Some of the Benefits of Sports and Deep Tissue Massage

• Sports Massage helps to prevent or reduce the risk of injury by enhancing better range and efficiency of movement and fewer impairments to muscular function. It can also aid rehabilitation and recovery as more nutrients are supplied to tissues.

• Sports massage can improve posture and body awareness as well as improving your range of movement.

• Pain and anxiety often reduce during a massage because endorphins are released during treatment, helping you to feel more relaxed, less tense and able to move more freely.

Sports Massage can also:

• Increase Range of movement and joint flexibility

• Relieve muscle pain and tension

• Reduce heart rate and lower blood pressure

• Improve circulation and lymphatic flow

• Assist in the removal of metabolic waste

• Sedate or stimulate nerve endings

• Improve sleep quality.

Side Effects

• Possible side effects of sports massage are tenderness or stiffness for 1 to 2 days after the sports massage. A skin reaction due to the massage oils is also possible, however we have a range of oils and wax to suit most. But for the most part, sports massage is safe.