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SPORTS MASSAGE
INTRODUCTION
• MASSAGE IS THE SYSTEMATIC, MECHANICAL
STIMULATION OF THE SOFT TISSUES OF THE
BODY BY MEANS OF RHYTHMICALLY APPLIED
PRESSURE AND STRETCHING FOR THERAPEUTIC
PURPOSES
SPORT MASSAGE IS USED:-
BEFORE
DURING
AFTER
ATHELETIC EVENTS…
THE PURPOSE OF MASSAGE
To prevent injuries
To relieve swelling
To drain any fatique
To promote flexibility
Prepare the athelete for peak performance
Provides a warm-up to loosen muscles pre event
To reduce muscle tension and inflammation post event
Massage has no effect on
• Obesity
• Muscle mass
• Muscle strength
TECHNIQUES OF SPORTS
MASSAGE
• EFFLEURAGE
• LIGHT GLIDING STROKES
OVER SKIN WITHOUT MOVING
DEEP MUSCLE MASSES USED
FOR MUSCLE RELAXATION
• PETRISSAGE
• KNEADING MANIPULATION
THAT INTERMITTENTLY (time
to time) LIFT, PRESS & ROLL
THE MUSCLES UNDER THE
FINGERS OR HANDS.
• USED FOR INCREASING
CIRCULATION AND REDUCING
EDEMA
TECHNIQUES OF SPORTS
MASSAGE
•PERCUSSION (TAPOTMENT)
- SERIES OF ALTERNATING BLOWS S/A
HACKING (cut),
SLAPPING,
BEATING,
PINCHING,
TAPPING WITH FINGER TIPS,
CUPPING,
CLAPPING,
-USED TO STIMULATE CIRCULATION & DESENSITIZED
OPERATED SITES.
TECHNIQUES OF SPORTS
MASSAGE
• FRICTION-
CIRCULAR
• MOTION OF THE THERAPIST’S
FINGERTIPS WITH PRESSURE
APPLIED SO THAT THE
THERAPIST’S FINGERS AND
PATIENT’S SKIN MOVE AS ONE.
• IT IS USED TO LOOSEN OR BREAK
UP UNDERLYING ADHESIONS OF
HEALED SCAR TISSUES
TECHNIQUES OF SPORTS
MASSAGE
• VIBRATION
• FINE TREMULOUS
MOVEMENT MADE
BY HANDS OR
FINGERS TO
CAUSE THE PART
TO VIBRATE
INJURY MANAGEMENT
THROUGH SPORT MASSAGE
• Athletes always overuse their muscles, causing
• Strain
• Tears
• Imbalances in the soft muscles tissues
• The more injury is ignored.
• One way to encourage muscle repair after training is with sports massage.
• Sports massage will help release any built up tension and lactic acid in the
overworked muscles so that blood and oxygen can return to the muscle and
effectively promote muscle repair.
• Sports massage if received as parts of a sports programme, can help an
athlete prevent injury due to overuse
PRE-EVENT MASSAGE
• USUALLY BRIEF AND INVIGORATING
• Lasting 15-20 minutes
• It is given within an hour before the sporting event
POST EVENT MASSAGE –
• SHOULD BE CALMING AND RELAXING
• Its goal is:-
To reduce inflammation.
To relieve muscles pain by decreasing tension
To relieve muscle soreness by dispensing lactic acid
• Massage should last no more than 20 minutes.
MASSAGE PROCEDURES
• MASSAGE TECHNIQUES MUST BE CARRIED OUT IN SEQUENCE.
• BEGINS WITH:-
1) EFFLEURAGE>
2) PETRISSAGE>
3) CIRCULAR FRICTION/MUSCLE STRIPPING>
4) TRIGGER POINTS>
5) FINISHING OFF WITH EFFLEURAGE
MASSAGE PROCEDURES
1) WASH HANDS
2) GIVE UNDIVIDED ATTENTION
3) SHOULD NOT UNLOAD YOUR OWN PERSONAL PROBLEMS ON
ATHELETE
4) MAKE YOUR DECISIONS
5) WEAR UNIFORM
6) MASSAGE THERAPIST SHOULD OBEY REFERER’S
INSTRUCTIONS
7) RECORD YOUR TREATMENT
MASSAGE PROCEDURES
EQUIPMENT
A LUBRICANT
SPORTS MASSAGE OIL
CREAM
TALCUM POWDER
MASSAGE THERAPY TABLES
BENEFITS & EFFECTS OF MASSAGE
PHYSICAL EFFECTS
- PUMPING BLOOD
-INCREASED TISSUE PERMEABILITY (प्रवे शिेे ) BY OPENING THE
TISSUE PORES
-STRETCH TISSUES AND FASCIA
-BREAK DOWN SCAR TISSUES
-IMPROVE TISSUE ELASTICITY BY STRETCHING THE HARD AND
INELASTIC TISSUES
-OPENS MICRO-CIRCULATION
BENEFITS & EFFECTS OF
MASSAGE
PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
- PAIN REDUCTION BY RELEASING THE BODIES ENDORPHINS
- RELAXATION –MUSCLE RELAX THROUGH
HEAT GENERATED,CIRCULATION AND STRETCHING.
-MECHANORECEPTORS WHICH SENSE TOUCH, PRESSURE,
TISSUE LENGTH AND WARMTH ARE STIMULATED,CAUSING A
REFLEX RELAXATION.
BENEFITS & EFFECTS OF
MASSAGE
PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS
1. ANXIETY REDUCTION
– THROUGH THE EFFECTS MENTIONED ABOVE RELAXATION IS
INDUCED AND SO REDUCES ANXIETY LEVELS
2. INVIGORATING
– IF MASSAGE (brisk) IS DONE WITH BRISK MOVEMENTS
CONTRAINDICATIONS
• GOUT
• BURNS
• BURSITIS
• CONTUSIONS
• OPEN WOUNDS
•
• MUSCLE RUPTURES
• TENDON RUPTURES
• INFECTIONS OF THE SKIN AND SOFT TISSUES
