Sports Massage

At First Degree Sports Therapy & Remedial Massage our sports massage encompasses a variety of techniques from a lighter massage in circumstances where a lighter hand is more appropriate to a deep tissue massage where a deeper effect is required and is more beneficial.

We also use Advanced Soft Tissue Techniques such as:

• Trigger Point Therapy/NMT
• Soft Tissue Release (STR)
• Frictions
• ITB Release
• Muscle Energy Technique (MET)
• Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Technique (PNF)

Sports massage can be used to help muscular imbalances and also ease aches and pains.  It can be beneficial for everyone, from those who play sport to those who live a more sedentary lifestyle. Sports massage can also aid people who feel achy from working at a desk all day and those who are continually on their feet.

Sports massage is a valuable tool for those who regularly participate in sport as it can help to release and reduce the tension felt in the muscles that builds up during training. Including Maintenance Sports Massage in your training regime can help you to stay on track with your goals. Many of our regular clients find sports massage to be very beneficial.

Sports massage can also help to reduce the risk of injury and the time it takes to recover from an injury.
When used in conjunction with a strengthening and stretching programme it can be very effective in assisting you to recover from injuries and get you back to doing the things you enjoy most more quickly.

Some benefits of sports massage include:

• Relieves pain
• Stimulates circulation
• Promotes healing
• Restores mobility & flexibilty
• Relieves muscle tension
• Assists lymphatic flow
• Stretches soft tissue
• Reduces muscle spasm
• Improves formation of scar tissue
• Increases supply of oxygen to soft tissue
• Stimulates the nervous system
• Relieves tension and anxiety
• Helps prevent injury
• Helps to restore musculo-skeletal imbalances

When you come to see us at First Degree Sports Therapy & Remedial Massage we will assess you specific requirements and generally sports massage will form part of your treatment plan along with other relevant elements of our sports therapy services.

More information on this can be found on our Sports Therapy page.

Whether you have an injury from playing sport, aches and pains related to posture etc or you require regular maintenance sports massage to complement your training regime, contact us to discuss how we can help you.