Sports Massage Therapy

Sports massage therapy is performed mainly on athletes. The event in which the athlete is involved determines largely how this kind of massage therapy will proceed. Specific events have different needs and this is true with athletes.

Sports massage therapy primes the athlete’s body for the athletic activity then helps it recuperate from the exertion done during the event. It soothes sore muscles, eases stress and fatigue. It also maintains the suppleness and top condition of the muscles.

Sports massage is a combination of strokes very similar to Swedish massage like the effleurage and petrissage. This therapeutic massage is usually done before and about two hours after an athletic event.