What's it for  ?

Despite it's name, Sports Massage can benefit everyone. It doesn't matter whether you sit at a desk all day, play with the children at home, work in the garden or on a building site; or whether you play sport at any level, Sports Massage is for you

For many of us stiffness and pain are a fact of life to which we have become accustomed, and it is often not until we receive massage that we realize that our muscles are tight and that a great deal of our energy is consumed by tension.

Will it help me ?

•Massage can help maintain your entire body in  better physical condition.
•Regular treatment can help prevent injury and loss  of mobility in potential trouble areas.
•Sports massage can be used to restore mobility to  injured muscle tissue.
•With advice on exercises and personal fitness you  could speed up your recovery.
•Sports massage can extend the overall life of your  athletic 'career'.

Some reasons to have a sports massage:

• Back pain
• Joint discomfort or painful movements
• Neck and shoulder tension
• Headaches including migraines
• Stress
• Repetitive strain injury
• Recovering from an injury (sports or general)
• General aches pains or stiffness
• To relax
 

  How is it done ?

  What is it ?

Whether you are a top level athlete, the regular person who enters the gym once a week, or a couch potato looking to get fit, you can benefit from sports massage.
The intensities placed upon the body can be enormous, especially for those who have been sedentary for a while and suddenly embark on a new fitness regime.
Prevention of an injury so that the individual can sustain their level of exercise is the secret to reaching ones goals. Through massage, with hands on treatment, problem areas can be identified to reduce the effects of injury.

  Sports specific

Sports specific treatments can benefit further from the timing of a treatment. This includes:

• pre-competition massages which aid in warming and mobilising the muscles to enhance your performance.

• post competition or training massages will help to minimise the after effects of a hard session or competition, reducing fatigue and speeding recovery.

• maintenance massages throughout the training season help to maintain or enhance performance and reduce the risk of injury.

• rehabilitation massages promote recovery during or after an injury. A treatment will also include stretching and strengthening exercises specific to your sport.

• personal training tailored programmes to suit your own level of fitness. If you are bored of the gym, your existing training programme, or if you've reached a plateau with your training and you can't get any stronger, why not give personal training a try ?

Advice on nutrition, improving technique, power, speed and endurance with regular fitness testing is also available.

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