SPORTS MASSAGE
Sports & Remedial Massage
As sports people we tend to push our bodies hard, short-changing it on recovery and sleep in the quest of balancing work, life and sport.
Here at Active Care Clinic, we take pride in fixing sports injuries or simply offering advice and provide a range of sports massage services.
As sports people ourselves, we know the value of a good sports massage but more importantly we know what works.
Remedial Massage uses the same techniques as Sports Massage, but is applied to non-sports people. It is used to aid recovery from the injuries of everyday life and to help redress postural problems. We are remedial massage therapists specialising in Sport and Remedial Massage where each treatment is tailored to the individual’s needs.
By receiving regular massage treatments we can help you prevent a problem area developing into a more serious and/or longer term condition. As we all have the same musculoskeletal system then these treatments can be beneficial to anyone, whether or not they partake in serious/frequent sporting activities or simply have general muscular issues they would like addressed.
The key to a good sports and remedial massage is to effect a change in the tissues and then to ensure any rehab exercises are effective in changing the structure of the body back to a more normal state.
Sports massage is useful as part of an overall sporting regime in order to reduce the risk of injury, improve flexibility and encourage relaxation.
Debbi Callaghan reviewed 6th October 2014
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I had my first sports massage here with Mark and can honestly say it's the best massage I've ever had. Felt really sore after but I'm really feeling the benefits. I would highly recommend Active Care to anyone and will be booking the special offer of a further 3 sessions.
What is Sports and Remedial Massage?
Sports and Remedial Massage Therapy uses a variety of classic massage strokes together with specific deep tissue techniques, working on the body’s soft tissues, muscles, tendons and fascia.
Who is Sports and Remedial Massage for?
- Anyone who works out casually through to the elite sportsman/woman.
- Workers who suffer stress/tension e.g. neck, back, shoulder pain/aches, migraines.
- Anyone feeling tired/sore/stiff.
- Anyone with a soft tissue injury e.g. sprains, strains, post-surgery.
It is common for the therapist to use different techniques during a session.
Following are different types of massage therapy and a discussion of each:
Remedial Massage Therapy, Sports Massage, Deep Tissue Massage, Trigger Point Therapy, Myofascial Release.
Independently of which massage technique you may choose, at Active Care Clinic, the session will be tailored to your needs and will consider your individual needs.
Remedial massage holistically treats the whole body and traces the discomfort as far as possible back to the original cause, healing both the cause of the disorder as well as the symptoms.
It is composed of specialised techniques aimed to:
It is composed of specialised techniques aimed to:
- Locate and repair tissue damage,
- To support and speed up the body’s own repair mechanisms. It is applied directly on the skin and can be gentle or strong, deep or shallow. Passive stretching moves can also be used for mobilisation of a particular joint.
Key benefits of Remedial Massage include:
- Stimulation of the blood supply allowing toxins in the muscles to be removed;
- Calming of the peripheral nervous system to ease pain and discomfort;
- Toning and relaxing of muscles to improve joint mobility.
Patients are assessed in the beginning of each session and the treatment is adapted accordingly.
The session is directed by the initial assessment and modified to suit the needs of the individual, and then adapted in the light of each individual’s response.
Leni Columbo Murphy reviewed 26 October 2016
"Service is phenomenal, I feel 10 years younger after ONE session already! So much care and knowledge for helping cannot recommend highly enough. thank you Mark!!!"
Sports Massage
Sports massage is specifically tailored to sporting injuries or ailments. It is not meant to be a relaxing massage and, indeed, can become quite vigorous at times.
Contrary to its name, sports massage is not only directed to professional sportspeople or people who exercise heavily.
Anyone who exercises can benefit from a Sports Massage – even if it is only mild exercise such as regular walking.
It can often be quite strenuous and is meant to relieve and reduce the stress and tension that can build up within the body’s soft tissues while exercising and can be carried out before, during, or after playing sport or exercising.
It can treat a variety of conditions and injuries that may occur as a result of exercise. It also has other benefits that allow you to train or exercise more efficiently.
Sport Massage reduces the risk of injury, alleviates soreness after training, decreases recovery time, helps prepare athletes for events, and helps to identify restriction or dysfunction before it becomes a serious issue and interrupts your training routine or performance.
After activity, massage helps to flush lactic acid and uric acid out of the muscles and reset the muscle fibre lengths.
Contrary to its name, sports massage is not only directed to professional sportspeople or people who exercise heavily.
Anyone who exercises can benefit from a Sports Massage – even if it is only mild exercise such as regular walking.
It can often be quite strenuous and is meant to relieve and reduce the stress and tension that can build up within the body’s soft tissues while exercising and can be carried out before, during, or after playing sport or exercising.
It can treat a variety of conditions and injuries that may occur as a result of exercise. It also has other benefits that allow you to train or exercise more efficiently.
Sport Massage reduces the risk of injury, alleviates soreness after training, decreases recovery time, helps prepare athletes for events, and helps to identify restriction or dysfunction before it becomes a serious issue and interrupts your training routine or performance.
After activity, massage helps to flush lactic acid and uric acid out of the muscles and reset the muscle fibre lengths.
Kris McBurnie reviewed 10 April 2013·
I went for a sports massage after running the marathon and my legs feel great!
The staff are knowledgeable and friendly.....I highly recommend this place
Trigger Point Therapy
Myofascial trigger points are described as hyper irritable spots in the fascia surrounding skeletal muscle.
They are associated with palpable nodules in taut bands of muscle fibres. These “trigger points” can prevent the muscles from working well and lead to an increase in muscle stiffness, tenderness and a decrease in range‐of‐motion. In addition, the discomfort from trigger points can radiate from the area where it actually is. This is called referral pain. There are identifiable and reliable referred pain patterns which associate pain in one location with trigger points elsewhere.
Trigger point therapy works by analysing the pain (type of pain and body area where it is felt) in order to identify active trigger points. The practitioner then uses Trigger point techniques to deactivate any trigger point that might be on the origin of the pain and restore balance to the body.
Deep Tissue Massage
Deep tissue massage focuses on realigning deeper layers of muscles and connective tissue. It is especially helpful for chronic aches and pains and areas such as stiff neck and upper back, low back pain, leg muscle tightness, and sore shoulders.
Some of the same strokes are used as classic massage therapy, but the movement is slower and the pressure is deeper and concentrated on areas of tension and pain in order to reach the sub-layer of muscles and the fascia (the connective tissue surrounding muscles).
Direct deep pressure is applied. Muscles must be relaxed in order for the therapist to reach the deeper musculature. At certain points during the massage, most people find there is usually some discomfort and pain.
It is important to tell the massage therapist if any soreness or pain you experience is outside your comfort range. There is usually some stiffness or pain after a deep tissue massage, but it should subside within a day or so.
Jennifer Lee reviewed 19 Nov 2016
Mark is great at getting to the rote of what is causing the issue and provides wonderful treatment for it. He also gives great advice for you to take away to carry on helping solve the problem. Knowledgeable, professional but also always fun. Would definitely recommend him.
Myofascial Release
Myofascial Release is a safe and very effective hands‐on technique which involves applying gentle sustained pressure into the Myofascial connective tissue restrictions to eliminate pain and restore motion.
This essential “time element” has to do with the viscous flow characteristics of fascia: a low load (gentle pressure) applied slowly will allow a viscoelastic medium (fascia) to elongate.MFR6
Trauma, inflammatory responses, and/or surgical procedures create Myofascial restrictions.
The use of Myofascial Release allows us to look at each patient as a unique individual. The sessions are hands‐on treatments during which the therapist uses a multitude of Myofascial Release techniques and movement therapy.
Holly P reviewed 4th April 2017
I left the Active Care Clinic feeling the best I had in years. I couldn’t recommend Seyed enough. Professional, friendly, knowledgeable and relaxing environment. I will be back very soon. Thank you
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