Sheffield Therapy Centre - Massage Therapy
Remedial / Sports Massage & Sports Therapy
Sports Massage is the only one of our services which is not regulated in some way. However, our Head Sports Masseur / Sports Therapists, James Marvin is registered with the Federation of Holistic Therapists Association www.fht.org.uk to demonstrate our commitment to professionalism and integrity.
Sports therapy involves understanding the principles of fitness and athletic training, injury rehabilitation and related therapeutic applications. Practically it involves appropriate physical assessment, fitness testing, massage therapy, electrical and thermal therapy, taping and strapping, fitness training, remedial exercise and all related advice.
Price £35 for a one hour appointment.
Our Sports Massage Therapist will provide a deep tissue massage that will be tailored to your needs and help prepare and recover from
training and/or competitions. In addition to our clinic patients we also provide Sports Massage for Events in and around Sheffield and England.
We help people from both sporting and non-sporting backgrounds. The methods used can have a rehabilitative and preventative benefit using techniques of massage and exercise recommendation following a comprehensive assessment and professional consultation. Please check out our testimonials to see some of James’ impressive sports therapy and massage successes.
What are the main objectives of sports therapy?
The various objectives of sports therapy may include:
- improving sports performance;
- improving strength, power, flexibility, co-ordination and endurance;
- improving recovery from training and competition;
- identification of individual strengths and weaknesses;
- improving posture, body contours, body awareness and well-being;
- helping prevent injury;
- treatment and rehabilitation of injury;
- improving functional fitness.
