Sports Massage Benefits for Those Who Work and Play Hard
By Naresh Kumar

Truth be told, those of us who play sports play to win. Ultimately, however, it’s not the winning but how we play that wins admiration. The key to success in sport is to perform better, while playing safely and recovering well. If you ruin your week with soreness and injury because you haven’t learned your limits and don’t have a way to recover, it takes all the fun out of the process.

When we play any sport, our entire muscular system comes under pressure. Depending on the sport, major muscles and joints are affected differently. Your fitness training should be customized to maximize endurance, strength, and mobility. Lack of knowledge about the required fitness regime, or following an inappropriate programme, can result in muscle stiffness and imbalance. If we continue playing day in day out and ignore what is going on, it might seriously affect the joints.

Sports Massage Therapy helps to prevent injury and enhance performance.  It corrects postural imbalance within the body, thereby speeding up recovery from injury, pain and discomfort. It relaxes muscles, releases stress and also improves flexibility. Regular massage helps to maintain a healthy body that is less likely to get injured.

Also, Sports Massage can relieve lower back, neck, shoulder and knee pain; neuromuscular pain, such as sciatic pain, Brachial Plexus Syndrome, whiplash and frozen shoulder.  It is also beneficial for those suffering from arthritis and can help speed up the post-rehabilitation process.

Sports Massage benefits professional and amateur athletes, as well as executives and people from all walks of life.

Naresh Kumar is a former Indian National Gymnast and Yoga Champion.  He is trained in Yoga, Gymnastics, Indian Head Massage, Sports and Stretch Therapy.  His holistic approach to therapies and fitness coaching enhances physical, mental and spiritual health and allows his clients to remodel their lifestyles.