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Soft Tissue Massage

‘Sports Massage (soft tissue massage) is the management, manipulation and rehabilitation of soft tissues of the body including muscles, ligaments and tendons.’ (Sports Massage Association)
Sports massage can be divided into 4 categories relating to the reason for its application.

· General preventative sports massage – the application of deep massage to give

relaxation to any muscles that are found to be holding excessive tension, as tense

muscle are ore liable to become injured.

· Remedial sports massage – the application of massage to assist the recovery of

particular injuries or specific problem areas.

· Pre-event warm up massage – short and vigorous massage to get the blood flowing

within the muscles, applied before the event starts.

· Recuperative sports massage – to soothe tired and aching muscles after events or

hard training to aid their recovery.

The techniques used by massage practitioners have been developed to ensure effective and efficient results are gained from each massage given. The benefits of massage include:

· Improve circulation and lymphatic flow

· Assist in the removal of metabolic waste

· Sedate or stimulate nerve endings

· Increase or decrease muscle tone

· Increase or decrease muscle length

· Remodel scar tissue when required

· Assist in mental preparation for sporting participation

To benefit from a soft tissue massage you do not need to be a sports performer. CTC therapists work with a great range of clients. The benefits above can also help relieve many day to day problems that everyone experiences. All our therapists are SMA accredited practitioners ensuring that you receive an individually tailored, high quality massage. Depending on the type and timing of activity these benefits can be achieved for anyone.

If you are a sports performer, of any level, a sports specific massage can be beneficial at various stages of participation. For example:

· The conditioning / training phase

· Pre competition

· Inter competition

· Post competition

· Post travel

· Injury prevention

· Injury recovery

Regardless of your experiences in sport or exercise whether you exercise socially or compete to an international level - sports massage may have something to offer you.
CTC therapists are able to identify anyone for whom sports massage would be ill-advised or detrimental to their short or long-term well being during the assessments of each individual and provide the appropriate massage techniques, and advise on alternative action if required.

All of our Sports Massage Therapists are registered with the Sports Massage Association.

Sports Massage Association

For more information about our sports masseage services please contact us on our contact page or call 01270 588244

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