Becoming a sports massage therapist can be a rewarding, challenging and satisfying career. This guide will determine if becoming a sports massage therapist is right for you and how to become one if it is a good career fit. more »
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Becoming a sports massage therapist can be a rewarding, challenging and satisfying career. This guide will determine if becoming a sports massage therapist is right for you and how to become one if it is a good career fit. more »
Most people use massage for relaxation, pain relief, and to release tension. Fewer people know of the benefits a sports massage has for athletes to improve their performances. If used as a part of an athlete's training regimen a sports massage can help muscles recover faster and relaxes the athlete for optimal results. Here is how... more »
Sports massage can be incorporated into any type of training or rehab program. Whether you are a professional athlete, a serious exerciser or a casual trainer, sports massage can improve your results, increase your abilities and help you recover from sports-related injuries. In this article, we will discuss how to use sports massage... more »
The cross friction massage technique is used to do sports massage for ankle sprains. It helps to speed up the healing process and prevent scar tissue from developing. A sprained ankle is one of the most common types of ankle injury, particularly in sports. It results when the ankle ligaments stretch or even tear. Most often, an ankle... more »
Sports massage therapists need the same certifications and training as other licensed massage therapists; the sports-massage part is merely a specialty. Therapists specializing in sports massage often team with physical-therapy businesses or gyms. more »
A sports massage is a type of therapy geared toward athletes and the particular stresses they place on their bodies. A sports-massage therapist is... more »
Sport massages can be very soothing and healing as long as they are done under the right conditions. However, under certain circumstances, they... more »
Sport massage therapy is an up and coming field where there is promise for great development of a clientèle. Areas that one can work in are high... more »
Whether they are injured or not, sports massage should be an essential part of any athlete’s routine. Sports massage treatments enable... more »
Use sports massage oil before exercise to loosen up, and and after exercising to relax and sooth tired, sore muscles. Sports massage oil is... more »
Manual therapy encompasses the treatment of health ailments of various etiologies through hands-on, physical intervention.
Physical treatments includes massage, soft tissue mobilization, various connective tissue techniques, myofascial release, craniosacral techniques, mobilization of joints, joint manipulation, mobilization of neural tissue, visceral mobilization, and strain and counterstrain.
Definitions
Manual therapy may be defined differently (according to the profession describing it for legal purposes) to state what is permitted within a practitioners scope of practice. Within the physical therapy profession, manual therapy is defined as a clinical approach utilizing skilled, specific hands-on techniques, including but not limited to manipulation/mobilization, used by the physical therapist to diagnose and treat soft tissues and joint structures for the purpose of modulating pain; increasing range of motion (ROM); reducing or eliminating soft tissue inflammation; inducing relaxation; improving contractile and non-contractile tissue repair, extensibility, and/or stability; facilitating movement; and improving function.
A consensus study of US chiropractors defined manual therapy as "Procedures by which the hands directly contact the body to treat the articulations and/or soft tissues."
Alternatively, Korr (1978) described manual therapy as the "Application of an accurately determined and specifically directed manual force to the body, in order to improve mobility in areas that are restricted; in joints, in connective tissues or in skeletal muscles."
Use
In Western Europe, North America and Australasia, manual therapy is usually practiced by members of health care professions (e.g. Chiropractors, Physiotherapists/Physical Therapists, Osteopaths, and Physiatrists). However, some lay practitioners (not members of a structured profession), such as massage therapists and bonesetters also provide some forms of manual ther read more at » http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manual+therapy
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