Sports Massage
Tamworth sports massage team at Atlas Sports Injury Clinic are experienced at soft tissue massage, deep tissue massage and remedial sports massage. Sports Massage for Tamworth runners should be an important part of the preparation for long distance running events. Massage helps to keep you running and eases the stiffness and aches and pains after a long run.
Atlas physiotherapists use soft tissue massage in the sports injury clinic and customers from Lichfield, Sutton Coldfield and Birmingham are regular visitors to the Tamworth clinic.
Sports massage is not swedish body massage with more pressure applied, neither is it supposed to give the patient pain and agony. Firm pressure with deep tissue massage should be gradually increased until the patient’s pain threshold has been reached. Once the patient shows sign of tensing the target muscle, pressure should be eased off in order to manipulate the relaxed muscle.
Other techniques used may be muscle energy techniques or trigger point therapy for treating painful trigger points in muscles. Atlas Sports Injury Clinic may use acupuncture for trigger points in muscles.
High mileage runs take a heavy toll on muscles, tendons and joints and sports massage if administered correctly it will do a great deal towards identifying potential injuries, relaxing tired muscles and removing unwanted lactic acid deposits.
Vasodilation of blood vessels increase blood supply and lymphatic drainage takes away unwanted waste products which are produced when you exercise.
At Atlas Running Injury Clinic in Solihull, Birmingham we have designed the Olympic Sports Massage which is a unique combination of Sports Massage, Hot Basalt Volcanic Stones and Essential Oils which provides thermal properties to aid relaxation and stimulate increased blood supply and healing.
Manual stretching of shortened muscles following this unique treatment will help prevent unwanted sports injuries and keep you running.