It's 'Snow' fun!

Well what a week, this snowy weather has played havoc with some of my clients being able to make their appointments and I haven't left the the house since Sunday - I'm going a bit stir crazy to be honest.  So I have decided to put my spare time to good use and write about the benefits of massage, particularly for those who are active in sport.

Sports massage can help promote a healthy lifestyle as well as helping to enhancing the performance of an active sportsperson. Here are some of the ways sports massage can help benefit you:

• Relief of stress, tension & pain
• Enhancing posture
• Re-energising exhausted bodies
• Improvement of blood circulation and lymphatic flow
• Increased muscle tone and length
• Improving range of movement
• Help to prepare the body for competition, both physically and mentally
• Improved recovery rate after an event by helping the body to remove metabolic waste such as lactic acid
• Helps assit the body in injury rehabilitation
• Remodelling of scar tissue to help reduce pain and to avoid the risk of further injury

So if you are going to make any New Year resolutions for 2011 make one of them to book up for a sports massage treatment, it's one resolution you will enjoy sticking to!

Have a great Christmas and wishing you all a happy and healthy New Year.

Jo