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Contact Us. Home Sport Massage. Delivered on-site at an event or at the host or team health care clinic. Local teams, clubs and individual athletes will benefit from sport massage therapy provided by CSMTA Members.

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Get in Touch. Select a Location. Cathedral Sports Massage. Cathedral Therapies. If you are human, leave this field blank. Fortunately, sports massage is an effective way to manage the ups and downs of an active lifestyle.

If your sporty lifestyle is leaving you with some unwanted aches and pains, give us a call to book a restorative sports massage. Interested in our facial services? We know radiant, healthy skin reflects how you look and feel.

Call today to schedule your appointment! Contact us today! Please log in again. Tissue drainage, fibre separation and soothing of the fatigued tissue through increased para-sympathetic output are the primary intent. This orientation is performed on regular intervals within the training program.

This equates to more frequent training and faster skill acquiring. Top international calibre athletes use daily treatments as an integral part of their training regime.

The massage therapist can then adapt massage techniques to tailor an effective personal treatment for each athlete. Sports Massage Therapy — Sports Massage Therapy or treatment focussed to the specific injuries of the athlete require closer to typical methods of medical or orthopaedic based assessment and treatment protocols.

The comprehensive nature of therapeutic treatment and the rehabilitation of physical injuries require timeframes and patient compliability seldom found in the training schedule and competitive environment of most athletes. Even recreational athletes have difficulty in finding the necessary time to rest an injury and allow full recovery.

It is sometimes only the athlete who suffers a substantial injury which completely prohibits involvement in their activity that can fully rehabilitate an injury. While it is catastrophic to the athlete, it may mean being able to return to the activity in a better condition than suffering though a performance limiting chronic injury for several months or even seasons of activity.

Pre- and Post-Event Sports Massage is by far the most noticed and recognizable arena for the Sports Massage Therapist to promote themselves and the field. To this end, the following are excerpts from the Site Management and Athlete Education sections of WCRMT Sports Massage Therapy course.

This also allows the Sports Massage Therapist to deliver an understanding of what the event massage is capable of, and what its limitations are.

This orientation will assist those concerned about how the event massage will be administered and how the athletes should access the service. It must be made known that the Pre- and Post-Event massage scenarios are not the places to send athletes with specific conditions to be treated.

It also should not be used by the event-practitioner to attempt to normalize specific problems at such a short time before the activity or event. This can be compared to the coach attempting to make major alterations to the technique of a precision athlete minutes before the event takes place.

The clinical situation and the methods adhered to in Sports Massage Maintenance and Therapy is the proper environment to address injury.

In both Pre- and Post-Event, time is an important issue. Pre- and Post-Event massage is usually delivered on a tight, formatted schedule. This type of treatment is designed to treat as many people before and after the competition as possible. This set-up provides the therapist with valuable exposure to a number of athletes.

A strong familiarization with the mechanism of injury, process of injury repair and stages of healing are mandatory to ensure the therapist can recognize the signs and symptoms of acute injury, chronic injury and shock in order to provide not just effective but safe treatment.

Many injuries, however minor, can be made worse if the Massage Therapist is unable to recognize the presence of injury and fails to administer appropriate acute injury management. Post-Event Sports Massage is contraindicated in the presence of acute musculoskeletal injury, and only a well-trained and experienced therapist is able to adapt treatment protocols to remain safe and effective.

Although the event site is not the forum to be treating any acute injuries, the massage site may see a fair number of injured people seeking aid. This is especially so in the case where there is no other medical related personnel on the event site.

For this reason, it is a good precautionary measure to have basic first aid training and perhaps a supply of ice on hand for situations where massage of any type would be contraindicated. The Sports Event Massage site should be accessible.

In some situations, the therapist is given some ability to choose the site where the massage is to be administered. When this opportunity presents itself, be sure to locate the site where the maximum number of people will see the location. Some modesty considerations are in order for Post-Event massage application, but there are draping techniques to provide an acceptable amount of privacy and still achieve substantial site exposure.

Often you will find event sports massage being administered on the in-field of a track event or pool-side at a swim meet. The next factor to be considered is the number of working tables at the site.

Event-day sports massages take place right before an event, between same-day events, and after an event. Your massage therapist will take a sports-massage approach to your treatment, so you can maintain your active lifestyle, injury-free. This may include stretching tight muscles, stimulating inactive muscles, and reducing muscle tension.

Fortunately, sports massage is an effective way to manage the ups and downs of an active lifestyle. If your sporty lifestyle is leaving you with some unwanted aches and pains, give us a call to book a restorative sports massage. Interested in our facial services? We know radiant, healthy skin reflects how you look and feel.

The benefits can vary from individual to individual. Sports Massage Therapy Why is Therapeutic Sports Massage so Important? The massage is more of a treatment than a relaxation massage: Collaboration between the therapist and the athlete throughout the treatment.

Advice on exercises for muscular flexibility and strengthening Can be done prior, during physical activity or in recovery phase, following a sporting event such as a half marathon or a full marathon. A factor in providing intra-event massage is that you may need to get crafty with your delivery of service.

You may be able to have a table with you. But you may also be required to get down to the ground to provide instantaneous care, such as in the case of an acute spasm preventing an athlete from walking or standing. A yoga mat comes in very handy for these situations.

Inter-Event Massage That drawn-out time between performances is when inter-event massage is administered. Inter-event massage can also be referred to as training massage. This massage focuses on the prevention of developing chronic injuries and aids in the healing process of current ones.

Inter-event massage is also the type of massage that most people perform when they say they do sport massage as part of their practice. But, as much as inter-event massage sounds like what most RMTs do, and is probably why so many state they do sport massage, it is not.

The reason stems from the background to these injuries and the needs of the athlete. In school, you undoubtedly studied many conditions and how to treat them. This will allow you to effectively treat many sport-related injuries. What this does not prepare you for is the stage of recovery the athlete will require and what you need to do to prep the athlete.

Plus each sport has sub-types to it that athletes need to learn. A great example is hockey. All the players need to skate and move a puck around. But a goalie needs different dynamics than a forward, and vice versa.

To really be a sport massage-oriented MT, you need to understand the dynamics of the sport. You, essentially, need to immerse yourself as deeply in a sport as the athlete. Therefore, as an MT, you need to consider that maybe you will want to limit what kind of sport massage you will do.

Understanding the sport is the key. If, for example, you have no idea why I would ask a hurdler which leg is their lead leg, and subsequently why that makes a difference, then how are you going to be able to move them from injury recovery to rehabilitative therapy properly? These are the sorts of considerations that define why not every MT should be able to claim they do sport massage.

Sports Massage Therapy Why is Therapeutic Sports Massage so Important? The massage is more of a treatment than a relaxation massage: Collaboration between the therapist and the athlete throughout the treatment.

Advice on exercises for muscular flexibility and strengthening Can be done prior, during physical activity or in recovery phase, following a sporting event such as a half marathon or a full marathon.

All of these elements have a real impact on the maximum potential of the athlete, especially after a sporting event because it increases: healing and recovery between efforts joint mobility, flexibility and biomechanics body perception and mental focus motivation and self-confidence By identifying areas of tension, the massage also allows to reduce: muscle cramps and spasms stress and anxiety pre- and post-event.

Benefits of Massage Massage can bring about physical, mental and emotional changes. Physical benefits: Relaxes the body Calms the nervous system Lowers blood pressure Reduces heart rate Slows respiration Loosens tight muscles Reduces chronic pain Mental benefits: Reduces mental stress Promotes better sleep Calms a bad temper Induces mental relaxation Improves concentration Emotional benefits: Reduces anxiety Enhances self-image Provides a feeling of well-being.

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What is a Sports Massage? A focused treatment area — Unlike stress-relief massages where you get a whole-body experience, a sports massage is focused on your trouble areas and the corresponding trigger points.

As always, communicate clearly with your massage therapist about any pain or discomfort. Muscle tenderness — A sports massage is a no-nonsense treatment that can involve stimulating trigger points or stretching tight areas.

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