What is sports massage?

Sports massage involves advanced soft-tissue manipulation to improve performance. It can be used as a regular treatment to maintain healthy muscles. For those who have a heavy training schedule it can speed recovery from training and reduce the chances of injury. It is equally as effective in speeding recovery from soft tissue injury whether acute or chronic.

Sports massage is just as relevant to the many office workers who suffer back, shoulder and neck pain. It utilises powerful techniques such as muscle energy technique (MET), soft tissue release (STR), and Neuromuscular techniques (NMT) to break down adhesions, relieve tension and promote blood flow to remove metabolites.

Who is sports massage for?

Sports massage can help everybody, whether you spend long hours at a desk or behind the wheel, whether you are suffering from stress, or if you're training and competing for your local fun run, or the Olympic Games.

I ensure that each treatment is suited to the needs of the individual. By drawing upon a variety of massage techniques I will provide you with the massage that YOU want. My clients range from young athletes to pensioners in their 80s.

Benefits of massage

Sports and Remedial massage has been shown to effectively

Sport related

• Improve performance
• Recover quicker from training and competition
• Train harder
• Prepare for competition
• Prevent injuries
• Reduce injury
• Prevent / break down formation of scar tissue
• Speed recovery from injuries
• Increase body awareness

Health related

• Benefit the immune system
• Increase sense of well-being
• Increase relaxation
• Reduce and manage muscular pain/tension
• Increase removal of metabolic waste
• Reduce stress, anxiety and depression
• Relax muscles and decrease muscle spasms
• Increase muscle flexibility and joint mobility
• Increase respiratory function
• Increase lymphatic flow
• Increase blood flow
• Treat digestive disorders
• Treat circulatory disorders
• Treat postural dysfunction

Practitioner – Richard Voyce

Having previously completed a BSc (Hons) Sports Science degree, I gained a Level 4 Diploma in sport and remedial massage from the prestigious London School of Sports Massage under the tutelage of leading practitioner and author Mel Cash.

Since qualifying I have provided sports massage at the 2008 London Marathon and have recently been working for Queens Park Rangers football club providing sports massage during their pre-season training.

I am a full member of the Institute of Sport and Remedial Massage and governed by their code of ethics. I am fully insured.

What does an appointment involve?

At the first appointment, a medical history is taken and a treatment plan will be discussed and agreed with you. A postural assessment will be carried out and depending on your requirements I may carry out passive, active, and resisted muscle tests to identify where muscle tightness, weakness or imbalances exist.

After the treatment, I may suggest exercises and stretches to aid the rehabilitation of injuries.

Contact

Please contact me for more details and to book appointments.

Telephone: 07849 367479
Email: richard.voyce@gmail.com

Web: www.sportsmassageswindon.co.uk

Full fees charged unless 24hrs notice of cancellation is given.