Sports Massage

Course Description:

This course instructs on injury prevention and how to recognize and treat non-acute sports-specific injuries. You will accomplish this by utilizing sports massage therapy and stretching techniques to assist with muscle recovery from the athlete’s sport.

Sports Massage supports the body's ability to perform for a person who participates in an activity, whether amateur or professional.

Prerequsites: Licensed Massage Therapist and/or Healthcare Professional

Learning Outcomes: 

Students will Learn:

• List 3 things you need for an event.
• Explain the appropriate massage timing in Pre-Event, Post-Event and Recovery Massages and what should be assessed in the intake.
• Learn and develop Sport-Specific treatment plans based on Health History and techniques learned.
• Describing the mechanism of injury and how the injury should be treated while in both the acute and chronic phases using massage.
• Explain what is RICE
• Determine when should you perform Cross-fiber friction
• Perform Recovery massage protocol.

Clients/Athletes/Patients will Receive:

• Increased in the following:
  • Range of Motion
  •  Flexibility
  •  Strength 
• Increased the ability of their body to be able to perform their sport
• Enhances recovery and shortens recovery time from the  activity and/or sport.