Sports and Remedial
Massage Therapy

About Massage Therapy

What is sports massage?

Sports massage is the term applied to the discipline of using massage for the specific benefit of all sports and exercise participants. It covers the management, manipulation and rehabilitation of the soft tissues of the body e.g. muscles, ligaments and tendons.
Sports massage should be tailored to each individual's needs to positively enhance their ability to perform.

What is remedial massage?

Remedial massage is the term applied to the discipline of using massage for the benefit of clients who have specific injuries/problems that have occurred during everyday activities. Remedial massage is used alongside joint assessment, postural analysis and remedial exercise.

Remedial massage is tailored to every individual patient in order to increase rate of recovery.

Benefits of sports and remedial massage

Improve circulation and lymphatic flow
Sedate or stimulate nerve endings
Increase or decrease muscle length
Assist in mental preparation for sporting participation
Assist in the removal of metabolic waste
Increase or decrease muscle tone
Remodel scar tissue when required
Aid recovery of range of movement in stroke patients

Based in Northwood, Middx, UK, Nick Aston is a graduate of the London School of Sports Massage
and a member of the Institute of Sport and Remedial Massage.

Home | About Massage Therapy | Visitors' Book

A Groomsville Website