Describing it in a nutshell, Sports Massage is a specialty massage technique that was created and developed with athletes in mind.

And as such, Sports Massage prepares the bodies of professionals and amateurs for their best possible performance before participating in a sport and – then to help their bodies to recover afterwards.

However, just because Sports Massage was designed for those participating in sports, you do not have to be an athlete to reap the benefits from it.

After all, athletes are not the only people who get injured and they by no means hold the monopoly on pain.

Sports Massage is, in effect, one of several forms of Swedish massage and it promotes an increased circulation of blood and lymph fluids in the body. To break down or dissolve adhesions, which are painful clumps or knots within the muscles, and to widen the range of motion of stiffened joints, trigger point therapy is incorporated as part of the Sports Massage session. Continue reading →

Deep tissue massage is a kind of massage therapy which centers its attention primarily on the ailing, the sore, the painful and the distressed deeper layers of muscles and connective tissues.

Its therapeutic benefits are particularly beneficial for chronically tight and constricted areas such as in cases of stiff necks, tightness of lower backs and aching shoulders.

The strokes of Deep Tissue massage are not very different from those of any other types of massage therapies, but they are slower and with more pressure applied to reach deeper while focusing on troubled areas.

Deep Tissue massage is so important in certain painful contractions and spasms due to stress, strain or injury because that is the only way to get to the root of the problem as it is embedded deep under the surface where adhesions – which are the causes of the pain and rigidity in muscles, tendons and ligaments – are found. Continue reading →