Sports Performance Massage
eBook - ePub

Sports Performance Massage

  1. 200 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Sports Performance Massage

About this book

Sports Performance Massage instructs the student and practising therapist to use a combination of experience and scientific evidence to inform their sports massage practice, particularly when working with athletic populations. Strength and conditioning coaches, managers and athletes frequently ask questions about the best use of sports massage in order to recover quicker from injury and fatigue and improve performance. Sports Performance Massage empowers the therapist and gives them greater confidence by improving their scientific understanding when working with injured or competitive athletes.

The exciting new volume covers all the aspects required to make a highly skilled, confident and employable sports massage therapist. Working with high-level athletes requires an additional skill level compared to working with the general public. Furthermore, advanced massage skills taught in this book, such as soft tissue release and trigger point therapy, are essential when working on muscular adhesions and injured areas. Pregnant athletes, those with disabilities, contraindications and athletes with special requirements have also been considered.

Sports Performance Massage is a learning and research aid for those studying vocational sports massage courses as well as those studying other courses where massage forms part of the undergraduate and postgraduate degree, such as sports therapy, sports rehabilitation, osteopathy and physiotherapy. Unlike other sports massage books, Sports performance Massage has a strong academic focus, allowing the graduate therapist to stay up to date with the latest research in their respective field.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. List of Figures
  7. List of Tables
  8. Preface
  9. Acknowledgements
  10. List of Abbreviations and Glossary
  11. 1 Introduction to Sports Performance Massage
  12. 2 Anatomy and Physiology
  13. 3 Client Information, Assessment, Treatment Planning
  14. 4 Contraindications and Cautions
  15. 5 Massage Techniques
  16. 6 The Effects of Massage on Sports Performance
  17. 7 Stretching
  18. 8 Common Injuries and Treatment Options
  19. 9 Back Pain and Spinal Curvatures
  20. 10 Knowing the Sport
  21. 11 Associated Treatment Modalities
  22. Conclusion
  23. Index