Soccer : Knee strain can occur with twisting from running and kicking.  Hips, groin, leg, knees and ankles. Running with short bursts of speed and quick stops cause strain. As can over stretching for the ball/tackle/pass.

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/soften scar tissue caused by injury or overuse
· Improve circulation
· Flush out toxins that cause muscle stiffness and soreness
· Relax the body and mind
· Speed recovery and healing from exertion

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

Pre-match: 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-match: Sports Massage will increase your circulation to speed the removal of fatigue toxins, relieve your muscle spasms and prevent soreness.

Fine-tuning: A Sports Massage 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: A Sports Massage will speed your healing, increase 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 game into the next bout of soccer. 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.  

Biofeedback: To help identify muscle weakness and imbalance.

Corrective exercise: To correct muscle weakness and sports specific muscle stretching programs to increase or maintain flexibility, speed, balance etc.

Total Contrast can provide all of the above plus comprehensive advice on corrective exercise to rebalance and strengthen weak muscles. Using computerized Biofeedback to address muscle imbalances and specific stretching exercises to restore flexibility.