Tallahassee Sports Massage

Ready to get back in the game? Tired of being sidelined from your favorite sport or exercise activity? Need a way to rebound from nagging injuries – or more serious ones?

At Advanced Alternatives, we’ve been working with athletes at all levels – and all ages across Tallahassee for more than 15 years. We’ve even been the sports therapists that Florida State athletes have relied on to help them recover quicker.

If you’ve been injured while exercising or playing sorts and your doctor or chiropractor has recommended sports massage as an additional treatment option, we’d like to work with you. We know how to help athletes and exercise enthusiasts with massage therapy that also works alongside and in conjunction with any medical care you may be receiving.

If you need a more specific medical massage or just want a relaxing and rejuvenating massage, we can help you there too!

Sports massage in Tallahassee

Sports massage focuses on relieving issues related to activity that involves repetitive use of one group of muscles more than others. This repetitive use can lead to hypertrophy, changes in strength patterns or changes in connective tissue formation and compensation patterns in the rest of the body.

Regular massage allows the body to function with less restriction and accelerates recovery time.

Athletes of all sorts are susceptible to sports injuries.

This could be anyone who jogs, plays golf, plays tennis, cycles, lift weights, kayaks…engages in flag football, pickup soccer games…or even enjoys Pickle Ball. No matter what sport you’ve been playing or exercise you’ve been engaging in, we can help.

Unfortunately, when we play sports, we can get injured.

Sometimes those injuries are one-time issues that will require a treatment plan of action – like rehabilitation after knee surgery. Other times, through repetitive motions (like swinging a club or lifting heavy weights), we develop underlying issues that lead to injuries that build up over time and which will need ongoing treatments to help recover.

Our approach to sports massage therapy sessions are going to be customized to your specific needs, your medical requirements and your desired timeline for getting back into the game. Good, open communication between you and your therapist is important. It’s how we know what’s working for you, how you feel and what response you are having to the massage techniques.

Sports massage for Tallahassee athletes and exercise enthusiasts

Sports massage techniques can be similar to a deep tissue massage or even medical massage, but this does not mean that you can walk into just any Tallahassee massage therapists office after a jogging injury and get the same level of care as you would with our highly experienced sports massage therapists.

A true sports massage needs to be performed by someone who is certified in Sports Massage – like members of our Advance Alternatives team. This additional education and training gives our therapists a better understanding of human anatomy so they can develop a treatment plan that is specific to your unique injury – and one that works alongside your doctor’s prescribed mode of treatment.

The main focus behind sports massage is to loosen tight muscles and increase circulation, which helps with recovery. But it is much more focused than regular massages and utilizes other techniques, such as stretching, to help muscles and other soft tissues recover from physical exertion and injury.

We’re not focused so much on relaxation here. The focus is on healing and recovery, range of motion and a confidence that you can ‘get back in the game’ so to speak. Other benefits of sports massage in Tallahassee include increased flexibility, better performance, reduced muscle pain, reduced soreness and overall injury prevention going forward.

Don’t wait until you’re injured to get a sports massage

As pointed out in the paragraph above, sports massage therapy can be used as a preventative therapy as well. Regular clients enjoy better flexibility and improved endurance. Massage also reduces muscle stiffness and relaxes sore muscles which helps you maintain muscle flexibility and increased range of motion.

Our goal is to keep Tallahassee athletes, across all levels, in tip-top shape so they can perform at their best – and recover quicker when they are injured. From morning joggers to weekend warriors to professional athletes, let the sports massage therapist at Advanced Alternatives help keep you loose, limber and ready to go!