Sports Massage
Sports massage therapy is actually not like its name suggests. A sports massage treatment does not necessarily mean you have to be a sports man or women. Sports massage is more of a vigorous treatment applied normally, but not always, before sporting activity and is sometimes called pre sport massage or post sport massage.
This treatment manipulates and rehabilitates the soft tissues of the body such as the tendons, muscles and ligaments.
The benefits of sports massage are:
- Stimulate or sedate nerve endings.
- Reconstruct scar tissue when needed.
- Help eliminate toxins from the body.
- Increase or decrease muscle length and tone.
- Help circulatory and lymphatic flow.
- Can prepare the body mentally for exercise.
Sports massage and remedial massage are a great way to keep your body free from sports injuries by keeping the tissues supple. As a general body maintenance there isn't much better than treating yourself to either of these treatments or a combination of the two.