Although sports massage is aimed at people who regularly push their bodies through strenuous exercise, it can benefit non athletes too. If you’re running around with small children all the time, or you have a physically demanding job, a regular sports massage will help you.
Massage applied skilfully, is an effective therapy for releasing muscle tension and restoring balance to the musculo-skeletal system. Received regularly this may help reduce the repetitive strain placed on overworked tissue and thus prevent injuries.
Even after one week of constant use smaller muscles of the forearm, hand, arms and neck can start to store incredible amounts of tension. This can lead to Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI), joint pain in the hands, shoulders, neck and back. A constant build up of tension in the smaller stabilising tissue from regular activity, such as daily work, may lead to high levels of physical stresses that may only become apparent months or even years later.
This is a common feature of people who sit for accumulative periods in poor postural positions unable to sense whether their bodies are under tension. The injury may manifest through a simple activity unrelated to the working posture. Regular Sports massage can help to identify postural dysfunction before its symptoms go too deep into the tissues of the body.
A Sports massage treatment can leave you feeling a little tired or sore, so plan to go easy on yourself for a while afterwards. Massage can have a dehydrating effect on the body, but you can combat this by drinking plenty of water before and afterwards.
It is not a good idea to eat a heavy meal or drink alcohol before the hours leading up to your massage and for at least up to 1-2 hours after.
Massage applied skilfully, is an effective therapy for releasing muscle tension and restoring balance to the musculo-skeletal system. Received regularly this may help reduce the repetitive strain placed on overworked tissue and thus prevent injuries.
Even after one week of constant use smaller muscles of the forearm, hand, arms and neck can start to store incredible amounts of tension. This can lead to Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI), joint pain in the hands, shoulders, neck and back. A constant build up of tension in the smaller stabilising tissue from regular activity, such as daily work, may lead to high levels of physical stresses that may only become apparent months or even years later.
This is a common feature of people who sit for accumulative periods in poor postural positions unable to sense whether their bodies are under tension. The injury may manifest through a simple activity unrelated to the working posture. Regular Sports massage can help to identify postural dysfunction before its symptoms go too deep into the tissues of the body.
A Sports massage treatment can leave you feeling a little tired or sore, so plan to go easy on yourself for a while afterwards. Massage can have a dehydrating effect on the body, but you can combat this by drinking plenty of water before and afterwards.
It is not a good idea to eat a heavy meal or drink alcohol before the hours leading up to your massage and for at least up to 1-2 hours after.
