Basic Sports Massage

Your health begins with proper exercise, sufficient nutrition and adequate rest to charge your body.

Participating in sports is a great way to put your body into active mode .

As you prepare for the sports, and after the sports event,

     a SPORTS MASSAGE

is essential to prepare the body for the sports and also to recover from the sports event.

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       Here we offer  
                                             
         24 hr Mobile Sports Massage at your PLACE 

to individual and groups to experience the benefits that no other massage technique can provide.

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BENEFITS from Sports Massage

Many benefits from sports massage have been reported based on experience and observation. Some are beneficial to the mind (psychological) and some to the body (physiological).

Some of the reported benefits of sports massage include:

• Increased joint range of motion (ROM)
• Increased flexibility
• Increased sense of well-being
• Decreased muscle tension
• Decreased neurological excitability (nerves more relaxed)
• Decreased muscle spasms
• Better sleep

Purported benefits that are not supported by research include:

• Increased blood flow
• Increased elimination of exercise waste products (lactic acid)
• Decreased chance of injury
• Decreased recovery time between workouts

Techniques use for sports massage

Effleurage
The strokes used are of varying pressure and applied consistent with lymph and venous flow, are intended to “relax the client, warm the tissue, assist circulation and tissue drainage, stretch muscle and fascia, and soothe painful or sore areas.”

Petrissage
This kneading technique can be used to either relax or stimulate the athlete’s muscle, but it also provides additional benefits, such as those related to improved circulation and enhanced removal of metabolic waste.

Tapotement
By using “repetitive light striking movement to the skin with the ulnar portion of hands or with hands in a cupped position, the therapist can provide energy and stimulation to the athlete’s muscle tissues.


Side Effects

Possible side effects of sports massage are tenderness or stiffness for 1 to 2 days after the sports massage. A skin reaction due to the massage oils is also possible. But for the most part, sports massage is safe.

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TRAINED MASSEUR 

Your experience with a trained masseur under International Sports Academy will be a rewarding one.

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