Sport and Exercise Massage

Session 3

The effects of massage Tissue permeability, stretching, scar

tissue and micro circulation

Re – cap

• List the 4 sports massage techniques

• What are the effects on the blood and lymphatic circulation

Aim: Describe the effects and the benefits of sport and exercise massage

Objectives

To increase the students knowledge of tissue

permeability

To increase the students knowledge of scar

tissue

Tissue permeability

• “Permeability is allowing or activating the passage of substance into, out of or through cells”

Tissue permeability

Deep massage causes pores in

tissue membrane to open

facilitating the diffusion of fluids

Removal of waste products

Absorptionof O2

Increase recovery rate

STHypertrophy

Stretching

• Essential to all athletes

• Massage can stretch:

muscle

tendons

fascia

Longitudinally

Transversely

Reducing and remodelling scar tissue

Deep friction break adhesions

Massage causes microcirculation

Assessment

Explain how massage will break

down scar tissue (link the effects

together)

Summary

• Permeability

• Scar tissue

• Micro - circulation