Every high school athlete needs a massage after their game or practice, but which type of massage is best for them? Different sports require different types of work and therefore need different kinds of massages. For example, athletes that play soccer often need deep tissue massages to release tight muscles. The pressure used during this kind of massage can be intense because the muscles are so sore and stiff from hours on end running up and down a field. On the other hand, football players may only play one hour at a time so they don’t get as tired or sore as someone who plays soccer all day long. They will usually just want an easy relaxation massage to help with stress relief before bedtime.
1.) A.R.T., or Active Release Technique is a combination of different pressure intensities that help break up scar tissue and relieve muscle adhesion to alleviate pain in specific areas such as injuries.
A massage therapist will evaluate the soft tissues for tightness, texture, and mobility before working accordingly to reduce stiffness from muscles with their hands moving them through patterns until they are relieved of strain on certain parts of the body like an injury site if it were present during treatment time.
This massage can help treat a variety of conditions, including shin splints and hamstring injuries. If you are currently experiencing plantar fasciitis (commonly known as “heel pain”), then this treatment may be able to help alleviate your symptoms.
2.) Shiatsu massage is a type of bodywork that can be done at home or in the office.
This technique helps to increase an athlete’s health and performance by improving their blood circulation, flexibility, and joint movement. You may have never known this but you could stay fit with your own massage chair too! There are many chairs available on the market today which offer Shiatsu-like massages for much less than visiting therapists regularly would cost.
3.) A Swedish massage is recommended for runners.
It can help athletes recover the muscle tension after hard workouts and tough competitions, while also helping them relax. The lighter strokes relieve the muscle tensions without damaging them, making a Swedish massage both relaxing and beneficial to an athlete’s performance on competition day as it re-energizes him or her.
4.) Trigger point therapy is a great way to treat injuries and sprains.
This type of massage targets the knots in muscles, relieving pain from adhesion using high-intensity pressures. IT band tightness, hamstring injuries, or calf strains are all perfect for trigger points treatment!
5.) Deep tissue massage is a type of therapeutic, targeted massage that focuses on the deep layers of muscles and fascia.
These are intense treatments as they target multiple areas at once with constant pressure applied to new problematic spots while working out entire muscle groups.
Oftentimes athletes have tight spots or interconnected tissues throughout their body; for this reason, deep tissue massage has become an essential treatment during stressful exercise where there’s been major trauma done in training such as pushing through pain barriers and overtraining specifically when it comes to connective tissue injuries like plantar fasciitis.
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