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   Sports Massages are great and effective ways to reduce potential muscle injuries and improve performances, especially for athletes. Sports Massages are a form of physical therapy that range over their focus and benefits depending on different techniques and for different benefits, from preventing injuries and preparing muscle for optimal physical exertion, to relaxing muscles and increasing circulation. Varying types are used widely amongst athletes and depending on your requirements knowing a bit more about these types of sport massages could enhance your athletic performance. Pre-event Sports Massages Pre-event Sports Massages are used most frequently before high intensity events to reduce the risk of injury. It warms up muscles in order to prepare them for physical activity by stretching them and increasing the blood flow. It also helps reduce muscle tension and is psychologically beneficial by producing a feeling of readiness prior to the sports event. ...

Professional Athletes are hugely passionate about their sport, performance, team and success are often superseded by their bodies ability to keep up with them. Training intensely every day and taking on tough opposition in rigorous games has taken its toll on many Athletes muscles, but they’re recovering and returning to the field stronger; here are two of our favourites.   One of the ultimate professional Athletes labelled as one of the best NBA players and awarded the NBA Most Valuable Player in 2014-15 is Stephen Curry . Curry has carved his name into Sports history and is still an on-going marvel. However , his passion and resilience in training and games has left him suffering with numerous ankle and MCL sprains and muscle contusions. Curry is referenced as using PRP (Platelet-rich Plasma) treatment in order to recover and repair his ligament and tendon damages. This is a popular method of treatment for professional athletes in need of a quick result, but it’s expens...