Sports Massage In London

Sports massage or therapy is a form of massage that involves the manipulation of soft tissue to release tension, reduce pain, restore range of movement and promote good health and body condition to benefit a person engaged in regular physical activity. Soft tissue is connective tissue that has not hardened into bone and cartilage. Soft tissue injuries are the most common type of injury in sports. Soft tissue refers to tissues that connect, support or surround other structures and organs of the body. Soft tissue includes nerves, muscles, fat, blood vessels, tendons, ligaments and synovial membranes.

Sports Massage works in a way to help in correcting problems and imbalances in the soft tissue that repetitive physical and strenuous activity causes. The benefits of all massage therapies are wide-ranging. Some of the benefits of Sports Massage are.
It can relieve muscle tension.
It can increase the flexibility of the muscles
It can help break down scar tissue  from a previous injury
It can stimulate the blood flow in the body to assist with healing

Shin splints are responsible for roughly  15% of all running injuries. They're also responsible for pain and suffering that can last several months. At first, you might feel soreness around the shinbone area or even some light swelling and tenderness in your lower leg. This pain may appear during or after your exercise, or it might be a  constant pain, No matter when you're affected by shin splints, Sports massage can help. Tight calf muscles are probably the most common cause of shin splints because they increase the stress on your lower leg. Repeated force on the connective tissues attaching your muscles to the shinbone also contributes, leading to inflammation. The first step that your therapist will have to deal with is to reduce the pain caused by swelling and inflammation. Then your Sports massage therapist can target your muscle-tendon junctions, reducing the time needed for recovery after a workout and helping increase flexibility to lessen the risk of injury.

However, the good news is sports massage is not only for athletes. It can help us all no matter what we do. 
In our everyday lives, our muscles can build up intolerable stress levels. It has happened to us all, a bad week at work, deadlines to meet the boss getting on your case, getting home feeling grumpy and dog tired and in need of a good massage!
Would you normally go for A Swedish Massage or a Thai Massage or maybe an aromatherapy massage?
Why not give Sports massage therapy a try next time you feel in need of a good destress? Sports massage can help you manage these stress levels. Sports massages release endorphins into the body. Endorphins interact with the opiate receptors in the brain to lessen our idea of pain and act akin to drugs such as morphine and codeine. The good news is that the activation of the opiate receptors by the body's endorphins does not lead to addiction or, indeed, dependence.

In addition to decreased feelings of pain, the release of endorphins leads to feelings of happiness, the release of sex hormones, and the enhancement of the immune response. With high endorphin levels, we feel less pain and have fewer negative effects of stress.
So, if you’re struggling to improve your physical performance or your general health or feeling stressed out at work, a sports massage could benefit you.