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Physical Therapists understand the body better than most other therapists, giving them an advantage when it comes to treating your aches and pains. This means that as well as providing immediate relief through massage, physical therapists can get to any underlying causes that may be contributing to your tension and pain.
So we don’t just scrape the surface, we get to the root of the problem and work from there, which helps to prevent the same problem reoccurring.
Major Benefits of Deep Tissue Massage
For Athletes Sports Massage
Major Benefits of Deep Tissue Massage
- Improved Muscle Balance & Postural Awareness;
Relief for Tired and Aching Muscles; - Improved Circulation & Lymphatic Flow, speeding up the removal of metabolic waste;
- Sedation or Stimulation of Nerve Receptors, promoting greater muscle relaxation or faster response;
- Improved Muscle Flexibility, Range and Freedom of Joint Movement;
- Injury Prevention and Recovery, through regular monitoring muscle condition;
- Reduced Tension, Stress and Anxiety levels, promoting a general feeling of well-being.
For Athletes Sports Massage
- Psychological Benefits: There is much to be said about psychology and sports. Many do not realize the value of a massage with sports and how a quality massage has more than just physical benefits. The body is only as strong as the mind, so having a strong mind that is relaxed and focused is a definite edge in highly competitive sports. A stressed athlete is not nearly as capable as one with a clear mind.
- Reduces Pain: A body in pain is a sign of overworked muscles and is not healthy. Massage increases blood and lymph fluid flow, thereby speeding the injury rehabilitation process. A massage also helps with pain from spasms and cramps, common with elite athletic training.
There are several key elements to sports massage. To better understand each of these, let’s look at them separately.
- Motion and Flexibility: Professional and superior athletes often overtrain and this leads to muscle rigidity. Sports massage can help relax overly tense muscles and provide additional flexibility. Used before a competition, it will relax the muscles for flexibility, improving performance.
- Shortens Recovery Time: Exercise and competition is stressful on the body. This will lead to injury if proper precautions are not taken. Sports massages are ideal to help the body deal with this stress and injury prevention. A proper massage increases blood flow and lymph fluid, both assisting in the body’s natural healing process, speeding waste removal and general health improvement. Swelling and inflammation associated with physical activity is also reduced. Scar tissue, normal from a severe injury, can be lessened with massage.
- Supply of Oxygen and Nutrients: Blood flow into muscles is vital to creating new tissue and increased strength and stamina. Massage increases blood flow for additional oxygen and nutrients.
- Helps Eliminate By-Products of Exercise: Lactic and uric acids are natural by-products of exercise. Each can be lessened with blood and lymph flow in the body and increase the waste output by a sports massage.
