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How Sports Massages May Help Your Performance
At Herald Square Chiropractic and Sport, massage plays a significant role in our comprehensive approach to treatment. As sports medicine specialists, we know its value for athletes of all levels, including weekend warriors and elite professionals.
If you’re on the fence about trying sports massage, we’ve prepared today’s blog with you in mind. Take a closer look at how sports massage may add to your performance on and off the field.
What’s the difference between a regular massage and a sports massage?
A traditional therapeutic massage provides an excellent buffer against stress and the minor aches and pains of daily life. It’s about delivering a state of overall wellness and relaxation.
Sports massage is closely targeted at aspects of your body mechanics.
Physical activity is a terrific way to improve your health, although sports exertion takes its own toll. That’s why we offer a range of massage techniques that more closely address the demands placed on your body. Massage strategies we draw from include:
- Deep tissue massage
- Myofascial release
- Trigger point therapy
- Compression
- Stretching
We choose the modalities that best apply to the way your body responds to your favorite sports. It’s less about relaxing and more about returning to game-ready status.
The active benefits of sports massage
Sports massage may not deliver quantifiable performance improvements. Instead, the benefits of sports massage address your body so it’s always ready to perform at its peak.
Sports massage benefits include:
- Muscle recovery: sports massage removes lactic acid buildup within the muscles
- Reducing soreness: sports massage can reduce the the severity of post-game aches
- Treating current injuries: not all injuries put you on the sidelines, but all injuries benefit from improved circulation and reduced inflammation
- Preventing future injuries: maintaining flexibility and range of motion reduces your risk of injuries
Sports massage helps your body access the benefits of physical activity more efficiently. When you feel better, you play better, and your performance capabilities become more refined.
Sports massage through Herald Square Chiropractic and Sport can help your performance and recovery, offering an excellent complement to our other services and treatments. We draw on a variety of approaches and techniques and customize them to your needs, including:
- Chiropractic adjustments
- Joint pain relief
- ConnectX approach
- Gonstead technique
- Faktr approach
- Diversified technique
Our multi-modal service base allows us to develop the custom treatment plan that’s right for you.
Contact Herald Square Chiropractic and Sport in Midtown, New York City, to schedule a sports performance consultation by phone or through our online booking tool.
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