Sports Massage in Kenilworth
Sports Massage is essentially a deep tissue massage. It aims to get deep into the muscle and return the muscle to its normal length and tone.
Not the most relaxing, and can be uncomfortable, but is highly effective at loosening and rebalancing tight muscles.
What makes us different?
At the Reinge Clinic, we approach Sports Massage slightly differently. We listen to your complaint and ensure we loosen the right muscles to give a long term effect.
For example, let's say you had tight neck and shoulders. We would initially check your posture. Most people complaining of neck and shoulder pain have rounded shoulders and a forward head posture.
It is this rounding of the shoulders that stretches the muscles at the back of the body, making you feel stiff and tight.
So rather than starting on the back of the shoulders, we would start by loosening the front of the shoulders. By releasing your chest and upper arm muscles, we allow the shoulders to drop back to their correct position. My loosening the muscles at the front of the neck, we allow the head to move back into a more centred position.
This means that when we then loosen the back of the shoulder, the bit that is tight and giving you problems, it is more likely to stay loose for longer.
Why do we give exercises?
The biggest complaint that we hear about Sports Massage, is that you feel great for a short while but after a week or so you just feel tight again.
This is because Sports Massage only loosens muscles, it doesn't alter your muscle memory.
Over time, your muscles get used to the position they are in and if you alter this position through massage, the muscle will, over time, try to return to that position. The muscle feels strong in its old position and weak in the new position.
So we reinforce the new position by giving you a strength exercise and often a stretch.
After a few massage sessions, with the strengthening in between, the body will learn to feel strong in the new position and your massage will then last.
Nick Bull
I'm a Barber and along with that had lots of back trouble. Gina at The Reinge Clinic helped to ease these pains through deep tissue massage and made it so much easier for me to stand at work. I'd always advise anyone to check them out if I'm a similar position.
Ella Jude
Both Gina and Ian have given support when I have experienced pain due to a long term health condition. Both are very friendly and knowledgeable.
