The role of the sports massage therapist is threefold:

Pre-sports massage:- it stimulates and warms the muscles prior to sports participation (warm-up). It's main aim is to prevent injuries occuring.

Therapeutic massage:- finds and treats injuries as they occur.

Post-sports massage:- prevents any injury that has occured during participation from developing.

Regular massage keeps your muscles in good condition and therefore helps you to feel good in many ways. For people actively involved in sports, it can have a direct impact on their performance.

It warms and relaxes muscles, making injury less likely.

It improves the muscles elasticity.

The muscle condition is vastly improved.

It reduces muscle fatigue.

It speeds up and assists tissue recovery and repair.

It can increase energy levels.