Sports massage is a system of techniques designed to help athletes increase performance and prevent injuries during training and competition. However, anyone can benefit from receiving this type of bodywork.

Sports massage is more interactive than other types of bodywork and goal oriented in its approach since the focus of the session is about gaining greater range of motion and decreasing the potential for over-use injuries while eliminating chronically held tension. More specifically for athletes, sports massage also helps increase performance by giving one more power and decreasing the length of recovery time between training sessions.

Elements of trigger point therapy and orthopedic massage are often incorporated during these sessions because they are so effective in releasing tension, increasing range of motion and reducing fibrosis and adhesions in and around joints and muscle attachments. Please see the orthopedic section for more information.