Take your time - Sportivo

Massage as a wellness practice

Our fast-paced and competitive lifestyle doesn't allow us much time For self-care: daily stresses due to the work and family environment they stiffen us in incorrect postures and we load into unbalanced way the our body. We are so used to these compensatory strategies that we are no longer there we do almost more case, at least until until some part of the body points it out to us

During the treatment, only 100% natural products will be used, such as: oil of almonds, coconut oil and essential oils. They must be declared before treatment any allergies, especially if related to: coconut and almonds.

To know: the Relaxing - Decontracting massage acts deeply on the neurovegetative system And on the psychic component as well as on the muscular system, there could be possible effects transient that may occur after the treatment, or relating to a possible soreness as if you had made a great physical effort or nervous reactions such as overexcitement, insomnia or excessive tiredness even nausea. It is recommended to drink a lot waterfall after the treatment and to enhance the effects of the massage with a few hours of rest next at the session.

What a charley horse is? a charley horse is not an injury, but a involuntary, insistent and painful contraction of one or more muscles. A muscle, in a normal state, contracts and stretches, but in some cases it does not relax and remains contracted, i.e. shortened. A charley horse is an involuntary muscle contraction, which gives rise to a swelling, also known as a knot. The area remains hard and swollen. This contraction reduces movement and can be very painful. Also, it can affect the adjacent muscles, creating more charley horses. It can be caused by intense physical activity, by an incorrect one posture/nutrition or states of anxiety.

What Sportive Massage is? a neglected charley horse increases the risk of injuries muscles such as elongations and tears. A contracted muscle cannot fully express itself its strength. Here are two good reasons because any athlete should take it seriously consider incorporating this practice as good habits. Sports massage it is a manual treatment which has the function of reactivating the connective tissues and relaxing them the hypertonic muscles through the heating of the worked part and the use of specific manual techniques of acupressure, rubbing, percussion and stretching passive. To this we must also add that sports massage is indicated for both speed up recovery times from fatigue and post-injury recovery times.

Applications of Sports Massage:

Pre competition before the competition: it is applied before the competition and can be practiced during the warm-up phase or twenty-four or forty-eight hours before the activity. It has the purpose of preparing the athlete for muscular action and must be superficial and stimulating. It is short-lived and shallow.
Infra-match during breaks: applies during one's breaks competition. Similarly to Pre-race massage is short and shallow, combined with stretching passive (light in both tension and duration) restores the condition physiological of muscles helping to eliminate waste – highly toxic to the body - products from the body after intense physical effort.
Post race decongestant: apply immediately after competition. It aims to eliminate the state of fatigue from the muscles and accelerate recovery times. Lasting of about fifteen or twenty minutes, the manual skills are light and shallow. Can be matched to passive stretching.

Last tips: when we decide to treat ourselves to a massage we decided to take some time for ourselves. Time dedicated to regenerate us, leave out all that are deadlines, problems, decisions. For this reason the first advise, especially for i relaxing treatments, but not only: take your time! Especially in the post treatment the our body needs tranquility, this means that muscle and psychic relaxation can be of greatest effect. Another useful tip: avoid booking a treatment immediately after meals, vi advise Of interpose at least a couple of hours between the last meal and the massage. It's not a hard and fast rule of course, but And however one Good the rule for both relaxing and sporting treatments.

A neglected charley horse increases the risk of injuries muscles such as elongations and tears. A contracted muscle cannot fully express itself its strength. Here are two good reasons because any athlete should take it seriously consider incorporating this practice as good habits. Sports massage it is a manual treatment which has the function of reactivating the connective tissues and relaxing them the hypertonic muscles through the heating of the worked part and the use of specific manual techniques of acupressure, rubbing, percussion and stretching passive. To this we must also add that sports massage is indicated for both speed up recovery times from fatigue and post-injury recovery times.

A charley horse as well as being a state in itself of muscular suffering that worsens the quality of our life, depending of locations can also be the cause of severe migraines and if neglected, increase the risk of injuries such as overshoots and muscle tears. We get to injuries because our body has an innate ability to endure pain, so we tend to carry contractures with us too for very long periods, learning to live with them, adopting compensation strategies, or getting used to increasingly limited motions instead of trying to remove them, or maybe pharmacological therapies are used that remove the pain but not the cause.

In order to work out a charley horse we will work on the muscle in three phases: warming up, deep pressure and venous emptying.

Before starting muscle manipulation the area will be oiled with coconut oil coconut oil (or almonds) with the addition of essential oils that will help relax and hyperemize the area, warming it therefore occurs through fast frictions to prepare the muscle for the second phase.
Once warmed up the muscle is ready to be stretched and unlocked working deep, both in the direction of its fiber and transversely.
the last phase is venous emptying which helps remove from the area the excess of toxins created over time in the muscle, conveying them towards the stations lymph nodes.

The treatment in addition to promoting joint mobility, the treatment also works on microcirculation and stimulates the lymphatic system stimulating and strengthening the immune system.

The sportive massage works deeply on the autonomic nervous system and on the psychic component as well as on the muscular system, there may be any transient effects which could occur after treatment, or relating to possible soreness as if a great physical effort or reactions nervous conditions such as overexcitement, insomnia or excessive tiredness, even nausea. It is recommended Of drink plenty of water after treatment and to enhance the effects of the massage with a few hours of rest afterwards at the sitting.

When we decide to give ourselves a massage we have decided to take some time for ourselves. Time dedicated to regenerating ourselves, leaving out everything such as deadlines, problems, decisions. For this reason the first advice, especially for relaxing treatments, but not only, is: take your time necessary! Especially in the post treatment our body needs tranquility, this causes relaxation muscular and psychological can be more effective. Another useful tip: avoid booking a treatment immediately after meals, I advise you to leave at least a couple of hours between the last meal and the massage. It is not a strict rule obviously, but it is still a good rule for both relaxing and sports treatments.

We are so used to these compensatory strategies that we don't do them anymore, at least until some part of the body makes us notice it.

During the treatment, only 100% natural products will be used, such as: oil of almonds, coconut oil and essential oils.