sports massage therapy

Sports massage keeps your muscles and joints at peak performance. Helping to avoid injury, strains and keeping you prepped and ready for whatever physical challenge comes your way!

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get the maintenance you need to keep doing what you love

West Coast life gives us endless possibilities of how to spend a day. We know you love getting out to play in the city, ocean, and mountains. And you want to stay active, healthy, and ready to take in everything beautiful BC and Vancouver has to offer.

Sports massage therapy helps to fine tune your muscles, joints, and ligaments by improving alignment, healthy circulation, and opening restrictions. RMTs prep the body to help you move with ease, making it less probable of experiencing an injury, strain, or tear in the first place.

Our goal is to get you prepped and ready for any physical challenge you want to accomplish. From training, to pre- and post-event – we’re here to get you ready so you can get out and slay, again and again!

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Great vibes, great music and awesome massage! I needed work done on my legs after running a half marathon and my session was excellent. Highly recommend!

Madinline C.

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You don’t need to go to a “sports clinic” to get a sports massage – we got you!

We may be busy RMTs hustling at work but we’re also a collective of active runners, hikers, cyclists, skiers and snowboarders ourselves. We’ve all had our fair share of sports related injuries over the years and know the value of how having a sports massage therapist can be excellent for maintenance + recovery.

We work with you by listening intently to your fitness goals and creating treatment plans that optimize your performance, keeping you fine tuned and ready to play
As your RMTs, we are happy to work in alignment with other healthcare practitioners such as Physiotherapists and Chiropractors, making sure our focus is providing the best client care as part of a healthcare team of professionals
Our sports focused massages are tailored for results, with a healthy dose of relaxation and flow cleverly worked in between for an overall enjoyable experience

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the mountains are calling…

Living in Vancouver means spending the weekdays hustling making things happen at work and the weekends adventuring in the mountains. Feeling in shape and reaching your fitness goals is an incredible feat! But at times, it can be hard to keep it all up.

Maybe you’ve noticed that your body just suddenly feels off, you’re sore more often and getting aches and pains that you never had before. You’re trying to stretch and move to recover but the tools that worked before are falling short for you now.

Sports massage targets areas that may be out of alignment, under receptive strain or that are compensating to help you push through explosive movements. Talk to us about how you’re feeling and what your fitness goals are and we will create a treatment plan and offer home care advice catered directly to you.

get ready, set and GO!

Moving our bodies and pushing our physical limits can be incredibly exhilarating! The more we move, the further we can go as we actively build strength and endurance.

When we become increasingly active and start to reach new heights, it’s important to tend to those hard working muscles and joints with a care routine to stay balanced and in the game – not out with injury.

Massage therapy helps to break down that sneaky tension which can trigger a nasty strain. Also by flushing out used stores of metabolites and lactic acid, massage replenishes muscular tissue by increasing blood circulation with the bonus effect of decreasing soreness and helping prevent unwanted injury.

faq’s

How does massage therapy help me improve my athletic performance?

Because massage therapy doesn’t focus directly on just the area of injury or strain, we treat the body in a more holistic sense, creating opportunity for multiple areas to be addressed in one session. By addressing common soft tissue compensatory issues as well as alignment and postural strains, RMT’s help to increase athletic performance by prepping the body to handle more strenuous and dynamic movements by opening restrictions, increasing ROM + circulation of muscles and joints.

When should I choose Massage Therapy over Physiotherapy or Chiropractic?

When it comes to sports injury, it never hurts to check in with a Physiotherapist first to understand in-depth what’s been injured and what the rehab Rx will look like. If you’re dealing with an alignment or joint specific issue, a Chiropractor is an excellent resource for focused assessment and joint adjustment options.

We recommend massage therapy for ongoing maintenance and an excellent resource for dealing with flare ups of common sports issues, such as repetitive strains and sprains, as well as general maintenance to keep you at your competitive best. We are also happy to work in alignment with other healthcare practitioners such as Physio’s and Chiro’s with the ultimate goal of giving our clients the best care.

How soon after a sports massage can I get back to my regular activities again?

If you just had a deep tissue sports massage, it’s best to take it easy for the day if you want the most optimal results from your treatment. That being said, we know a lot of you can’t wait to get back out there to play as soon as possible. It’s good to know that if you do a workout post massage, your body may fatigue faster as it’s also processing the work from your massage. Best to take things slower and not push as far as you usually would, but light activity is all good. Listen to your body and stay within your limits…or you will need to be back on the massage table sooner rather than later!

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