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Sports Massage Therapy and its toolbox of massage techniques can be used to help create in the body an environment where it can heal itself. Not just for the sportsperson recovering from injuries, pre-event preparation or post event recovery. Everyday poor functioning of the musculoskeletal system promotes lower back, neck and shoulder pain; hip, knee and ankle pain; general poor posture and increases the likelihood of injury from poor everyday functional movements.
There are many benefits to sports massage therapy. It promotes the lengthening of the muscles, flushes metabolic waste from the muscles and encourages increased blood flow to the area bringing with it fresh oxygen and nutrients. All promoting a reduced risk or injury or re-injury, reduced recovery and healing time and increased permeability of the muscle cells enabling them to take up and use more efficiently the fresh oxygen and nutrient supplies. It helps breakdown adhesions in the muscles and scar tissue from injury such as sprains, strains and tears of the muscles, ligaments and tendons. The muscles can be stimulated pre-event to promote alertness and responsiveness or sedated to promote relaxation and healing.