Sports massage can help:

• increase flexibility
• prevent injuries
• improve performance
• increase endurance
• help with healing after a sports injury

Sports massage can be tailored to different sports and sporting injuries.

The aim of sports massage is to:

• relax your muscles
• aid circulation (blood flow)
• release stress that can build up in the soft tissues of your body during exercise

Benefits of sports massage:

One of the main benefits of sports massage is that it can prevent sore muscles after exercise. This is known as 'delayed onset muscle soreness'.

It can also help you to:

• exercise more efficiently
• prevent some common ailments that go with exercise
• recover from a sports injury

Sports massage may also:

• affect your heart rate and blood pressure
• increase your circulation and lymph flow