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The 3 Most Common Injuries in Baseball and How to Prevent Them
When spring rolls around, it can only mean one thing - it's baseball season! However, playing every day or every weekend in tournaments that span whole…
Common Sports Injuries and How to Treat Them
Playing a sport is a great way to make new friends, burn off energy, and have fun. However, you need to use caution before each game, no matter which sport…
Sports Massage, Aquatics and the Olympics
Sports Massage, Aquatics and the Olympics by Susan Findlay
Olympic Fact: A total of 1,350 athletes will compete to win 46 gold medals across the…
Sports Massage and Athletics
Sports Massage and Athletics
There is always something exciting going on during an athletic competition, it is a bit like being at a three ring circus…
The A-Z of Olympic Sports Massage - Boxing
For the first time since boxing was introduced in 1904 women are competing in the Olympic Games in 2012. Both men’s and women’s events will have…
Overview of different types of massage therapies
Due to expanded knowledge of the body and its physical needs several different massage therapies have been developed and all offer a different focus and…
Dynamic Bodyuse for Massage Practitioners
How to apply pressure without straining your body or damaging your hands is one of the greatest challenges involved in massage.A significant cause of early…
Freeing The Shoulders, A Common Area of Tension
The shoulder area is where people most often experience tension and want a massage. Why? Well there’s usually three factors at work - the structure and…
Using your body effectively in massage
Most massage traditions don’t just use their hands for massage. The forearm is used in Hawaiian massage and many parts of Eastern Europe. The knees and…
What is Sport & Remedial Massage Therapy?
Sport & Remedial Massage HistoryThe earliest recording of massage dates back to the Chinese in 3000 BC. Today massage has evolved into over 400 recognised…
Cycling and Common Injuires
Now that the weather is becoming more cooperative for outdoor interests, a boom in activity is taking place. Accompanying this is an increase in injuries…
Massage Therapists Guide to Marathon Runners
With the season changing, the days getting longer, more people are running and many will be training for the London Marathon in April. Some will have sensibly…
Snowboarding and Sports Massage
Snowboarding is often associated with the young and reckless, but as its’ popularity rises it is being taken up by a more diverse group of active people.…
What defines a sports massage and how can it help me?
Different people put different pressures on their body due to the activity and life style they engage in. The glorious aspect of massage therapy is there are…
Using Stretching Techniques
When I was training as a physiotherapist I asked a supervisor what she thought was the most important advice she could give me. "Always remember,"…
Postural Assessment for Beginners
If you have spent any time at all in the massage world you will probably have heard of postural assessment. Like many of us, you have probably got more than…
Treating Tight Hamstrings
AnatomyHamstrings are a fantastic group of muscles that all originate on the ischium and posterior femur, cross both the hip and knee joints and insert into…
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Postural Assessment Skills
An Essential Tool for Sports Massage PractitionersAs sport massage practitioners sometimes the solutions to our clients’ problems are simple, we do our…