TREATMENTS
SPORTS THERAPY
What Is Sports Therapy?
Sports therapy is a hands‑on treatment approach that uses techniques such as sports massage, soft tissue release, and myofascial release to prevent, manage, and rehabilitate injuries, while also supporting overall wellbeing through stress relief and recovery.
It benefits anyone looking to recover from soft tissue injuries, manage stress, or improve recovery after physical activity. By combining evidence‑based techniques with tailored care, it supports both immediate healing and long‑term performance.
What Sports Therapy Involves
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Soft tissue injuries: Sports therapy primarily addresses muscles, tendons, ligaments, and fascia. Techniques such as massage, myofascial release, and joint mobilisation help reduce pain, restore mobility, and promote healing.
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Stress relief: Beyond injury care, sports therapy can reduce muscular tension, improve circulation, and support relaxation. This makes it valuable not only for athletes but also for anyone experiencing physical or mental stress.
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Assistance with recovery: Sports therapy accelerates recovery after training or competition by improving blood flow, reducing inflammation, and easing soreness. It helps athletes return to activity faster and lowers the risk of re‑injury
Benefits Of Sports Therapy
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Pain reduction: Relieves discomfort from overuse, strain, or injury.
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Improved mobility: Restores flexibility and range of motion in affected areas.
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Enhanced performance: Supports efficient movement patterns and muscular balance.
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Stress management: Provides both physical and psychological relief, helping athletes and everyday clients feel more at ease.
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Preventative care: Teaches techniques and exercises to reduce the likelihood of recurring injuries.
What To Expect At Your Sports Therapy Consultation
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Comprehensive assessment – Every client begins with a full assessment, giving us a clear understanding of the nature of your pain and its underlying cause.
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Findings‑based treatment – We design your treatment plan based on the results of your assessment, ensuring it is tailored to your needs.
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Direct sports massage option – If an assessment is not required and all that is needed is a sports massage, this can be facilitated without the full evaluation process.
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Tailored techniques – Your therapy may include sports massage, soft tissue release, joint mobilisation, myofascial release, one‑to‑one exercise rehabilitation, or other supportive modalities such as kinesiology taping.
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Recovery and wellbeing – Our aim is to support your recovery, restore function, and enhance overall wellbeing in both sport and everyday life.
Treatments
Sports Massage
Sports massage involves a range of manual techniques designed to relieve tension, aid recovery, and improve performance. The most commonly used methods include effleurage, petrissage, tapotement, deep tissue work, trigger point therapy, and myofascial release.
Muscle Energy Technique
A manual therapy approach where a patient actively contracts a muscle against a precisely controlled counterforce from a therapist to relax tight muscles and improve joint mobility.
Kinesiology Taping
As an adjunct to physiotherapy and sports massage, kinesio taping can help support muscles, tendons and joints by correcting muscle imbalances and joint malalignments. It can improve blood and lymphatic circulation and reduce inflammation and excess chemical buildup in the tissue.
Soft Tissue Release
Soft tissue release is a hands on technique designed to ease muscular tension, reduce pain, and restore mobility. By combining targeted pressure with specific stretching, it helps to reduce tension, improve flexibility, and support recovery from injury or everyday strain.
Stretching Techniques
Includes passive stretching, PNF (proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation), and assisted stretches to improve flexibility.
PNF is a stretching technique that combines both active muscle contractions and assisted stretches to improve flexibility, mobility, and strength. By alternating between contracting and relaxing targeted muscles, PNF helps lengthen tight tissues, restore range of motion, and enhance neuromuscular control.
IASTM
Instrumented assisted soft tissue mobilisation are medical grade stainless steel tools which are used to assist in soft tissue mobilisation.
They are particularly beneficial in tendinous injuries to aid in recovery.
Myofascial Release
A manual therapy technique that uses gentle, sustained pressure to relieve pain and restore motion by stretching and releasing the fascia, the connective tissue surrounding muscles. It alleviates restrictions, improves flexibility, and promotes overall tissue health.
Joint Mobilisation and Manipulation
Occasionally our joints can become stiff or even maligned due to injury, poor posture or even muscle imbalances. This can lead to pain and discomfort and sometimes the best treatment is to take a hands on approach to mobilise and manipulate the mechanical joint problem.
Acupuncture
Acupuncture has been developed from Traditional Chinese Medicine and it is a form of therapy in which fine needles are inserted into specific points on the body. These specific points are found on channels called ‘Meridians’. The needles stimulate the body to produce pain relieving chemicals, promotes healing and gives a general feeling of well-being.