Sports massage is beneficial to everyone. Whether you are a competitive athlete, recreational sports person or gym user, a hard working business person; be it sitting over a computer for 8 hours a day, driving a car for long periods at a time or working in a stressful environment, a musician or a busy parent balancing work and home demands.
The term is really used to describe massage for the specific treatment of soft tissue ailments. It covers the assessment, manipulation and rehabilitation of the muscles, ligaments and tendons of the body. It usually involves working on damaged tissues, which may be uncomfortable but if you require a more relaxing approach then this can be also be catered for.
Benefits of having a regular sports massage can include:
“ Sports massage is personalised to the needs of each individual in order to help create a pain free active lifestyle. ”
- Injury prevention
- Rehabilitation back to optimum functional fitness whether sporting or occupational
- Focusing on injured areas to speed recovery
- Improved general feeling of wellbeing & physical form
There are so many physical benefits that you can experience after having a sports massage. They include:
- improved circulation & lymphatic flow
- stimulation of the nervous system
- improved tissue flexibility
- prevention of excessive scar tissue formation
- reduction of existing scar tissue
- assistance in the removal of metabolic waste
- breaking down adhesions and fibrous tissue
- improved sporting performance & quality of life
Research has shown that sports massage can help with ‘delayed onset muscle soreness’ (thats the pain you feel in your muscles for a few days after you have exercised) and can improve sporting performance.
Price
Each session lasts 55 minutes and costs £40.
Katie Hewson, our sports massage therapist
At goPhysio in Chandlers Ford, we have a very experienced sports massage therapist called Katie. Katie qualified as a Sport and Remedial Massage Therapist with a BTEC Professional Diploma in Clinical Sport and Remedial Massage Therapy (Level 5) from the London School of Sport and Remedial Massage. Katie also has a BSc in Sports Science and Geography.
Katie has always had a keen interest in sport, in her younger days she played county golf off a handicap of 5 which then lead to organising corporate golf events.
As well as her sports massage clinic, Katie teaches Pilates, Bodycombat, Bodybalance, Bodypump, Indoor Cycling and Zumba, so has an insight into many fitness related injuries.
In her spare time, she loves to spend time with her husband and two children and encourage them to have lots of exercise and outdoor fun!
“ Despite the term ‘sports massage’ – you don’t need to be a sports person to feel the benefits of sports massage. ”
Book an appointment
Our sports massage clinic is open every Wednesday at our physiotherapy clinic in Chandlers Ford. Appointments are available until 8pm in the evening. Each session lasts 55 minutes and costs £40. If you would like to book an appointment for a sports massage just give us a call on 023 8025 3317. We look forward to seeing you!
