This document provides information about sports massage, including its purposes, techniques, procedures, benefits, and contraindications. Sports massage can be used before, during, and after athletic events to prevent injuries, relieve swelling, drain fatigue, promote flexibility, and reduce muscle tension and inflammation. It involves techniques like effleurage, petrissage, percussion, and friction that are applied firmly and deeply compared to general massage. Sports massage benefits athletes by reducing pain, increasing circulation, relaxing muscles, and reducing anxiety. It should not be used on injuries like gout, burns, or open wounds.

1. Department of Sport & Exercise
Science
KECEDERAAN DAN REHABILITASI SUKAN
(DKK 4114)
SPORTS MASSAGE
Khairul Azlan Taib
BSc .(hons) UiTM

2. INTRODUCTION
• MASSAGE IS THE SYSTEMATIC,
MECHANICAL STIMULATION OF THE
SOFT TISSUES OF THE BODY BY
MEANS OF RHYTHMICALLY APPLIED
PRESSURE AND STRETCHING FOR
THERAPEUTIC PURPOSES

3. INTRODUCTION
SPORT MASSAGE IS USED:-
 BEFORE
 DURING
 AFTER
ATHELETIC EVENTS…

4. THE PURPOSE OF MASSAGE
 TO PREVENT INJURIES
 TO RELIEVE SWELLING
 TO DRAIN ANY FATIQUE
 TO PROMOTE FLEXIBILITY
 PREPARE THE ATHELETE FOR PEAK PERFORMANCE
 PROVIDES A WARM-UP TO LOOSEN MUSCLES PRE EVENT
 TO REDUCE MUSCLE TENSION AND INFLAMMATION POST
EVENT

5. MASSAGE HAS NO EFFECT ON
• OBESITY
• MUSCLE MASS
• MUSCLE STRENGTH

6. TYPES OF MASSAGE
 THAI MASSAGE
 TUI NA MASSAGE
 SPORTS MASSAGE
 SHIATSU MASSAGE
 AQUATIC MASSAGE
 SWEDISH MASSAGE
 TRIGGER POINT MASSAGE

7. SPORT MASSAGE
• SPORT MASSAGE TECHNIQUES ARE QUITE SIMILAR TO
SWEDISH MASSAGE
• HOW IS SPORTS MASSAGE DIFFERENT FROM OTHER TYPES
OF THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE?
 -IN SPORTS MASSAGE THE THERAPIST MAY APPLY THE
TECHNIQUES MORE FIRMLY & DEEPER THAN A GENERAL
MASSAGE THERAPIST MIGHT
 -USE MORE FRICTIONS TO BREAK DOWN ADHESIONS &
SOFTEN SCAR TISSUES
 -ARE DESIGNED TO REDUCE INJURY

8. TECHNIQUES OF SPORTS
MASSAGE
• EFFLEURAGE
• LIGHT GLIDING STROKES
OVER SKIN WITHOUT MOVING
DEEP MUSCLE MASSES USED
FOR MUSCLE RELAXATION
• PETRISSAGE
• KNEADING MANIPULATION
THAT INTERMITTENTLY
LIFT,PRESS & ROLL THE
MUSCLES UNDER THE
FINGERS OR HANDS.
• USED FOR INCREASING
CIRCULATION AND REDUCING
EDEMA

9. TECHNIQUES OF SPORTS
MASSAGE
•PERCUSSION (TAPOTMENT)
- SERIES OF ALTERNATING BLOWS S/A
HACKING,
SLAPPING,
BEATING,
PINCHING,
TAPPING WITH FINGER TIPS,
CUPPING,
CLAPPING,
- USED TO STIMULATE CIRCULATION & DESENSITIZED
OPERATED SITES.

10. TECHNIQUES OF SPORTS
MASSAGE
• FRICTION-
CIRCULAR
• MOTION OF THE THERAPIST’S
FINGERTIPS WITH PRESSURE
APPLIED SO THAT THE
THERAPIST’S FINGERS AND
PATIENT’S SKIN MOVE AS ONE.
• IT IS USED TO LOOSEN OR BREAK
UP UNDERLYING ADHESIONS OF
HEALED SCAR TISSUES

11. TECHNIQUES OF SPORTS
MASSAGE
• VIBRATION
• FINE TREMULOUS
MOVEMENT MADE
BY HANDS OR
FINGERS TO CAUSE
THE PART TO
VIBRATE

12. INJURY MANAGEMENT
THROUGH SPORT MASSAGE
• ATHELETES ALWAYS OVERUSE THEIR MUSCLES, CAUSING
• STRAIN
• TEARS
• IMBALANCES IN THE SOFT MUSCLES TISSUES
• THE MORE INJURY IS IGNORED

13. INJURY MANAGEMENT
THROUGH SPORT MASSAGE
• ONE WAY TO ENCOURAGE MUSCLE REPAIR AFTER
TRAINING IS WITH SPORTS MASSAGE.
• SPORTS MASSAGE WILL HELP RELEASE ANY BUILT UP
TENSION AND LACTIC ACID IN THE OVERWORKED MUSCLES
SO THAT BLOOD AND OXYGEN CAN RETURN TO THE
MUSCLE AND EFFECTIVELY PROMOTE MUSCLE REPAIR.
• SPORTS MASSAGE IF RECEIVED AS PARTS OF A SPORTS
PROGRAMME, CAN HELP AN ATHELETE PREVENT INJURY
DUE TO OVERUSE

14. PRE-EVENT MASSAGE
• USUALLY BRIEF AND INVIGORATING
(sekejap & menyegarkan)
• LASTING 15-20 MINUTES
• IT IS GIVEN WITHIN AN HOUR BEFORE
THE SPORTING EVENT

15. POST-EVENT MASSAGE
• SHOULD BE CALMING AND RELAXING
• ITS GOAL IS:-
 TO REDUCE INFLAMMATION.
 TO RELIEVE MUSCLES PAIN BY DECREASING TENSION
 TO RELIEVE MUSCLE SORENESS BY DISPENSING LACTIC
ACID
• MASSAGE SHOULD LAST NO MORE THAN 20 MINUTES.

16. MASSAGE PROCEDURES
• MASSAGE TECHNIQUES MUST BE CARRIED OUT IN SEQUENCE.
• BEGINS WITH:-
1)EFFLEURAGE>
2)PETRISSAGE>
3)CIRCULAR FRICTION/MUSCLE STRIPPING>
4)TRIGGER POINTS>
5)FINISHING OFF WITH EFFLEURAGE

17. MASSAGE PROCEDURES
1) WASH HANDS
2) GIVE UNDIVIDED ATTENTION
3)SHOULD NOT UNLOAD YOUR OWN PERSONAL PROBLEMS ON
ATHELETE
4)MAKE YOUR DECISIONS
5)WEAR UNIFORM
6)MASSAGE THERAPIST SHOULD OBEY REFERER’S
INSTRUCTIONS
7)RECORD YOUR TREATMENT

18. MASSAGE PROCEDURES
EQUIPMENT
 A LUBRICANT
 SPORTS MASSAGE OIL
 CREAM
 TALCUM POWDER
 MASSAGE THERAPY TABLES

19. BENEFITS & EFFECTS OF MASSAGE
PHYSICAL EFFECTS
- PUMPING BLOOD
-INCREASED TISSUE PERMEABILITY BY OPENING THE TISSUE
PORES
-STRETCH TISSUES AND FASCIA
-BREAK DOWN SCAR TISSUES
-IMPROVE TISSUE ELASTICITY BY STRETCHING THE HARD AND
INELASTIC TISSUES
-OPENS MICRO-CIRCULATION

20. BENEFITS & EFFECTS OF
MASSAGE
PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
- PAIN REDUCTION BY RELEASING THE BODIES ENDORPHINS
- RELAXATION –MUSCLE RELAX THROUGH
HEAT GENERATED,CIRCULATION AND STRETCHING.
-MECHANORECEPTORS WHICH SENSE TOUCH, PRESSURE,
TISSUE LENGTH AND WARMTH ARE STIMULATED,CAUSING
A REFLEX RELAXATION.

21. BENEFITS & EFFECTS OF
MASSAGE
PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS
1.ANXIETY REDUCTION
– THROUGH THE EFFECTS MENTIONED ABOVE RELAXATION IS
INDUCED AND SO REDUCES ANXIETY LEVELS
2.INVIGORATING
– IF MASSAGE IS DONE WITH BRISK MOVEMENTS

22. CONTRAINDICATIONS
• GOUT
• BURNS
• BURSITIS
• CONTUSIONS
• OPEN WOUNDS
•
• MUSCLE RUPTURES
• TENDON RUPTURES
• INFECTIONS OF THE SKIN AND SOFT TISSUES

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