Sports Massage - Wow, I'm having some more of that!

[Tiggsy]

After a season of basketball my 38 year old legs are a bit knackered and tight/sore...so before starting my summer of strength and plyo work I thought I'd get them massaged to see if there was any tightness that could be reduced and leave them a bit fresher.....wow, half hour yesterday and they feel great!

Going to go weekly for weeks then monthly long term....as well as feeling better I have probably added about 3" to my vertical leap by not having hamstrings pulling against quads when I jump.

Anyone else do this regularly and noticed benefits?

T

PS. Holy st, it hurt at first!

[marcosgt]

Nothing like a massage to add 3 inches to your 'leap'.

More seriously, we used to have a woman give us head, neck and upper back massages once a month at a previous.

When she'd finished I usually felt a bit dizzy, but an hour later I felt brilliant!

M

[daz3210]

marcosgt said:

More seriously, we used to have a woman give us head, M

Really!

At which gym was this?

[Tiggsy]

daz3210 said:

marcosgt said:

More seriously, we used to have a woman give us head, M

Really!

At which gym was this?

She sounds good if it took an hour to get over feeling dizzy!

[LordGrover]

I used to have a great masseuse, but she got a proper job as physio for a professional football team. The best elbows and thumbs in the business.
Those I've tried since are a bit airy-fairy and while it's relaxing, it doesn't have the same benefit as a good, hard pounding.

[essexplumber]

LordGrover said:

The best elbows and thumbs in the business.

[Pickled Piper]

Yep have benefitted from Sports massage around lower legs and quads. The lady I used had fingers of steel and really used to dig into the muscles and get everything loose. Tried one or two others but they were a bit namby pamby.

this thread has reminded me to book in again.

pp

[Slagathore]

Had one earlier this week. Really does make a difference to the legs.

When I was running regularly I'd have one every couple of weeks.

Just a Shame it's quite expensive, otherwise I'd be having them weekly.

If it doesn't hurt much, you can always ask them to go in deeper. The lady that does mine now doesn't really go too deep, but she also focuses on stretching the muscles whilst massaging them as well.