subject: End Your Stressful Day But Also Promote Healing By Way Of A Fun, Relaxing Sports Massage [print this page] Sports enthusiasts - from occasional joggers to practicing professionals - are touting the benefits of sports massage therapy. This type of massage is getting increasingly popular among participants of virtually every sport. Some of the benefits they enjoy as a result of a sports massage include:
More flexibility and range of motion;
Enhanced endurance with reduced tiredness;
Less chance of injury due to loosening of the muscles;
Competing at their highest level possible;
Decreased time required to recover between exercise sessions;
More nutrients and oxygen in the body as a result of better blood circulation;
Reduction of unwanted toxins that the body produces from strenuous exercise.
Sports massage is increasingly being included as an essential part of a complete workout routine that includes not only the exercise involved, but also for the wear-and-tear and minor injuries that naturally occur in any strenuous activity. Anyone who incorporates this type activity in their daily schedule will benefit from a sports massage program designed to match their activity level.
Tight muscles and decreased flexibility can cause muscles to tear and pull. Because our muscles lose some of their ability to relax after strenuous exercise, a sports massage is a vital component to your overall workout routine. The goals of sports massage differ at various stages of a sporting event.
Pre-event: This type of sports massage is normally shorter than a regular conditioning massage and focuses on warming-up the major muscles to be used. A pre-event sports massage also nourishes a superior mental state to insure top performance and reduce excess muscle and mental tension.
Throughout the sporting event: For the ultimate training performance with lower risk, a sports massage administered during a competition will be altered to fortify an athlete for the particular sport in which they are participating.
At the conclusion of the competition: To eliminate the occurrence of muscle spasms that often result from the demands placed on an athlete's body, many prefer a post-competition sports massage to repair muscle tissue, relax their entire body and calm their mind.
Over-training: This type of sports massage is used when the body is not allowed to recover adequately between instances of strenuous exercise. It helps avoid over-training via general relaxation and can by recognized by irritability, increased heart rate when resting, a change in appetite, and an increase in the number of injuries that occur.
A sports massage to maintain the body: Overtraining can be very harmful to an athlete's body. Incorporating a sports massage program into a regular health program can enhance one's range of motion and muscle flexibility. Sports massage therapy works to drastically reduce the potential for severe injury before, during and after a sporting event.
Sports massage therapy for rehabilitation: We all know that even with the proper care, an athlete's muscles can tear, bruise, cramp and ache. Sports massages reduce the discomfort an athlete experiences when rehabilitating from an injury and expedites the healing process.
