sports massage is an excellent treatment for muscular aches and pains from physical activity, poor posture, repetitive actions, stress and long hours of inactivity. It is commonly misunderstood that only sports participants can benefit from sports massage when in fact it is valuable for everyone in general day to day life.

The benefits of sports therapy are often in reducing muscle soreness, improving restricted range of movement and aches and pains. However, this form of treatment can also be used pre-activity to get a client ready for the movements and actions they are going to be putting themselves and their muscles through.

The exertions we put our bodies through in both our day to day lives and sporting activity can lead to us needing time to allow our bodies to recover. A massage can help speed up this process by flushing the toxins and waste out of our system and improving blood flow to allow the muscles to receive the oxygen and nutrients they need. This can also apply to help reducing the effect of DOMS (delayed onset muscle soreness).

Breaking down adhesions and scar tissue during a treatment and placing focus on range of movement, flexibility and posture can have great benefits in our everyday lives and sporting activity. This will allow us to hold and transfer our weight more efficiently and minimise the risk of picking up an injury. Improved range of motion will also allow level of performance to increase as a result of the muscles having greater ability to perform as required and function as they’re being asked to.

The use of massage before a sporting event can help stimulate and pre-activate the muscles, increasing the blood flow to the muscles in focus and allow you to move with comfort and feel ready by increasing their temperature and providing greater flow of oxygen to the muscles in use. This can also help you psychologically to go and perform at your best level.

regular treatments can help ease and reduce the risk of injury occurring, by focusing on muscles with tension and overuse or potential underuse following physical activity or everyday life. By removing these issues, it will allow you to continue performing the training and routines in both sport and everyday life respectively.

Massage is a great way to reduce stress by lowering the heart, relaxing the muscles and releasing endorphins. Massage increases the body temperature and when this happens the body relaxes and heart rate is lowered.

Muscles are relaxed during a session by improving the blood circulation allowing more blood, oxygen and nutrients to travel to the muscles and relieve tension and remove waste products.

Endorphins are a stress related hormone so when they are released it allows a calmness and relaxation to set in and provide a feel good factor for you, allowing a physical and psychological lift from treatments. Outside of a sporting viewpoint , this can be of great help for anyone looking to seek more mental clarity in their day to day lives/routines.