Sports massage includes working with athletes to increase their endurance and performance, as well as help them recover more quickly recover from the competition. Sports massage, is not usually associated with a calm, Zen-like atmosphere, in order to relax the subject. Rather, it is geared towards helping the athlete to increase their potential output of endurance and performance when it counts β when winning is on the line. Sports massage therapy is geared towards athletes of every kind, from world-class professionals to weekend joggers.
The particulars of the sports massage techniques are specific to athletes sport of choice. Sports massage is designed to reduce injuries and alleviate inflammation. This method promotes flexibility, remove fatigue, improves endurance, help prevent injuries and prepares the athletes body to compete at their absolute best.
Because it is designed to both reduce injuries before they happen, through strengthening and preparing the muscles and surrounding tissue and ligaments for optimal output when called for, as well as alleviating inflammation before, during and after the game, inning or event is over, it is something that every athlete, whether professional or novice, can and should benefit from.
Areas of the body where sports massage really shines is that of helping the body recover from overused, repetitive and aggressive movements.
Sports massage therapy is seeing a wide gain in popularity as more and more people see it as a strong, natural contender against muscle relaxants or other pain reducing across the counter drugs or other means. One of the more important key benefits of sports massage in comparison to other modalities or types of massage is the ability for the massage therapist to zero in on, or target key muscle-tendon joints.
