t/shouldn’t have a sports massage. The techniques are recommended for practicing any kind of activity involving your body’s muscles.
Regularly undergoing this type of massage will liberate your muscles, helping improve your performance in training by aiding much faster muscular recovery.
Sports massages, combined with a good diet and use of supplements contribute significantly to the visual effects of your body’s performance, helping your muscles become more defined.
Difference of Sports Massages Before and After Competition
Sports massages before competition are recommended for muscular preparation and therefore help the athlete concentrate better in their events, since they act directly on the central nervous system.
Using rapid and shallow techniques which tone muscles, sports massages help warm up muscles more quickly, resulting in vasodilation and improving performance in competition.
When carried out after competition, sports massages principally focus on detoxification of muscles, with deep and slow movements to stimulate recovery of muscle fibres, optimise an athlete’s regeneration and eliminate residual fluids by means of blood drainage.
