Sports massage is not just for professional athletes but for anyone who plays sports can benefit.

Are you an athlete or training to be one? You know you who you are! Its the weekend and just as soon as the sunrays strike out of the sky, you grab your hiking boots for a hike with your friends. Or you may take that bike out for a century ride without taking the time to stretch or warm up, your muscles first.

Then Monday rolls around and your muscles are hurting.  You are a “Weekend Warrior” who needs a sports massage to flush out those sore painful muscles.

My name is, Joe Horde and I am massage therapist who specializes in sports massage. When you book a massage with me, I focus my work on the areas of your body that ache or are painful. And if I am not available be sure to check out these other massage therapists.

Before I start your massage session, I will also look for decreased range of motion and poor flexibility because its these factors that affect sports performance the most. Sports Therapy is not a relaxing massage, you will never fall asleep on my table when you book one with me at Roman Paradigm Massage & Therapy.

The 17 benefits of sports massage are listed for you here:

1. Enhances athletes performance;
2. Massage causes hyperemia (making more oxygen nutrients necessary for growth and repair to the area being massaged);
3. Stimulates circulation and lymph drainage to flush out metabolic waste of exertion;
4. Breakdown gluing (binding) between fascial sheaths;
5. Separates fibrosis, breaks down adhesions as a result of inflammation and trauma;
6. Helps realign collagen fibers, forward as a result of injury to produce a strong, flexible scar;
7. Reduces muscle spasms;
8. Identifies possible trouble areas, helps eliminate them, thereby preventing re-injury;
9. Eliminates muscle stiffness due to excess acid build-up;
10. Allows athlete to reach peak performance sooner, sustain it longer;
11. Offers athlete to chance to relax, recover quickly;
12. Helps muscle improve in flexibility and ability to respond more quickly and powerfully;
13. Reduce ischemic pain, pain from spasms, splinting and tension;
14. Helps injuries heal quicker, stronger and without loss of power due to the transverse fibrosis
15. Extends the overall span of athlete’s career
16. Encourages better performance, reduces chance of injury
17. BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT JUST FEELS GOOD!

This article was written by Joe Horde; he specializes in deep tissue and sports massage.