Cross-Country : Endurance sport. abdominals, shoulders, arms, quadriceps
Downhill: The body is in constant isometric contraction. quadriceps, iliotibial bands Skiing

Sports Massage
As a serious skier you need a form of massage specifically designed for athletes. Adding sports massage to your workout routine can improve your performance. As the training and playing hours pile up, so do the aches and pains. These little aches and pains can turn into a serious injury. Regular Sports massage will help alleviate pain.

After a strenuous workout or ski run, sports massage will aid your recovery.

You can benefit from half an hour of work on a specific area that you feel needs attention or longer for more general and maintenance work.

Athletes around the world rely on massage as an important part of their training regimen. Sports Massage techniques, when used regularly, can increase the blood flow that is needed for recovery. Also, it will improve the range of motion and strength of injured muscles and accelerate their healing process.

With a full recovery you will be able to increase your workouts and allow your body to adapt to a higher level of stress.

Sports Massage can:
· Enhance body awareness
· Identify problem areas before they develop into injuries
· Remove trigger points formed as a result of injury
· Relax and stretch muscles
· Improve range of motion
· Restore suppleness and elasticity
· Relieve pain and stress
· Free muscle adhesions and soften scar tissue caused by injury or overuse
· Improve circulation
· Flush out toxins that cause muscle stiffness and soreness
· Relax the body and mine
· Speed recovery and healing from exertion

Sports Massage techniques may differ as you have different needs at different times.

Pre-skiing: A Sports Massage will be an adjunct to your warm-up, to increase your circulation and flexibility, and leave your muscles resilient and ready to go.

Post-skiing: A Sports Massage that will increase your circulation to speed the removal of fatigue toxins, relieve your muscle spasms and prevent soreness.

Fine-tuning: A Sports Massage that will search out the areas of biomechanical stress in your muscles and relieve them, before they become problems, enabling you to train harder and more consistently.

Injury Rehabilitation: For Injury Rehabilitation you need a Sports Massage that will speed your healing, increase your range of motion and reduce scar tissue to allow the muscle to expand/contract normally.

There is no reason to carry soreness and stiffness from your last session or ski run into the next. By taking measures to speed your recovery following exertion you can reach a higher level next workout. Sports Massage provides an ingredient for that complete recovery .

Total Contrast can provide all of the above plus comprehensive advice on correctional exercises, to help with weak muscles and correction of faulty recruitment patterns in muscle groups. Using computerised Biofeedback to help identify muscle imbalances.