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MPTennis: How Do You think I am able to play and teach tennis everyday? How are the tennis pros able to play and practice? - - - Sports Massage . . . Its focus is on the muscles that are used for a particular event or activity. This technique includes pre-event, post-event and maintenance techniques, that promote greater athletic endurance and performance, decreases the chances of injury and reduce recovery time.

Many benefits include gentle muscle stretching, increasing flexibility, deep relaxation, improving posture, joint mobility and energy levels. Massage has a vast array of techniques and practitioners work in a meditative state and use their hands, feet, legs, knees and elbows to free the tension held within the body. The client remains fully clothed. This massage is one of the most beneficial therapies for treating physical and psychological problems, maintaining health and well-being.

Massage is used as a remedial and preventative therapy. It is excellent for backache, neck ache, shoulder pain, numbness in limbs, tired legs, headaches, stress, emotional upset and mental fatigue. It also encourages healthier sleep patterns, which gives our nervous system the fighting chance it needs to promote self healing and restore balance.

What to expect

Massage is practiced on the floor on a mat or blanket and you remain dressed in loose and comfortable clothing throughout the session (great news for the more inhibited among us!).

As you lie on your back, the practitioner starts working on your feet with a gentle rocking motion from one to the other using palm pressure. The massage continues up your body, working on the entire musculo-skeletal system to release tension and opening the energy channels as it goes. The practitioner may use their elbows, forearms, feet, knees etc. as they work on your body too.

You may be asked to lie on your side or front, to give the practitioner the best possible access to the area of your body being worked on. The massage nears its conclusion with a mini head massage (similar to an Indian Head Massage). Then, as you adopt a sitting position, further work into your upper body is carried out followed by a gentle 'chopping' to your shoulders to bring your focus back to the here and now.

There is no age limit for a Massage but it is not recommended for those who have had recent surgery, are pregnant, or suffer from heart disease.

There are many massage therapists and studios in Northern VA - make sure you get the best.

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