In House Sports Massage Therapist
At Evolutionary Fitness, we are big believers in soft tissue work. Why?… Because it keeps nagging pains away, eliminates present ones and allows you to train hard. Whilst frequent use of the foam rollers, tennis/cricket/hockey balls….and the new addition ‘The Stick’, are of great benefit, there’s nothing quite like receiving a sports massage from an expert.
As such, we are delighted to announce that we now have our very own Sports Massage Therapist, Laura Donaldson.
Laura is looking forward to starting with us and had the following to say:
Hi guys
For those of you I haven’t met my name’s Laura and I am a sports massage therapist. I have provided regular sports massage for both Laura and Dave.
I am here to offer each of you a free 30 minute consultation and demonstration to talk about sports massage and how it can be of benefit to you.
While the physical and psychological benefits of participating in regular exercise at the gym are vast, any form of repetitive exercise can lead to a build up of tension in the muscles, ligaments and tendons. As well as causing pain, this excessive tension can also have a negative effect on the movement of joints resulting in decreased mobility and performance. Sports massage works by manually mobilizing these soft tissue structures to increase blood flow, enhance the delivery of oxygen and nutrients to muscles, break down adhesions (bands of painful, rigid tissue) and release tension.
Sports massage has a number of benefits including:
- General reduction of stress and tension and muscle soreness; helping you achieve your optimum performance
- Improved muscle flexibility and associated range of movement to assist you to achieving an effective lift position
- Increase the quality and quantity of training by reducing recovery time after exercise
- Prevention of injury – through regular monitoring of the condition of muscles and other soft tissues
- Enhancing posture
If you have a particular issue you want to discuss or are interested to find out how sports massage can be of benefit to you, please sign up for a free consultation. There will be sign up sheets in the gym.
For further information about sports massage please see my website.
I look forward to meeting you all soon.
Laura Donaldson
