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Sports Massage in Highland Park, IL

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For athletes and active individuals, sports massage is an essential part of their training regimen. This type of massage therapy helps to promote physical healing, prevent injuries, and improve overall performance.

This therapeutic massage is also great to use in tandem with physical therapy when recovering from an injury. Sports massage is a type of therapeutic bodywork that uses a variety of techniques to help athletes achieve maximum performance and physical conditioning. It can be used to treat pathology, aid recovery, and prevent injury. Sports massage can also help with:

  • Relieving muscle pain
  • Improving range of motion
  • Breaking down scar tissue
  • Decreasing post-exercise cortisol levels
  • Increasing blood flow to muscles
  • Promoting lymphatic support
  • Reducing muscular tension
  • Promoting the body’s natural healing processes

 

Sports massage sessions are tailored to the individual’s needs and can be used as regular maintenance, pre-event, post-event, or rehabilitation massages. Massage techniques and pressure used will depend on if you are coming for massage before or after an event or during training.  More restorative, circulatory massage strokes are better before an event or during training.  Post-event is for recovery after the body has been pushed to it’s limits and is ready for rest.  Deep tissue techniques can actually damage or inflame tissues more, so a knowledgable massage therapist will know what is best for your situation.

Our massage therapists will work with you to give you a sports massage that alleviates muscle pain, discomfort, stress, and tight muscles while providing deep relaxation, relief, healing, and promoting your overall wellness so you can keep stretching higher.

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Benefits of Sport Massage

Improved Flexibility and Range of Motion 

Like a deep tissue massage, Sports massage helps to improve flexibility and range of motion, which can help athletes perform better and reduce the risk of injury. By targeting tight muscles and connective tissues, a sports massage can loosen these areas up and allow the athlete to move more freely. 

Reduced Muscle Tension and Soreness 

After a tough workout or competition, it’s not uncommon for athletes to experience muscle tension and soreness. Sports massage can help to provide pain relief of these symptoms by increasing blood flow, promoting lymphatic drainage, and releasing tension in the muscles. This can help athletes recover more quickly and get back to their training sooner.

Improved Circulation 

Sports massage helps to improve circulation by increasing blood flow to the muscles. This increased blood flow can help to deliver oxygen and nutrients to the muscles, which can promote healing and improve overall performance. 

Additionally, improved circulation can help to reduce swelling and inflammation, which can be especially beneficial for athletes who have suffered a sports injury.

Reduced Risk of Injury 

By promoting physical healing and improving flexibility, sports massage can help to reduce the risk of injury for athletes. Additionally, by targeting specific areas of the body that are prone to injury, such as the hamstrings or shoulders, a sports massage can help to prevent injuries from occurring in the first place.

Improved Recovery Time 

For athletes, recovery time is an important factor in performance. Sports massage can help to improve recovery time by promoting lymphatic drainage, reducing muscle tension and soreness, and promoting physical healing. This can be especially helpful for athletes who engage in high-intensity or endurance-based activities.

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Our Team of Licensed Massage Therapists

Sandy

Owner/President, Licensed Massage Therapist
37+ Years
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Amy

Licensed Massage Therapist
9+ Years
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Joseph

Licensed Massage Therapist
14+ Years
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Sports massage is an essential part of an athlete’s training regimen. By promoting physical healing, reducing the risk of injury, and improving overall performance, sports massage can help athletes achieve their goals and reach their full potential. If you’re an athlete or active individual looking to enhance your performance and prevent injury, schedule a sports massage. Your improved flexibility, performance, and agility will speak to the benefits of receiving regular massage therapy pre- and post-event, as well as during off-season recovery.

Contact us today at (847) 266-0131 to schedule your appointment and experience the and get your therapeutic “Kneads” met! 

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Sandy

Owner/President, Licensed Massage Therapist

Treatment Philosophy – Deep tissue is great when appropriate. It is up to the intuitiveness of the therapist to determine if what the client is asking for is the right thing for them at that time. Sandy uses every opportunity to educate the client on what is going on with their body and how to achieve their health goals. She is their partner in health and believes that it is the clients’ body that does the healing, not her personally – she is just a facilitator.

Specialties & Types of Clients best suited to my style of therapy 

  • Neuromuscular and deep tissue are her favorite techniques to use for clients who are suffering with migraine headaches, back and neck pain, hip and shoulder dysfunction
  • she loves to be a detective in order to figure out what the source of the pain is and then treat the whole person, not just the area of pain
  • she loves to stretch clients out to create length and restore posture
  • educating clients on home self-care is a passion and she will refer out to many sources in order that clients get the care they need.

Preferred Styles of massage therapy used in treatments  

  • deep tissue, combined with Neuromuscular, Orthopedic and broad Swedish strokes make for a deeply relaxing and therapeutic experience
  • works on restoring the muscles back to their original state with stretching and maybe a little Craniosacral work to ensure that the changes will take hold making clients feel new again
  • pressure scale 5-10

Education Licenses & Certifications

  • Chicago School of Massage Therapy 1988
  • Licensed Massage Therapist
  • Chiropractic Assistant – Palmer Chiropractic College
  • AA Business Administration – Scott Community College
  • Pre- & Peri-Natal Massage Certification
  • Upledger Craniosacral Therapy I & II
  • Paul St. John’s Neuromuscular Therapy
  • Orthopedic Massage
  • MLD 2016, Certified Lymphatic Therapist 2019
  • Cupping 2017
  • Rock Tape 2018

Bobbe

Education & Training Director

The opportunity to serve and help guide the massage therapy profession to become what it is capable of becoming is extraordinary. As the Training and Development Director at Therapeutic Kneads Bobbe’s focus is to help solidify massage therapy standards of excellence and competency. Her dedication, passion, and enthusiasm for massage therapy emanates from wanting to impart interest and reverence for the body whether she is in the role of therapist or educator. The ideas of listening with heart and hands, being patient and slowing down, waiting for the process of unwinding to facilitate the body’s inherent wisdom is transformative in the therapeutic relationship. 

Bobbe has a B.S. degree in Physical Education and was a former dancer and dance/exercise instructor before deciding to attend massage therapy school. Since graduating from the Chicago School of Massage Therapy in 1986, she has been a technique and musculoskeletal anatomy instructor, a practitioner as well as an education director with the goal of maintaining standards in the massage therapy profession. She’s been responsible for the development and revision of curriculum, training, orientation, observation and performance evaluation of staff to ensure consistency. She holds certifications in Neuromuscular Massage Therapy, Kinesiotape, sports massage, cupping and MLD. Because of this background, she understands the qualities necessary to be a successful practitioner. Bobbe is passionate about helping people realize their potential, about making a difference that ensures all have the opportunity to excel, grow and feel great in their body.

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