Soft Tissue Therapy treats many of the minor and chronic musculoskeletal pains, injuries and dysfunction caused by any number of life’s stresses and strains; the inevitable part of life which most people are likely to encounter in one form or another over the years. And although sport can be a common factor, it is far from being the main or only issue in the majority of cases.
The human body is an amazing self-repairing organism but it can’t always remedy the accidents, injuries and overuse stress we encounter. Becoming less adaptive with age, the cumulative effects of postural and occupational stress, together with the legacy of past injuries, eventually take their toll. Typical ailments such as neck and backache, shoulder, hip and knee pain might not justify more serious medical treatment, but they do affect our enjoyment of life and deserve to be treated.
Set within a framework of assessment and rehabilitation procedures, Soft Tissue Therapy combines a range of advanced soft tissue bodywork techniques and principles in a way that best meet the specific needs of the individual for both Sporting Performance and General Lifestyle enhancement. Embracing recovery and remedy it helps identify the underlying causes of injury and how a client’s body structure works in the context of their everyday movement demands. It offers remedial advice in physical wellbeing and injury prevention to help counteract continued and potential problems in the future.
The framework of Soft Tissue techniques includes the more familiar deep tissue sports and remedial massage, but on a much higher clinical level than just sports massage alone. These hands-on myofascial techniques have been developed to improve the body’s healing potential and effectively reduce many of the painful symptoms encountered within the musculoskeletal system. They treat through layers of soft tissue, with the depth and pressure appropriate to the individual’s needs. This will depend on the specific site of pain together with the wider underlying causes, referred pain and compensatory dysfunction; in many cases the site of pain is not necessarily the cause of the problem.
Treatment of a specific injury or long-term unresolved tension can be uncomfortable. So where the physical training or lifestyle load is known to be significant, it is preferable to plan regular treatments as an injury prevention measure or for the ongoing maintenance of comfortable physical and mental wellbeing.
Ian Pollard
Soft Tissue Therapy / Sports & Remedial Massage
BTEC Level 5 Professional Diploma in Clinical Sport & Remedial Massage Therapy LSSM / ISRM
The benefits of regular Soft Tissue Therapy/ Sports & Remedial Massage
The Sporting Benefits include:
- Treatment and recovery from minor and chronic soft tissue injuries encountered through training activity and competition
- Facilitates a quicker return to sporting activities, performance and enjoyment
- Reduces risk of injury, facilitating and maintaining a more enjoyable and rewarding sporting environment
- Improves soft tissue, muscle and biomechanical efficiency, enhancing posture, movement and technique for greater fitness and sporting economy
- Enables increase in quality and quantity of training; permits and prepares for smarter training
- Enhanced performance and recovery, contributes to reaching objectives, goals and potential
- Opportunity to identify and rectify potential sources of injury and dysfunction; helps avoid repeat injuries
- Extends the overall life of your sporting career
- General multi-sport advice and sport specific assistance
The Lifestyle Benefits include:
- Treatment and recovery from minor and chronic musculoskeletal soft tissue injuries and on-going problems
- Assists a quicker return to the daily routines of work, leisure and lifestyle activity
- Helps avoid further or repeat injuries and helps maintain a comfortable state of general wellbeing
- Eases repetitive over-use issues encountered by activities such as gardening, decorating, driving etc
- Enhances a fit and active lifestyle, prolonging fitness and enjoyment of fitness with age
- Contributes to good posture, aiding balance and coordination
- Post operation rehabilitation
Treating musculoskeletal soft tissue injuries through Soft Tissue Therapy / Sports & Remedial Massage:
- General advice for a healthier lifestyle and mind-body balance
- Advice on posture, strengthening and stability exercises, stretching techniques, mobility and flexibility for effective and enjoyable movement
