Active Recovery Sports Massage

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Winner for 2024. 

Australian Enterprise Awards proudly hosted by APAC Insider for Best Sports Massage Therapist 2024 - ACT. 

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  LUXlife Eighth annual Health, Beauty and Wellness Awards go to Massage Therapist of the Year 2024 (ACT): Ray Flaherty, LUXlife Excellence Award for Sports Massage Services 2024 - ACT.

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Athletic Sports Massages Canberra is all about women's health and wellness in sports, including sports massage, PNF stretching, active release therapy, myofascial trigger point therapy, and myofascial cupping treatments.

$100 - 1-Hour Adult Sports Massage.

$60 Teens 1/2 Hour Sports Massage. 

Sports massage and stretch therapy are for adults and their children who are athletes. 

You might want the sports massage for yourself because of the sports you play or your teens who play basketball, football, dance of any kind, etc. The sports massage session can typically be used before, during & after athletic events. Sports massage and stretch therapy aims to prepare the athlete for peak performance, relieve swelling, drain away fatigue, reduce muscle tension, promote flexibility, and prevent injury or help with an injury. 

This type of massage can be useful for anyone with chronic pain, injury, or range of motion issues, and it has stretch therapy within it.  When you strenuously and frequently use your muscles, like if you're really into weightlifting, they can become chronically tight or hypertonic, which can make you more susceptible to tears and pulls.

Relaxing and loosening muscles increases flexibility and range of motion in the joints and helps to reduce swelling. To put it simply, making your muscles less stiff is good for moving them around.

Several techniques can be combined, including but not limited to just sports massage, deep tissue massage and myofascial trigger point release, as they help to break down adhesions & improve muscle tone, myofascial release, also PNF stretching, which was originally developed as a form of rehabilitation, which is very effective. Stretching can assist in improving the range of motion using PNF (Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation) is a more advanced form of flexibility training, which involves both the stretching and contracting of the muscle group being targeted. 

1. A trigger point is a tight area within muscle tissue that causes pain in other parts of the body. A trigger point in the back, for example, may produce referral pain in the neck. Receiving a massage with trigger point therapy regularly can help naturally manage pain and stress from chronic injuries.
2. Myotherapy for fascial release involves applying sustained pressure into the fascial connective tissue restrictions to eliminate pain and restore motion. 
3. Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF) is a more advanced form of flexibility training, which involves both the stretching and contracting of the muscle group being targeted. PNF stretching is one of the most effective forms of stretching for improving flexibility and increasing range of motion.
4. Active release therapy (ART) is a soft tissue manipulation technique aimed at relieving tension, adhesions, and scar tissue in muscles, tendons, ligaments, fascia, and nerves. It’s typically performed by a therapist using their hands to hold parts of the muscle with the movement of limbs. 

I use Caronlab Hydro 2 Oil Muscle & Joint scented massage & body oil 5-litre pack is a deeply penetrating blend of wintergreen, eucalyptus, pine, rosemary and pepper essential oils to help relieve inflamed joints, stiffness and muscle pain. Massage into sore, tight muscles to supercharge circulation and reduce pain and inflammation. This water-dispersible massage oil is ideal for sports massage, athletes or anyone experiencing aching muscles and joints.