What is sports massage?

When collaborating with a patient seeking sports massage we are focusing on injury prevention or recovery, mobility/range of motion, prepping for events or engaging in post event recovery.

These intentions may seem very similar to the intentions behind other modalities of massage - and indeed they are. The sport the patient engages in informs much of the massage. We take into account which muscle groups are being used most often, the patterns of movement a sport requires, the stage of competition or recovery the patient might be in and how that might change the treatment plan.