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Sports massage

For increase in physical endurance of athletes, removal of fatigue, a raising of the general tone, elimination of effects of injuries the special technique of massage – sports massage is used.Цель предварительного спортивного массажа - разогрев мышц

Sports massage consider an important component of trainings of athletes and preparation them to competitions.

Distinguishes sports massage from other types of massage the fact that it assumes such impact on muscles, joints and integuments of the person which is capable to recover their functionality in short terms.

Performing such massage stimulates work grease and sweat glands, a metabolism, dermal respiration, improves blood circulation and food of skin.

Thanks to the fact that during sports massage supply of fabrics with oxygen and useful substances improves operability of muscles increases.

Development of joints in the course of massage promotes improvement of their mobility, their recovery after injuries.

It is noticed that at regular performance of sports massage cardiac performance improves, walls of vessels come to a tone.

In more detail about types of sports massage

Depending on technology of impact on fabrics, joints and muscles, sports massage can be preliminary, training, recovery.

Preliminary sports massage is carried out before competitions or a training, in 10-20 minutes prior to warm-up. Basic purpose of massage – a warming up of muscles. Preliminary sports massage of 5-20 minutes lasts.

When performing massage such methods are used: "squeezing", "potryakhivaniye", "grinding" and "puddling". At the same time "potryakhivaniye" do after each reception to relax more muscles and to help a blood-groove better to be distributed on a body.

For increase in efficiency of massage it is necessary to start performance of physical exercises in 3-5 minutes after the procedure.Спортивный массаж - особая методика устранения последствий травм

Training massage is intended for maintenance of a tone of muscles, impact on those muscular groups on which the main loading, for increase in endurance and efficiency of the athlete, reduction of time for acquisition of necessary sportswear lays down. Training sports massage on average lasts one hour.

Special attention should be paid to time of performing training massage – it can be done not earlier than in 1-1,5 hours after intensive loading. For one or two days prior to the competitions are spent the last session of massage.

The good effect gives weekly performing training sports massage in a bath – is noticed that under the influence of steam the blood stream improves, muscular stress is removed, skin becomes more pliable that many times increases effectiveness of massage.

Technology of training massage is selected individually, but more than a half of time is allowed to razminaniye. This type of sports massage is considered the most effective among the others.

Sports recovery massage is carried out after the trainings or during the recovery period after the postponed injuries: fractures, stretchings, dislocations, bruises, injuries of muscles, sinews, etc.

Thanks to recovery massage the athlete can start with little effort the following stage of a training or return to an operating mode after a long break.

Duration of recovery massage is established by the massage therapist depending on intensity of trainings, an emotional condition of the person, his specific physiological features. On average the session lasts 8-12 minutes. Carry out sports recovery massage only in 10-20 minutes after the training – pulse and breath of the athlete have to return to normal.

If there is a task to help the athlete to recover from traumatized, massage can carry out using the antiinflammatory, anesthetizing local drugs.

 
 
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