Sports Massage

Muscle fatigue and soreness, joint pain, and even some degree of debility are common occurrences in the life of an athlete. Even amateur athletes are subject to the aches and pains of sports participation. Unfortunately, these minor problems can develop into serious issues over time. Without proper care, these issues may limit your activity and negatively impact your life.

Sports Massage at PhysioActive – Your Health in Expert Hands

While all sports rely on your entire body, each specific sport focuses on certain muscle groups. At PhysioActive, we understand the structure and function of these muscles and are able to optimise your sports massage experience for your unique sport and situation.

A professionally-performed sports massage helps increase blood flow, which can promote healing from injuries. Of course, the massage also feels great! It’s no wonder that both professional and amateur athletes seek sports massage for enhanced flexibility and performance. In fact, many sports participants consider massage an integral part of their training.

You will always receive your massage from a trained and experienced massage therapist. Our experts listen carefully to your needs and concerns, tailoring a custom sports massage designed to relax you as well as increase your performance potential. Additionally, we are pleased to provide complimentary cold packs, hot packs, and ultrasound during your massage.

Deep Tissue Massage

When many people think of a massage, they picture a relatively light touch, working the skin and surface muscles. While such a massage can promote blood flow and be very relaxing, it won’t do much to help chronic conditions and old injuries.

This is where deep tissue massage is helpful. Deep tissue massage, as performed by the professional massage therapists at PhysioActive, can help relieve the symptoms of deep pain, stiffness, and limited motion.

For Injuries

When you heal from an injury, scar tissue often forms in the place of the injured tissue. Scar tissue isn’t as mobile as the original tissue and can limit your movement and cause pain. A deep tissue massage focuses on the deeper muscles and connective tissue, aiming to break up this scar tissue and restore your mobility.

For Chronic Disease

Deep tissue massage can also be quite helpful for chronic diseases like arthritis and fibromyalgia. Using deep strokes with the fingertips, elbows, and knuckles, our expert massage therapists release knots of muscle and connective tissue. This reduces flare-ups of chronic problems as well as soothing current pain and stiffness.

Remedial Massage

Remedial massage is a form of therapeutic massage that focuses on injury recovery and alleviating pain. It requires patient participation as you and your massage therapist will work together to identify problem areas and potential causes for your pain. These causes may include posture problems, repetitive motion injuries, old trauma, and diseases.

The PhysioActive Solution

Remedial massage is particularly suited as a therapeutic option for chronic headaches, joint problems including arthritis, and recovery from past injuries.

Your massage therapist will discuss your problems, needs, and goals before the massage. At PhysioActive, we focus on our patients as unique individuals, so this step is very important. Your therapist will also consult with you throughout the process and may ask you to take certain positions or perform simple physical tests to better evaluate your needs. During the massage, your therapist will focus on stretching tight muscles and stimulating blood flow to sore joints. Please communicate with your therapist so that we can ensure your massage is as pleasant and beneficial as possible.

Myofascial Trigger Point Therapy

“Myo-“ means muscle and “fascial” refers to the fascia, connective tissue found throughout your body. In certain chronic diseases, like multiple sclerosis (MS) and fibromyalgia, muscle and connective tissues may tighten and form knots, usually at intersections of these tissues. These knots are referred to as trigger points and can be the cause of pain throughout the body in these patients. Trigger points can also form from old injuries where scar tissue has replaced normal, healthy tissue.

The Expert PhysioActive Approach

Myofascial trigger point therapy can help with pain caused by injury or chronic disease. It is a type of massage that releases the knots in the trigger points, relaxing the contracted tissue and helping reduce pain and flare-ups of chronic conditions.

The first step is identification of your unique trigger points. Your professional massage therapist will work with you to locate the centres of your pain and address those areas. Myofascial release is typically accomplished via fingertip pressure. Your therapist will gradually increase the pressure once the knot begins to loosen. Cold or heat may also be applied to assist in this process.

Lymphatic Drainage Massage

The lymphatic system aids in eliminating waste from your body. This system sometimes clogs or becomes sluggish, particularly after surgery or injury. When this happens, swelling often occurs. This swelling can be accompanied by pain which often times radiates through the lower limbs.

The Expert PhysioActive Approach

The goal of lymphatic drainage massage is to encourage your lymphatic system to drain more efficiently and quickly, thus reducing both swelling and pain. This is achieved at PhysioActive by specialised techniques performed by our trained and experienced massage therapists.

Lymphatic drainage massage is not an especially deep massage. It focuses on the lymph nodes. While you have lymph nodes throughout your body, they are clustered in certain areas – like under the arms and in the neck.

Additionally, any oedema – or swelling – will need to be addressed. If you have swelling in a limb, your massage therapist will likely do extensive work on this area to promote lymph drainage.

Pre-natal Massage

A pregnancy is an exciting and hopeful time in your life. Unfortunately, this time often comes with aches, swelling, fatigue, and a host of other problems. Expectant mothers can find their quality of life negatively impacted by conditions that arise with a pregnancy.

Professional pre-natal massage can help with all these issues in addition to providing relaxation and emotional unwinding.

The Expert PhysioActive Approach

At PhysioActive, our compassionate, expert massage therapists are experienced in addressing the unique needs of pregnant mothers. We’ll be happy to focus on your areas of concern and deliver a stress-relieving and therapeutic massage that will have you forgetting your problems and glowing with health.

Of course, the safety of you and your baby is our topmost priority. Our massages are gentle and expertly performed, so you can rest assured. A pre-natal massage at PhysioActive can help with common pregnancy health issues like swollen feet and back pain.

Make a great choice for your health and that of your baby – schedule a pre-natal massage now.