Improving your health and wellbeing through massage
What is sports massage?
Sports massage is the specific application of systematic manipulation of the soft tissues of the body for therapeutic purposes.
How does sports massage differ from other types of massage?
It is anatomy-based and employs various massage techniques to release trigger points (knots), relieve delayed-onset muscle soreness (DOMS), reduce muscle tightness, enhance recovery, and prevent injuries. It is often an integral part of injury management
What are the benefits of sports massage?
To release stubborn knots, relieve delayed-onset muscle soreness (DOMS), reduce muscle tightness, enhance recovery and prevent future injuries.
Can sports massage support Pilates exercises?
Most definitely, sports massage helps by warming up the various muscles and joints. Muscles that are properly massaged and stretched possess the ability to generate more power because of greater elasticity, which translates to its ability to absorb more force when perform Pilate exercises, resulting in lower risk of injury.
How often should people have a sports massage?
For the general public, sports massage can be done once every two weeks to once a month. Athletes, however, should include sports massage as part of their recovery and injury-prevention strategy. During the intensive training phase, it is common for athletes to have a sports massage two to three times a week. This can be reduced to weekly or fortnightly during the off-season or lighter training periods.
How many sessions will it take to feel and notice a difference?
It depends on individual’s healing progress and health care, many people can feel the difference right after their first session. Usually it will take at least two to three sessions to notice significant improvement.
Benefits of sports massage
- releases knots
- relieves delayed-onset muscle soreness (DOMS)
- enhances muscle recovery
- prevents future injuries
- supports Pilates exercises
Tags: Massage, sports massage
Written by: focuspilates
