The Guildhall Practice is renowned for providing excellent sports massage treatments in Birmingham city centre. It is a multi-disciplinary group practice, where each member is particularly committed to providing the very best in health care. First and foremost, every treatment is specifically aimed at meeting your individual needs. Therefore, we use a wide range of techniques, aimed at reducing muscle tension and also improving your mechanical pattern. Sports massage treatments are a particularly specialised form of massage.
It is certainly not simply a sequence of massage movements. However, you do not need to be an athlete to have a sports massage. It is of benefit to everybody, regardless of your age or the level of your activity.
Sports massage encourages blood flow and also pumps fluid throughout the lymphatic system. This delivers more nutrients to the damaged tissues, consequently, having an enormous effect on the recovery rate of an injury. It also helps to drain the waste products away. The mechanical effect of sports massage helps by increasing tissue elasticity and also by breaking down toughened scar tissue.
Finally, sports massage is able to create a localised stretch of the muscle fibres. Therefore, we are able to focus the stretch on precisely the right place. Firstly, one significant benefit is relaxation.
The muscle fibres relax as a result of the mechanical pressure, warmth as well as stretch generated by massage. Secondly, it can significantly reduce muscular pain. Massage encourages increased circulation which particularly helps with the removal of toxins. Additionally, it also results in the release of endorphins, which make you feel better. Andrew is the founder and director of The Guildhall Practice and a dedicated osteopath with a career spanning over 30 years.
