Sports massage is treatment built around movement. It targets the muscles you load in training and the tissue involved in a strain or overuse injury, to help you recover faster and move with less restriction. At RMT Metrotown in Metrotown, your sports massage is delivered by a registered massage therapist who works with your training, not against it.
Book onlineYou do not need to be a competitive athlete. Sports massage suits anyone whose body takes a repetitive load:
Your therapist asks about your sport, your training load and where things feel off, then assesses how the area moves. Depending on what they find, the session may use firmer techniques to release tight tissue, work to improve range of motion, or gentler treatment around a healing injury. If you are booking around an event, tell us, since a session before a race is different from one during recovery.
We often finish with a couple of simple things you can do at home to hold the progress between visits.
If you are recovering from a motor vehicle accident, sports and injury techniques are often part of an ICBC treatment plan, and no referral is needed to begin. For everyday sports injuries, massage therapy is covered by most extended health plans, and we direct bill the major providers.
Both have a place. A lighter session before helps you warm up and loosen; a recovery session after helps clear fatigue and tightness. Tell us your timing and we adjust.
Often, yes, though it depends on the injury and stage of healing. Your therapist will assess it first and treat within what is safe, and refer you on if something needs other care.
Usually within a few days, using gentle techniques at first. Book and mention the injury so we plan the session appropriately.
Tell us what is going on and we will point you to the right session length or therapist.