Just How Helpful Is Sports Massage for Athletes?

It’s not a miracle cure, but it can help you recover faster, research suggests.

The reviewers looked only at studies that met their criteria for sports massage, which they defined as “manual manipulation of muscles and soft tissue by a qualified professional, with the purpose of improving performance in or recovery from sport.” . In all, they pooled the results of 29 studies, comprising more than 1,000 subjects.On the face of it, the findings don’t strongly support sports massage.

The researchers’ conclusions might seem to undercut much of the rationale for sports massage. But Julia Kirtland, owner of“Massage helps athletes maintain overall muscle health by identifying areas of tension and addressing them before anoccurs,” she said. “Massage increases tissue flexibility and muscle relaxation, improves range of motion, relieves trigger points, as well as reduces adhesions.

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