Sports MassageSports Massage is available for the same price as other kinds of massage... ... $10 off your 1st visit - call 760-908-9930
If you have a race coming up, give us a call to make an appointment and see what a difference a great sports massage (combined with some ART and neuromuscular work) can make!
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Sports Massage, when performed by a competent therapist:
· prevents muscle and tendon injuries
· reduces the strain and discomfort of hard training
· helps eliminate the pain of chronic injuries
· helps heal acute injuries properly so the injured areas do not become a source of continuing trouble
· restores lost mobility
· stops muscle spasms
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Exercise, by it’s very nature, stresses and strains muscles, ligaments, and tendons. It is the athlete’s enthusiasm and the demands of sport that create micro-tears, sprains, strains, and even much larger tears. Sports massage reaches these areas by stimulating circulation, increasing lymphatic flow, breaking up the fibrosis that binds one muscle to another to restrict Range of Motion, relaxing muscle spasm, and relieving pain.
Sports Massage is a form of therapeutic massage that utilizes many different techniques depending on what is to be accomplished. Whether pre-event as a muscular preparation for exertion or post-event to flush the tissues and lengthen to recalibrate the muscles, it is an invaluable tool to complement training.
When tissue is torn, there is always scar formation between fibers. This scar formation binds muscle fibers and diminishes mobility and normal movement. Each fiber must be allowed to function independently for a muscle to reach full flexibility and therefore full power potential. The scar tissue also reduces blood flow to the area and the body’s ability to flush normal metabolic waste products from the muscles. Deep tissue massage, myofascial release, and cross fiber frictioning will spread the tissues, break up the scarring, get the needed nutrients to the area, thus helping to undo the harmful effects of sport and injury-induced fibrosis and prevent further damage from occurring.
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ART (Active Release Technique) is also available. Owner Doug O'Connor is full body ART certified and ready to address your sports massage and injury needs through a combination of ART and Deep Tissue techniques.
Other therapists on hand are also available for deep tissue sports massage, myofascial release, active isolated stretching, rolfing, and trigger point neuromuscular massage.