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Sports massage is a popular treatment for athletes, in addition to patients that are recovering from injuries. This sort of therapy is usually conducted in an outpatient setting. During this type of therapy, therapists will focus on the soft tissues of the body. They may apply sports massage at the neck area to help reduce pain due to tension or spasms in the throat.
Sports massage, or manual therapy, is a manual therapeutic technique primarily used to treat acute muscular pain and dysfunction; it mainly involves kneading and manipulating of soft tissues, joint manipulation and joint mobilization. Sports massage techniques usually be based on the level of injury or distress and the targeted areas of tenderness. The most common techniques are sports massage foot and ankle; sports massage shoulder and elbow; tennis elbow; and golfer's elbow and shoulder.
Sports massage therapy is performed on both major and small muscles of the body.