Benefits Of Sports Massage Therapy
  During intense training, competition, and sometimes in everyday life, muscle strength and endurance is pushed to its limits and beyond. The results may include:  
Increased metabolic waste buildup in the tissue.
Strains in the muscle or connective tissue.
These may range from microscopic microtrauma to major injury.
Inflammation and associated fibrosis.
Spasms and pain that restrict movement.
These are the negative effects of exercise.
When Skillfully applied Sports massage effectively counteracts each of these conditions.

It normally takes a muscle that has been stressed to a point of fatigue forty-eight to seventy-two hours to rest, adapt, and recuperate.

Sports massage can reduce the recuperation time by as much as 50 percent.
The goal of Sports massage is to:          
    Enhance the athlete's performance. Performance is regulated by the efficiency, precision, and freedom with which the athlete is able to move. Efficiency is dependent on training and conditioning. Sports massage allows for more intense training. Restrictions from pain, spasms, and tension inhibit freedom of movement. Without freedom of movement, precision is adversely affected.    
Sports massage reduces many of the restrictions
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2. 		Massage causes hyperemia, making more oxygen and nutrients necessary for growth and repair available to the body area being massaged.
Massage stimulates circulation and lymph drainage to flush out metabolic wastes of exertion quickly. It is three to five times more effective in combating fatigue than resting. 		  3.

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5. 		Massage stretches and broadens muscles, tendons, and ligaments.
Massage reduces muscle spasm.
Massage identifies possible trouble areas and helps eliminate them. 		 
 
Special Benefits of Massage to Athletes
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2. 		Massage allows the athlete to reach peak performance sooner and sustain it longer.
With massage, muscles improve in flexibility and are able to respond more quickly and powerfully. 		  3.


4. 		Massage encourages better performance and reduces the chance of injury.
Massage offers the athlete a chance to relax and recuperate more quickly. 		 
5.   Massage extends the overall span of the athlete's career.
 
 
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