The society of sports therapists

Sports & Remedial Massage

Anatomy

Our bodies are a massive interconnected network of connective tissue. This connective tissue gives our body its fundamental structure; however a pull in one area will affect the network in a different location.

Sports massage is not about getting your elbow stuck in as hard as possible and causing discomfort. If a technique is applied too hard, the tissue will reject the therapists fingers and no change will take place. The key to a sports massage is to effect a softening in the tissues and then to ensure any rehabilitation exercises are effective in changing the structure of the body back to its balanced state.