Chapter 17: Sports Massage Flashcards
Athlete
Anyone who participates in an amateur or professional sport
What does sports massage target
Common issues around movement and performance
What are common issues regarding physical movement and performance (for athletes)?
(RMA/CST)
*repetitive movements
*muscle imbalances
*altered movement/compensation patterns
*scar and connective tissue formation
Rma/cst
Describe Peak performance…
*short term
*not sustainable for long periods of time
*fitness levels must be achieved and supported first
*performing at Peak levels typically leads to injury or illness
What is a traumatic injury?
An unexpected event that damages the body.
Peak performance athletes
Are in a fragile state/ both mentally and physically. Require specific massage techniques.
Sports Massage generalities
*can impair optimal functioning
*beneficial massage in these instances requires understanding of sports biomechanics
*when in doubt: nonspecific massage
Warning signs for injury
(4 signs FIIE)
*fatigue
*injury/pain
*immune suppression
*emotional stress (failure to adapt to multiple stimulus in life)
Contraindications for sports massage
(AS CLLA)
Acute injuries
Systemic infections
Contagious conditions
Loss of sensation
Loss of voluntary movement
Acute or severe kidney, cardiac or liver disease
Acute injury (timeline)
Within 3 weeks
When is balance upset in performance
When accumulated strains or over usage develops
Contraindications for Sports Massage (2)
Chemical use (prescribed or not)
Use of sensation altering substances
Blood thinners
Medications
9 categories of sports massage
PIRP MR. MO P.E.
Pirp mr. Mo P.E.
(9 types of sports massage)
Pre-event, inter-competition, recovery, post-event
Maintenance, remedial, medical, orthopedic
Promotional, event
Sports fitness and rehab outcomes
(Ism far n)
Ism far n
Increased body stamina
Stability
Mobility
Flexibility
Agility
Reduced soft tissue tension/binding
Normalized fluid movement
Ism far n
(Massage outcomes/benefits)
Increase body stamina, stability, mobility
Flexibility, agility, reduced soft tissue tension and binding
Normalized fluid movement
Sports fitness and rehab outcomes (part 2)
Ms. IIE
Ms. IIE
MS IIE (outcomes)
Management of pain and reduced suffering, support of healing mechanisms
Improved mood, increased phys/mental performance
Experience of pleasure
Approaches to care in sports massage
(RPCRP)
1.Relaxation
2. Performance enhancement & recovery
3. Condition management
4. Rehab/ therapeutic change
5. Palliative care
Relaxation
(Sm,Pm,Mm)
*stress management
*pain management
*mobility management
Mechanical forces (6 forms of loading)
- Tension loading
- Compression loading
- Bending loading
- Shear loading
- Rotation or torsion loading
- Combined loading
5 Forces that act on the body
(Massage therapists use these same forces)
- Compression
- Tension
- Bending
- Shear
- Torsion
Compression
*Common cause of tissue injury
*Muscle tissue does not resist injury from this force/ ligaments and tendons do.
What is compression used to do?
*support circulation
*stimulate nerve function
*restore connective tissue pliability
(Used to SSR; USSR)
Tension
*Bone resists tensile forces/seldom injured
*ligament sprains are the most common tensile force injury
*3rd degree is most severe and normally torn
Bending
*one side compressed/ one side tension (compressive vs. tensile force exposure on opposite sides)
*common cause of bone fractures & ligament injuries
*affect connective tissues
*won’t harm soft tissues
Shear
*creates inflammatory irritation when excessive
*can lead to adhesion and fibrosis
*cross fiber friction creates inflammation to reverse fibrotic connective tissue changes
Torsion
*twisting
*torsion stress to a joint causes serious injury
*kneading massage methods
*increased tissue pliability
Cross fiber friction (tension)
Creates inflammation and reverses connective tissue fibrosis
Common cause of bone fractures and ligament damage
Bending
Two joint methods
Active
Passive
Active movement method
Moved by active muscle contraction
Passive joint movement method
Practitioner moves the joint so the muscle stays relaxed
Stretching
1.2.3.
*targets connective tissue
*introduces forces of bend, torsion and tension
* muscle energy methods increase client’s tolerance to stretch sensation
Benefits and cautions of stretching
*Research results on efficacy of stretching are mixed
*Only integrate as part of intervention to address hypermobility
*only attempt an increase range of motion by 10%
*do not stretch beyond normal range of motion
