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What Is Sports Massage?
Sports massage is the management, manipulation and rehabilitation of soft tissues of the body including muscles, tendons and ligaments. (The Sports Massage Association)
Despite its title, Sports Massage is not just for those undertaking exercise and athletic performance but also everyday aches and pains that anyone can develop. The therapy can be applied to the body as a whole or more commonly focuses on the specific areas of discomfort.
Benefits Of Sports Massage
Sports Massage relieves tensions and restores a muscular and skeletal balance, through:
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Improving blood circulation
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Removing waste products
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Sedating or stimulating nerve endings
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Increasing or decreasing muscle tone
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Increasing or decreasing muscle length
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Preventing injury
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Restoring mobility and range of movement
Is Sports Massage For You?
Sports Massage can help alleviate day to day issues such as repetitive strain injuries, lingering pain, tension, sprains and fatigue. Whilst, in regards to physical exercise and sports performance it can be used to treat acute injuries, improve flexibility and range of motion, aid recovery and enhance performance.
Treatment
An initial Sports Massage treatment at Perform at The Ageas Bowl lasts for 1 hour, with an assessment to identify the underlying problem followed by a comprehensive massage. Any follow up treatments would then last for 30 minutes.
Ben Cowling, Hampshire Cricket’s and Perform at The Ageas Bowl’s resident Sports Massage Therapist, specialises in soft and deep tissue massage and has extensive experience in treating elite athletes as well as members of the general public.
For further information or to book at treatment with Ben, please contact the Perform Centre directly on 02380 475637 or via clinic.appointments@ageasbowl.com