Learning Sports Massage
Sports Massage is a division of massage therapy that focuses on
working with athletes. Massage can be used to enhance performance, build strength
and endurance, prevent and treat injuries.
There are some specific techniques used by sports massage
therapists. Swedish massage techniques have basically been modified to
meet the conditions and stress of the specific stress of the athlete.
The key to sports massage is learning the basic principles of athletic
training and applying massage techniques to enhance that training. Most
massage schools have a separate elective module in sports massage. There
are also some professional associations that offer sports massage certification.
At the present, it is not necessary to be certified in sports
massage to say that you are a sports massage therapist.
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