Sports Massage

* * Pre-Event Sports Massage -- a short, stimulating massage 15 - 20 minutes before the event. It is directed toward the parts of the body that will be involved in the exertion. (This massage must be specially booked for events such a marathons or lifting competitions, please contact ian@ianmassage.com for pricing involving event scale and amount of bodies needing treatments. This can only be booked for onsite massage only.)

Post Event/Rehabilitative Sports Massage -- Sports Massage Applicable to anyone engaged in physical fitness activities. Massage helps care for the wear and tear and minor injuries sustained in the performance of any strenuous physical activity. Given within an hour or two of the event, to normalize the body's tissues. Includes stretching and milking of lactic acid from muscles used during the event. Aimed at alleviating pain due to injury and returning the body to health. The therapist generally focuses in on the problem area -- a frozen shoulder or pulled hamstring, for instance.