SPORT MASSAGE & NEUROMUSCULAR THERAPY (NMT)

There are many ways in which massage can help your physical state - it can restore good posture, correct muscle imbalances and improve both joint range of movement and tissue flexibility. Sport massage is a deep treatment for soft tissue (muscles, ligaments, tendons etc.) and helps to simply lengthen tight muscles by reducing areas of tension.

Neuromuscular therapy is similar, in that it treats soft tissue too, but the focus is on balancing your central nervous and musculoskeletal systems. When a muscle contracts, it does so because it's given a signal by the central nervous system. If any particular muscle in your body overworks, it can become tighter and tighter. A muscle like this (i.e. contracting regularly) begins to need less of a signal in order to work. This means you'll tend to use this tighter muscle to perform certain activities at the exclusion of other (weaker) muscles. By manually releasing these tight muscles, we can help to re-set your nervous system and balance out the signal sent to various muscles giving the weaker muscles a chance to work. Once again, this results in a more efficient body.

How you benefit:

• enhance your muscle suppleness
• reduce injury impact
• improve recovery time
• enjoy freedom from pent-up physical stress
• become more physically balanced