Benefits Of Sports Massage

Sports massage, a specialised form of massage therapy, offers several evidence-based benefits specifically related to sports performance and wellness.

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3 Exercises For Foot Strength

Having stability in the foot means that everything up the chain is set up for stability as well. The feet link your body to the ground and because all of your structures are linked together, any dysfunction at your feet can impact the rest of your body greatly.

3 Exercises For Advanced Core Stability

Functional movement involves many planes of movement and multiple joints moving simultaneously throughout. The core must be able to stabilise the spine during these movements in order to transfer forces effectively and to protect you from injury and pain.

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3 Exercises For Adductor Mobility

Flexibility and mobility in the adductor (inner thigh) muscles are essential for sports like martial arts or dancing, where open hips are necessary to performing skills like kicking.

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3 Exercises For Hamstring Mobility

Being able to hip hinge means that you can bend from the hips while keeping a neutral spine. This is especially important if you want to engage safely in exercises like a deadlift, which requires a good level of hamstring mobility and strength.

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Exercises For Advanced Movement (Lower Body)

The physical world is 3 dimensional and so is our movement. It’s not just in sporting situations, but even daily activity like putting on clothes require the use of rotation, flexion/extension, and abduction/adduction of limbs, occurring simultaneously or at least in quick succession.

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To Move Is To Live

To move is to live. According to biology, movement is a basic characteristic of life. Everything that lives, moves. So why don’t we put more emphasis into how we do it?

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3 Exercises For Hip Stability

If you find that your knees are falling inwards or that your hips are hiked on one side during exercise (e.g running or squatting), it usually means there is a weakness or lack of coordination in your hips stabilisers, like the gluteal muscles.

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3 Exercises For Ankle Dorsiflexion

The more dorsiflexion you have, the closer you can get your hips towards your base of support (your foot) in a squat or pistol squat.

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3 Exercises to Open Your Hips

Your hips don’t lie. When you repeat this seated sedentary pattern for this long, the structures in your hips become weaker and less mobile. Here’s what you can do.

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Opening the body to different ranges and types of movement helps to maintain joint mobility and overall function. Remember: if you don’t use it, you’ll lose it.