Sports Massage

Sports massages, as you can gather, is all to do about helping to prevent sports injuries via things such as the manipulation of soft tissue to make sports injuries far less likely. We also offer massage therapies to help to treat pre-existing injuries and to ensure that they heal faster and your back in the game sooner. 

Participation in sports is growing all the time as more people pursue sports either as a hobby or career choice, and many of them feel that they may need an edge, sports massages help to improve your sports skills and as such is part of most training programmes that are used by the best when it comes to sport. 

While sport massages do lean towards people who are doing a sport, as the name would imply, it is also perfect for just about anyone, if you are in a physically demanding job, then sports massages are perfect for you. people who have occupational, emotional and postural stress may produce many similar characteristics to sports injuries and as such we can recommend them for those people also. 

Sports massages are as a rule much deeper and intense than other forms of massage therapy, this is because of the muscles that are being massaged as well as the fact it is based on various elements taken from Swedish massage therapies and incorporates these with a combination of other techniques involving stretching, compression and friction, toning and trigger point response techniques similar to Acupressure and Shiatsu.

If this sounds like someething you're interested in, then give us a call on 01375 396 193 or 01375 387 298 or drop us an email on info@oakfieldphysiotherapyclinic.co.uk.