Sports Massage
Alleviate the stress and tension which builds up in the body’s soft tissues during physical activity.

• Regular exercise increases vigor and promotes a general sense of well-being. If done in moderation, it can help relieve the effects of stress, and has been linked to decrease in psychological depression.

• Regular exercise produces positive physical results like increased muscular strength and endurance, more efficient heart and respiratory functioning, and greater flexibility.

•  These positive physical changes occur as the body gradually adapts to the greater demands put on it by regular exercise. The body improves its functioning to meet the challenges placed on it.

Conditioning Involves Three Steps or Phases:

• Tearing Down Phase - when one pushes the physical limits

• Recovery Phase - important for the rebuilding phase and to obtain the full benefits of a conditioning program

• Buildup Phase - when the system adapts to the new demands placed on it

Massage has become an integral part of the new athletic regimen from sports medicine clinics, to college training rooms, to professional locker rooms to Olympic training. Growing number of trainers believe that massage can provide an extra edge to the athletes who participate in high performance sports. Massage has become a necessary ingredient for a complete workout. More and more people are realizing that a complete workout routine includes not only the exercise itself, but also caring for the wear-and-tear and minor injuries that naturally occur with strenuous movement. The physiological and psychological benefits of massage make it an ideal complement to a total conditioning program.

Anyone who routinely stretches their physical limits through movement such as running, cycling, hiking, swimming, dancing, tennis and other racquet sports, strength training and aerobics can benefit from a massage. There are others who does strenuous activities in a day that is not normally classified as exercise. Examples are mothers with small children, gardeners, and others who use their bodies strenuously in their work.

Incorporating massage in your conditioning program has many benefits. It helps you get into good shape faster, and with less stiffness and soreness. It helps you recover faster from heavy workouts, and relieves conditions which may cause injury.

Benefits of Sports Massage

• Extend the overall life of your sporting career

• Maintain the body generally in better condition

• Enhance elimination of metabolic by-products of exercise

• Shorten recovery time between workouts

• Prevent injuries and loss of mobility

• Cure and restore mobility to injured muscle tissue

• Boost performance