Sports Massage
Our massage for sports in Farnborough a is ideal as a sports injury massage for both men and women, or for a more robust massage experience.
30 minute Sports Massage £25
- Duration: 30 mins
- Price: £25.00
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45 minute Sports Massage £35
- Duration: 45 mins
- Price: £35.00
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60 minute Sports Massage £40
- Duration: 60 mins
- Price: £40.00
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After Your Sports Massage
Avoid any strenuous exercise for 24 hours, avoid caffiene and alcohol and drink plenty of water. The following couple of days you may feel some muscle sorness from the sports massage in the areas that were particularly tense.
The Benefits of Sports Massage
Increased Blood Circulation and Lympatic Flow
Sports massage, sports injury massage and massage in general creates pressure changes causing a vacuum. This assists the flow of blood and lymph. Tense, tight and knotted muscles can lead to a restricted circulation. With a Sports Massage, the pumping/vacuum effect is vital to promote the delivery of blood to the area. Effleurage and Petrissage massage techniques have this effect and can also promote mental and physical relaxation or stimulation.
Increased Tissue Permeability
A massage for sports will facilitate the repair of tissues and induce the opening of pores, assisting with the exchange of tissue fluids, thus promoting the exchange of nutrients for waste.
Improved Metabolism
Hands moving along the skin will cause friction, creating heat. More heat is generated as the layers are moved against each other. This warming that takes place during sports massage helps improve metabolism.
Improved Tissue Elasticity
Stress, working at a desk, or frequent exercise can cause tissues to become hard and less elastic. Sports massage helps promote elasticity through manipulation of the elastic structures in all directions.
Improved Range of Movement
Conventional active or passive stretches will only stretch the muscle in line with the attachments. Localised, tight areas are not efficiently stretched. Deep, short strokes using the locate, lock and stretch technique are particularly effective. Sports massage also allows for transverse stretching, improving intra-muscular circulation.
Reduction in Detrimental Effects of Scar Tissue
Scar Tissue is formed as part of the healing process during the repair stage of an injury. Lymphatic drainage aids the reduction of swelling and fraction sports massage promotes functional healing. This encourages the scar tissue formation to lay in the same direction as the muscle fibres.
Reduction and Prevention of Adhesions
An adhesion is the joining of two usually separated tissues/structures by fibrous connective tissue. In the early stages, scare tissue is sticky (like glue) and can cause adhesions between individual muscle fibres and/or between structures such as ligaments, tendons, muscles and bones. Adhesion can lead to a significant restriction in movement and function.
Reduction in Compacted Tissue (knots)
Muscle fibres may become compacted producing a knot. Sarcomeres are being held in a state of maximum continuous contraction. Pettrissage sports massage techniques can be used to stretch the local and surrounding areas and direct trigger pointing can help the affected sarcomeres to begin to release. This effect from sports massage will promote, or even restore, blood flow to the area that may have been deprived of oxygen.
Balancing the Autonomous Nervous System
Total sensory input to the central nervous system affects the whole body. Non-physical stress (emotional) can manifest itself in physical problems.
Sports massage can be used to increase positive sensory input and reduce the symptoms that cause negative sensory input.
