North Shore Massage Therapy & Osteopathy Sports Massage Therapy

Sports massage is a program of massage that is put together to meet the needs of an athlete or physically active person. Sports Massage techniques used in sports massage are the same as those used in any other type of massage, but it is the way sports massage techniques are used to meet the needs of the athlete’s program at the time that may put a different emphasis on the work being done. Sports Massage can be used beneficially throughout all aspects of athletic training and performance: off-season, pre-season, pre-event, in-event, in season, post-event and injury rehabilitation. Ideally a Sports Massage therapist working with athletes should also have some training and knowledge of fitness/sport training principles, sports injuries, exercise physiology and sports nutrition so that Sports Massage can be tailored to meet the varying training and competition demands of the athlete's sport/activity.