Sports Massage
What is Sports Massage?
Sports massage is a form of massage, which utilizes specific strokes to help athletes obtain maximum performance and physical conditioning by increasing power, endurance, and mobility—both before and after an event or exercise.
Who can benefit?
Sports massage is particularly beneficial when an athlete is in training for an event. Swimmers, weight lifters, runners, golfers, ball players, skaters, dancers, tennis players, musicians, and boxers, as well as weekend athletes, have benefited from sports massage.
How is sports massage administered?
Sports massage should be a regular part of every athlete’s training program. Athletes have different massage needs at different times. There are three basic categories.
· Pre-Event: A quick treatment (rhythmic pumping) is a supplement to warm-up, boosts circulation and flexibility, and leaves muscles relaxed muscles and ready for action. Pre-event massage can help prevent muscle and tendon injuries and reduce the strain and discomfort of training.
· Post-Event: After an event or rigorous training, post-event sports massage increases circulation to quicken the removal of fatigue toxins, relieve muscle spasms, and prevent soreness. Post-event massage is used to assist athletes in recovery and in regaining their pre-event condition by relaxing tight, fatigued muscles, tendons, and ligaments.
· Training: Throughout training and rigorous regular athletic activity, massage helps prevent injuries. Areas of muscular stress motion and are typically precursors to injury. Sports massage assists in relieving muscular stress and preventing injuries, enabling harder and more consistent training.
What are the common causes of sports injuries?
Injuries are commonly experienced when an individual has over trained, fails to sufficiently warm-up, receives trauma, or has muscular imbalances, poor flexibility, mineral deficiencies, or inadequate endurance.
How can sports massage help in rehabilitation?
Sports massage can accelerate the healing process; increase range of motion; reduce swelling, bruising and pain; and reduce adhesions. Areas of stress in other muscles, created through compensating for an injury, can be eased with a regular sports massage regimen. Sports massage can partially compensate for lack of exercise during inactivity while recovering from injury. Sports massage is also used to relieve muscular spasms and fatigue-related injuries.
Why is sports massage recommended overall?
Sports massage is more than just a reward at the end of a workout. It is a vital tool for keeping athletes primed for top performance and can lengthen their careers. Recognizing as an important part of a regular maintenance program, sports massage is widely used by individuals, teams, and clubs.
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Annette Tummineri, Director
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