Whether you are a professional sportsperson or not, whether you are injured or not, massage has numerous benefits to help maintain the body in top condition, prevent injuries, boost performance and extend your sporting career. BENEFITS Increased tissue permeability –...

Let’s start by saying its ok to have time off from exercise, you won’t lose fitness, you won’t gain weight and it won’t affect your performance. Breaks in a few forms: Unplanned – i.e. injuries, illness. Planned – i.e. natural breaks, like the end of competition...

Things you should do? Warm up – a Norwegian study in 2012 found a 20 minute warm up was more effective than a cool down for reducing delayed onset muscle soreness. Ice baths – the research is still not out as every few months, an article claims they are effective,...