A sports massage therapy session is usually more intense than a general full-body relaxation massage and is a great alternative to normal deep tissue work, due to the stretching and range of motion activities that it incorporates.  In most cases, the therapist will focus on the particular muscles most stressed by your activity, the legs of a runner for instance.  After a strenuous workout, your muscles are fatigued, stiff and sore. Sports massage helps to stretch the shortened muscles.  It increases circulation to the tissues, thereby removing metabolic waste products and bringing in needed oxygen and other nutrients to renourish and repair the sore muscles.  You can resume normal functioning much sooner.  And if you are recovering faster, that means that you can do more quality workouts per given period of time.  By receiving massage, you are facilitating the rebuilding phase of conditioning. 

Sports massage helps to maintain healthy tissues.  Sports massage will also help prevent your minor aches and pains from becoming major injuries that may force you to stop training. Chronically sore areas may affect posture and running form, thereby decreasing efficiency and possibly causing other injuries. 

Sports massage therapy can treat many minor injuries and sore areas.  Using a combination of massage techniques, stretching, cryotherapy, and electrical stimulation, injuries such as tendonitis, muscle strains, and ligament sprains can be successfully treated by a properly trained and licensed massage therapist.  Of course, serious injuries should be evaluated by your physician or by your physical therapist.

A full hour or 90 minute sports massage session can be performed as often as needed depending on your goals and budget.  These sessions can be performed up to 12 hours prior to the event depending on the sport.  Also providing Kinesio Taping Therapy and ART to keep you in tip-top shape.  Don't let your performance suffer...call and setup an appointment with the Florida Sports Massage Therapist of 2008!

Pre-event sports massage is brief and invigorating and usually lasts 5-10 minutes.  It is used to loosen muscles prior to the activity.  Along with light stretching, it will help make sure that the muscles are warmed up and ready to go.  It can also help to calm pre-race jitters, allowing the athlete to better focus on the event.  Pre-event massage is normally performed within 1-2 hours of the event.

Post-event sports massage can help to minimize pain and discomfort, prevent stiffness, reduce inflammation and return muscles to their normal state more quickly after the race. Post-event massage is more calming and relaxing and is usually combined with light stretching. It can decrease recovery time dramatically.  Typically, the session is within 2 hours of the event and generally lasts 10-15 minutes.  Be sure to take advantage of post race massage if it’s available - even if you have to pay a nominal fee!

My 2009 event schedule: Click here to view the pictures.

2010 Lacrosse Championship - Wesley Chapel 1/1 - 1/3

2010 Florida Trail Challenge - Tampa  1/31

2010 Gasparilla Expo and Marathon - Tampa  2/26 - 2/28

2010 Chasco Fiesta Challenge - New Port Richey  3/6

2010 Trout Creek Trial 5 & 15K - Tampa  3/14

2010 Strawberry Bike Ride - Plant City  3/28

2010 St. Anthony's Expo and Triathlon - St. Pete  4/23 - 4/25

2010 Miles for Moffit 10K - Tampa  5/15

2010 Mad Dog Madeira Beach Triathlon  5/23

2010 ESM Sprint Triathlon - Dade City ???

2010 Top Gun Triathlon - Ft Desoto ???

2010 Faces of Courage Triathlon - Land O' Lakes  8/14

2010 Hilly Hundred Bike - Dade City  ???

2010 Ironman Florida - Panama City  11/3 - 11/7

2010 70.3 Ironman World Championships - Clearwater  11/11 - 11/14

2010 Women's Half Marathon - St Pete  11/21

2010 Powerman Florida - San Antonio  ???

Need an appointment prior to these or other events?  Call to set it up today!  Other events and dates to be announced.....