Treatment

Each treatment is tailored to you. Following a thorough consultation and assessment, we treat the individual, not just the problem. It doesn't matter if you are an elite athlete, an active sports person, or exercise for fitness. And, if you don't class yourself as any of those, sports massage therapy can still help. Scroll down for more.

 
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Athlete or sports person?

  • Active Edge Sports Therapy can help you succeed! As an elite runner, Shane knows what it takes to manage a high volume, intense training schedule.

  • If you pick up an injury get straight to Shane for assessment. The action taken (or not taken) during the early stages can directly affect the time it takes to return to training.

  • Regular sports massage therapy is a great way to promote recovery, restore mobility and adapt to training. By keeping yourself well conditioned, you are more likely to reduce injury risk and fatigue.

  • Pre and post-event treatment can be a useful tool prepare for and recover from an important sporting event. You can also gain psychological edge. Afterwards, appointments can help to ensure you are ready to resume normal training.

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Exercise regularly?

  • If you develop an injury, the action you take (or don’t take) in the early stages can directly impact the duration.

  • The body is a great adapter. However, it can adapt by compensating. The action you take (or don’t take) during the healing process can impact future function and load capacity.

  • After sports massage, you feel great! It is a great way to promote recovery, restore mobility and adapt.

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None of the above?

  • You can still benefit from regular sports massage.

  • As mentioned, your body can feel great afterwards

  • Appointments can help to resolve postural issues, reduce stress, and improve your everyday routine.

  • You may pick up an injury from work, or have an existing pain or problem that could benefit from sports massage techniques

Some benefits of sports massage therapy

The benefits of massage are mainly contextual. Treatments provide a stimulus for YOUR body to respond and react. These are ways in which this may happen:

  • Reduce muscle soreness

  • Promote a reduction in stiffness, increased movement, and flexibility

  • Reduce pain

  • Reduce stress

We aim to find the best way to break your cycle of chronic pain, discomfort and dysfunction, and restore healthy tissue to improve your lifestyle. Success can be achieved in many ways: a good result from a sporting event; a weight loss milestone achieved; or even gaining the confidence in your body to start sport and exercise; overcoming chronic pain affecting your everyday life.

Soft Tissue Techniques

Through a range of techniques, sports massage therapy is a very effective manual therapy to help treat the dysfunction in soft tissue.

  • Client education

  • Loading exercises

  • Deep tissue massage

  • Soft tissue release

  • Trigger point therapy

  • Soft tissue mobilisation

  • Active isolated stretching

  • Deep transverse frictions

  • Muscle energy techniques