SportStretch® Assisted Stretching + Sports Massage for Athletes
When your body needs warm up before activity or recovery and relaxation afterward, the combined practices of practitioner-assisted stretching and sports massage therapy can help. Improve your overall flexibility and performance with regular sessions through Rawson Recovery, the most experienced provider of SportStretch® techniques in Lincoln, NE.
Massage for Athletic Recovery
It’s common for athletes to experience tight muscles, stiffness, and overworked muscle groups. Whether you are a professional or amateur athlete, you can benefit from a focused massage to help you build strength, stamina, and endurance in your sport. This will keep you in top form or bring you back to top form quicker and allow your body to operate more efficiently.
Sports massage can help:
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Relieve muscle tightness
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Target recurring problem areas
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Reduce Chances of Injury
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Alleviate hip pain
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Relieve stress
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Reduce Anxiety
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Lower blood pressure
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Reduce chronic pain
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Increase range of motion
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Relieve Stiffness
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Reduce muscle fatigue
Benefits of Sport Massage
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Increased Body Awareness: Regular massage can help athletes become more attuned to their bodies, creating a better mind-muscle connection, leading to better activation of some muscle groups and early detection of potential health issues.
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Injury Rehabilitation: Many athletes use massage therapy as part of their injury rehabilitation process. Massage helps: speed up recovery by helping to remove waste and allowing fresh blood and nutrients into the areas; reducing scar tissue build up by mobilizing the tissues in the area of injury and preventing different layers of tissues from being adhesed to each other; and regaining mobility.
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Mental Health Benefits: Psychology in sports is a major factor. On top of pressure from their every-day life, athletes are under significant pressure to perform well constantly. Massage therapy can reduce symptoms of stress, anxiety, and depression, promoting better sleep and feelings of comfort and well-being.
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Soft tissue function and elasticity: Regular massage therapy can help prevent injuries in athletes by helping to relieve muscle tension and helping to increase soft tissue function and elasticity.
Your goal as an athlete is to perform your very best. I’m here to make you perform even better. It’s time to level up with Rawson Recovery, the top sports massage therapist in Lincoln, NE.
By combining massage therapy sessions with SportStretch® assisted stretch therapy, you can help your body heal, recover, and work more efficiently in your next workout or reduce inflammation or stiffness after your upcoming race. Find the confidence to push yourself harder and go further, knowing that your body can handle the recovery.
Combining Massage and Stretching
Benefits of Assisted Stretching
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Post workout/competition stretch: After activity is a great time to stretch. The muscles are warmed up from activity and have created metabolic waste (such as lactic acid). Post-activity stretch helps reduce muscle tension and maintain full range of motion, reduce soreness and promote tissue healing by moving waste. Assisted stretch works with your nervous system to help you get a deeper stretch.
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Reduction of nerve pain: Nerves can become entrapped between tissues like tight muscles or restricted fascia. Stretching can help the nerves glide more freely by relieving pressure and lubricating the area.
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Joint health/stiffness: Our bodies are made to experience vast amounts of postures. As time goes on, we utilize less and less of our full range of motion, creating stiffness and restrictions in some movements and joints. Stretching can help lubricate joints and reduce joint pain and stiffness.
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Relief from muscle imbalances: Stretching can help address muscle imbalances by targeting tight muscles.. This can promote better alignment and function.
Benefits of Combining Massage with Assisted Stretching
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Improved sleep quality and mental clarity: Sleep is a major part of recovery. Massage and stretching can help promote better sleep quality which is crucial for tissue recovery, improved mental clarity and enhanced focus and concentration.
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Improved posture: By targeting specific muscle groups, such as those in the neck and shoulders, massage and stretching can help improve your posture by releasing tight muscles that contribute to imbalances and poor alignment.
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Change muscle memory: When we talk about “muscle memory” we are usually referring to teaching our muscles the correct movement pattern. However, your muscles could be “muscle-guarding” meaning they have memory surrounding improper movements and are restricted. This usually either comes from trauma to the site or a history of improper movements, sometimes from compensation. Massage and stretching can help reduce muscle-guarding and teach your nervous system to let go of the restrictions and tension and allow better and smoother movement.
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Muscle activation, balance and coordination: Stretching in combination with massage can help activate muscles, allowing for better balance and coordination and enhancing movements.
Location
345 Speedway Circle, Ste. 3
Lincoln, NE 68502
HOURS
By Appointment Only
Monday - Friday
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Closed Saturday and Sunday
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info@rawsonrecovery.com
Tel. 402-937-8985
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SportStretch®
While important, static stretching and standard cool-downs can only get you so far! Amanda with Rawson Recovery is certified in SportStretch®, a full-body stretching routine that can be done as an individual treatment or incorporated at the end of a massage session. The assisted stretching can be completed prior to an activity to help improve movement or applied as a recovery method to relax the body post-workout.
The SportStretch® routine is different for each client and communication throughout the session is key. A session can include various massage techniques, compression, Active Isolated Stretching (AIS), Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF stretching), Post Isometric Relaxation (PIR), traction, myofascial and myoskeletal techniques - combined, these treatments can help any athlete of any size and any level of fitness.
Regular SportStretch® stretch therapy sessions can help:
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Release tension in sciatica, hips, hamstrings, and lower back
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Improve mobility in athletes and runners
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Increase flexibility in weight lifters
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Recover faster
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Improve balance and stability
