The equivocal outcome in the publications on efficacy of massage make it tough to consider the obligation for, or support the use of, expert massage staff at foremost athletics events. However, the use of massage by athletes throughout teaching and affray continues popular. To quantify the allowance of their time that physiotherapists dedicate to massage remedy at foremost athletics events in an try to work out the significance of this remedy modality, and to analyze if the use of massage at athletics events is altering over time. Methods: Data noted by the head group physiotherapist from 12 foremost athletics events (national and worldwide events) between 1987 and 1998 were examined. For each happening, the facts and numbers included: total number of treatments administered by the physiotherapist, the remedy modalities utilised, and the number of attendances for treatment. The allowance of massage supplied was conveyed as a percentage of the total number of treatments for each athletic happening, and the pattern of change in use of massage remedy over time was evaluated. The percentage of time expended supplying massage remedy extended from 24.0% to 52.2% of the total number of treatments made. The general median percentage of total treatments in the pattern of massage was 45.2%. No important boost or decline in the use of massage as a remedy modality was discerned between 1987 and 1998 in the athletics events analyzed (p = 0.95). A important percentage of physiotherapists' time is dedicated to the consignment of massage remedy at athletics events. The demand for massage remedy has been stable over the time time span, in the events for which facts and numbers are accessible, showing a reliable use of this remedy modality. Given the attractiveness of massage amidst athletes, concern should be granted to the use of expert sports massage employees at foremost athletics events. Furthermore, it would appear careful to farther enquire the efficacy of the treatment.
Table of Content
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION1
Background1
Purpose of Study5
Research hypothesis6
Research Aims and Objective6
Scope of Study7
Significance of Study7
CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW9
Background9
Origins10
Sports Pre-event massage therapy includes11
1.Pre-event11
2.Post-Event12
3.Maintenance12
Aims of Pre-event massage12
Benefits of Sports Pre-event massage14
Pre-event massage Techniques14
Effleurage15
Petrissage17
Frictions18
Pre-event massage Physiological Effects19
Blood Flow19
Delayed Onset of Muscle Soreness20
Lactate removal22
Removal of Metabolic Waste Products24
Lymphatic Drainage26
Psychological Effects26
Psychological Benefits of Pre-event massage28
The Nervous System - Pain30
Heat and Pre-event massage30
Injury Rehabilitation and Pre-event massage31
Injury Prevention33
Performance effects33
Effects of Pre-event massage on Human Body36
?Reflex effect36
?Biochemical effect36
?Mechanical effect36
CHAPTER 3: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY38
Overview38
Research Design38
Data Collection40
CHAPTER 4: RESULT AND ANALYSIS41
Results41
Discussion42
Physical benefits44
Pain Reduction45
Relaxation45
Sports Massage Importance45
CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION48
Conclusion48
Future research52
REFERENCES53
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
Background
Pre-event massage has been a therapeutic modality in most heritage since early civilisation and has had a long custom of use in sport. Frequent assertions made in the sports publications for the advantages of Pre-event massage encompass advanced extending of tendons and connective tissue and respite of sinew stress and spasm. Pre-event massage is furthermore routinely presumed to enhance sinew recovery from strong workout, principally because it races up sinew body-fluid flow. However, investigations to designated day on body-fluid flow are ...