Receiving an injury from sport is expected and unavoidable for anyone who participates in sports, either they are professionals or amateurs. No matter what the sport is, football, golf, tennis, cricket or running, undisputedly you will suffer either from minor or some major injury.
Sports Injuries
Receiving an injury from sport is expected and unavoidable for anyone who participates in sports, either they are professionals or amateurs. No matter what the sport is, football, golf, tennis, cricket or running, undisputedly you will suffer either from minor or some major injury.
Sports injuries also occur due to the extreme usage of any body part or doing the same activity by engaging the same muscle again and again. To provide relief from such injuries sports massage has reserved an important place in the life of athletes.
Not only for sports training and competition, but also for avoidance and treatment of sporting injuries Sports massage has become an essential component. The certified therapist manipulates the sports massage according to your requirements. Sports massage not only benefits the professional sportsperson but also to anyone who does mild exercises like regular walking.
Purpose of Sports Massage
The main purpose of the sports massage is to get rid of injuries and avoid the comeback of injuries that accompany with exercise or sport. It can often be quite vigorous and is meant to release and lessen the stress and tension that can build up within the body’s soft tissues while exercising. It can be performed anytime, whether before, through or after playing sport or exercising. It employs techniques which help in enhancing strength and performance and decreases the chances of injury. If already a person is having injury, sports massage helps in reducing its recovery time.
Benefits of Sports Massage
Regular sports massage can:
• Reduce the chance of injury, through proper stretching and event preparation, and through deep tissue massage,
• Improve range of motion and muscle flexibility, resulting in improved power and performance,
• Shorten recovery time between workouts,
• Maximize the supply of nutrients and oxygen through increased blood flow,
• Enhance elimination of metabolic by-products of exercise.
• Improves posture
• Strengthens the immune system
• Treats musculoskeletal problems
• Helps relieve mental stress
• Improves ability to monitor stress signals and respond appropriately
• Enhances capacity for calm thinking and creativity
Sports massage frequently includes the use of one or more of the following techniques:-
• Deep Swedish massage
• Compression massage
• Cross-fiber massage
• Trigger point massage
• Lymphatic massage
Our mission at Multicare Massage Castle Hill is to keep our sport, training and fitness services affecting through managing and preventing injuries by providing world-class Physiotherapy. All of our Physiotherapists and Massage Therapists are experts in treating fitness and sport related injuries and we work closely with Medical Practitioners, Specialists and Health Club Personal Trainers.
