Sports Performance Massage

Sports Performance Massage is a book that combines experience and scientific evidence to inform sports massage practice, particularly when working with athletic populations. It empowers therapists to work with injured or competitive athletes, providing advanced massage skills such as soft tissue release and trigger point therapy. It also has a strong academic focus, allowing graduate therapists to stay up to date with the latest research in their respective field.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 182 pages
Publication date: 30 September 2021
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Sports Performance Massage is a comprehensive guide that educates students and practicing therapists on how to integrate their experience and scientific knowledge to enhance their sports massage practice, particularly when working with athletic populations. Strength and conditioning coaches, managers, and athletes often seek guidance on the optimal use of sports massage to recover from injuries and fatigue more quickly, improve performance, and optimize their training and competition. By improving their scientific understanding, Sports Performance Massage empowers therapists to provide effective and tailored treatments to athletes, helping them achieve their goals and recover from injuries more efficiently.

This exciting new volume covers all the essential aspects required to become a highly skilled, confident, and employable sports massage therapist. Working with high-level athletes requires a specialized skill set that goes beyond the general public. Advanced massage techniques such as soft tissue release and trigger point therapy are crucial when addressing muscular adhesions and injured areas. Pregnant athletes, individuals with disabilities, contraindications, and athletes with unique requirements have also been taken into account. Sports Performance Massage serves as a valuable learning and research tool for students enrolled in vocational sports massage courses as well as those studying other courses where massage is an integral part of the undergraduate and postgraduate curriculum, such as sports therapy, sports rehabilitation, osteopathy, and physiotherapy.

Unlike other sports massage books, Sports Performance Massage maintains a strong academic focus, ensuring that graduate therapists stay up-to-date with the latest research in their respective fields. This comprehensive guide provides a thorough understanding of the principles, techniques, and applications of sports massage, equipping therapists with the knowledge and skills to deliver exceptional care to athletes and help them achieve their full potential.

Weight: 382g
Dimension: 177 x 251 x 16 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367612399