Sport Massage
After a great day on the water, on the trail or on the slopes, there is nothing that feels better then a good sports massage. Simply put, sports massage applies the principles of massage and bodywork to athletes. As an athlete, you have special needs based upon your sport, your training program, and your motivation level. At Hood River Massage, we understand the biomechanics involved in various sports and are trained to apply the appropriate massage techniques to the muscle systems most used in your sport.
This type of massage works well for:
Reduce muscle soreness and fatigue
Restore appropriate muscle tone and increase flexibility
Enhance training and help you achieve peak athletic
performance
Prevent athletic injury and help your body recover from
injury
Many amateur and professional athletes use massage to help them achieve their athletic goals. These athletes know that massage focused on the specific muscle systems needed for their sport can provide positive physiological effects that reduce muscle soreness, increase flexibility, enhance fitness level and speed recovery from injury.
Massage can help athletes achieve peak performance levels
when it is used as a regular part of their training
program. One of the most famous examples is Lance Armstrong
who makes massage a regular part of his training program.
Hood River Massage has provided massage service to windsurfers
and kayakers at the Gorge Games, cyclists at the Mt
Hood Cycling Classic and horse riders at the Hood River
Classic Hunter Jumper Horse Show, and swimmers at the
Columbia River Cross Channel Swim. Let Hood River Massage,
help you achieve a higher level of performance and enjoy
your sport more.