Sports massage is not limited to sportsmen and women but is also for anyone who needs a therapeutic or soft tissue massage whatever their physical level of fitness, age or gender.

 

Massage therapy was first introduced in China during the 2nd century B.C. and seems to be one of the oldest forms of treatment in the World. Furthermore, according to Geoffrey Goats (1994) the first mention of massage was found in the Nei Ching, the oldest medical work written before the death of Emperor Huang Ti in 2598 B.C.

 

Not long after China, massage was also found to be practised in India and Egypt. Even, Hippocrates, is widely regarded as the father of medicine and an acclaimed advocate for massage (Robert Noah Calvert, 2002).

 

Contrary to popular belief, massage should never be painful, however, some initial tenderness and discomfort may be felt.