About Sport Massage:
Sport Massage Therapists (SMT'S) are Registered Massage Therapists that focus their continuing education and experience working with various athletes and sports teams. They are Nationally recognized for their dedication and devotion to the sporting world and throughout many years of volunteering and additional education, gain valuable experience in; sport injury assessment, sport psychology and sport physiology.
On the "field" a term for on site treatments, they utilize specific techniques for pre-event, inter event, post event and restorative / training massage. The techniques range from aggressive, stimulating and fast paced to slow, relaxing and treatment focused depending on time of the events.
In the clinic, Sport Massage becomes more of a typical massage however focus is post event recover, pre event preparation, injury prevention, management and rehabilitation techniques. Tripper point therapy, deep muscle separation, Graston, Active Release, Muscle Energy, Stretching and mobilization techniques are commonly used.
On the "field" a term for on site treatments, they utilize specific techniques for pre-event, inter event, post event and restorative / training massage. The techniques range from aggressive, stimulating and fast paced to slow, relaxing and treatment focused depending on time of the events.
In the clinic, Sport Massage becomes more of a typical massage however focus is post event recover, pre event preparation, injury prevention, management and rehabilitation techniques. Tripper point therapy, deep muscle separation, Graston, Active Release, Muscle Energy, Stretching and mobilization techniques are commonly used.
