Sports Massage is a hands-on therapy treatment derived from the Swedish style. Deeper soft tissue movements stimulate aching or tired muscles while other techniques are used to help smooth out 'knotted' muscles. The client usually 'knows they have been massaged' after a treatment.
A Sports Massage may involve treating the entire body as part of a training routine, or treating a specific area due to a particular muscle strain or injury. It is used as a healing art to help with aches and pains and promote healing from within.
A common misconception is that you have to participate in a sporting activity to have a sports massage - this is far from true. It doesn't matter if you sit at a desk all day, dig the garden at weekends, or play sport at a high level; if you strain a muscle the nature of the damage to tissues is the same regardless of how it happened. Therefore people from all backgrounds may, at some time, benefit from a sports massage.
Sports Massage is particularly effective for:
To ensure your muscles are properly maintained, you should aim to have a good Sports Massage at least once a month - more frequently pre or mid-season.
Aroma-Sport
“Aroma-Sport” combines the benefits of sports massage with the healing properties of Aromatherapy oils to help speed up recovery of torn muscle fibres and to decrease muscle spasm. It also uses gentle lymphatic drainage to boost the body’s immune system by aiding the process of detoxification.
We offer a free, no obligation phone consultation to discuss if and how we can help you. Please call 020 8166 8958