Home » Blog » Sports Massage Therapy: How It Can Help Athletes with Injury Prevention and Recovery

Sports Massage Therapy: How It Can Help Athletes with Injury Prevention and Recovery

Dr. Shahen Simian
/
Categories: 

Sports massage therapy in Burbank can do your game a world of good, whether you're a professional or just someone who enjoys keeping fit. This form of therapy promotes recovery for hard-working muscles, helps you avoid future injuries, and can even boost your athletic performance.

Benefits of Sports Massage for Athletes

Therapeutic sports massage doesn't just feel soothing after a tough competition or training session. Athletes rely on this form of therapy so they can enjoy the following critical benefits.

Physiotherapist doing some sports massage to an athlete patient.

Improved Performance

When your muscles are screaming in pain, you simply can't perform at peak capacity. Sports massage can help pull pain-producing toxins such as lactic acid out of muscle fibers, increasing your comfort so you can do your best. At the same time, this form of sports medicine boosts your circulation, giving your tissues access to more oxygen and nutrients, while loosening tight muscles for optimal flexibility.

Injury Prevention

The same tight tissues that inhibit your athletic performance are also vulnerable to tears and ruptures. Sports massage that loosens those tissues enables them to endure more punishment with less risk of an acute injury. Your therapist can also make a point of targeting specific muscle groups that you use all the time in your sport, reducing your risk of repetitive motion injuries.

Athlete undergoing sports massage before the marathon.

Improved Recovery Time

If you can't afford to sit on the bench recuperating indefinitely, rely on sports massage to reduce your recovery time. This form of massage can reduce inflammation, promote rapid healing, and keep your tissues from shortening and tightening during your recuperation.

The Role of Sports Massage in Injury Treatment

Massage therapy for sports injuries can play a crucial role in your treatment regimen. Take a look at some of the reasons you'll want to make sports injury massage therapy in Burbank part of your game plan.

Complementary Treatment to Medical Care

chiropractor is doing some kinesio taping for the shoulder of an injured athlete.

Massage therapy for sports injuries in Burbank can pair nicely with other forms of sports medicine, with each discipline enhancing the benefits of the others. Our chiropractor may prescribe it alongside kinesio taping, chiropractic care, physical therapy, and air compression therapy. It's especially helpful for strains, sprained ligaments, and pulled muscles.

Rehabilitation and Recovery

Sports rehabilitation massage therapy gives your body an extra head start on the recovery process. Deep massage techniques can break up internal scar tissue that might otherwise inhibit recovery. Spots massage can also help re-educate muscles so they can regain normal movement patterns as they heal.

Other Benefits of Sports Massage for Athletes

The benefits of sports massage for athletes don't end there. Take a look at what else this form of treatment offers.

Physiotherapist doing some sports massage to an athlete patient.

Improved Mental Health and Relaxation

Top athletic performance requires a calm, focused, relaxed mind. Sports massage has a soothing effect on the nervous system, improves sleep quality, and helps you banish stress.

Customized Treatment Plans

As unique individuals, athletes face specific physical challenges at particular levels of training or competition. Your sports massage program will be custom-tailored to help you overcome specific obstacles, from working on your problematic muscle groups to helping you adopt a more efficient sports technique.

Learn More at Allied Pain and Wellness

Whether you seek injury rehabilitation, faster recovery time, increased athletic performance, pain relief, or just an enhancement to your health and wellness routine, sports massage therapy in Burbank makes a winning choice. Contact Allied Pain and Wellness to learn more and schedule a course in massage therapy.

Dr. Shahen Simian
Dr. Shahen Simian is your local Burbank chiropractor. Over the years, Dr. Simian has placed great emphasis on his patients over wellness and also looks at the short term care some of his patients need. As a chiropractor, Dr. Simian has seen that ailments such as neck pain, back pain, and headaches need quick and effective treatments so you can continue your life pain free.
Meet the Chiropractor →
  • Office Hours

    Monday: 9:00am-7:00pm
    Tuesday: 9:00am-7:00pm
    Wednesday: 9:00am-7:00pm
    Thursday: Closed
    Friday: 9:00am-7:00pm
    Saturday: 9:00am-3:00pm
    Sunday: Closed

  • Location

    Allied Pain and Wellness
    1209 N Hollywood Way #200
    Burbank, CA 91505
    Phone: (818)-688-2275
  • fb white iconyoutube white iconinstagram white iconyelp white icon
    © Allied Pain and Wellness 2018 - 2021
    Developed by M.D.R. Marketing Done Right
    contact information

    Allied Pain and Wellness

    1209 N Hollywood Way #200
    Burbank, CA 91505

    Phone: (818)-688-2275

    office hours

    Monday: 9:00am-7:00pm
    Tuesday: 9:00am-7:00pm
    Wednesday: 9:00am-7:00pm
    Thursday: Closed
    Friday: 9:00am-7:00pm
    Saturday: 9:00am-3:00pm
    Sunday: Closed

    crossmenu