Preventative Sports Massage

pudgeydev

Hi all,
Any of the more experienced runners go for regular sports massage to prevent injury? I was thinking of having some, maybe monthly to ease out any tight areas, what are your thoughts on it?
Cheers!

hunnymonster

I find them great. I get one a month when I'm not up to much and every two weeks in big mileage times. You need to find a good therapist and stick with him though. I've been seeing the same guy for 4 years and he knows my legs better than I do.

RacoonQueen

If I could afford it I'd get one every week.

Edit: That doesn't explain much. I think they're great, obviously given my line of work I'm going to promote them but the benefits of sports massage for active people are endless, especially a competitive athlete who is always seeking improvements. You feel the benefits instantly.

Sosa

pudgeydev wrote: »

Hi all,
Any of the more experienced runners go for regular sports massage to prevent injury? I was thinking of having some, maybe monthly to ease out any tight areas, what are your thoughts on it?
Cheers!

I get one every couple of months,he finds any injuries that are starting and might affect me in a couple of months if i do nothing about it and cleans them all up.

smmoore79

Have never had a sports massage in my life but have been thinking about getting one. I seen to get regular little niggles with my increased mileage. Any recomendations for 1 in the Dublin 2/4 area??

niallp

Karen Doyle at The Maple Clinic in Booterstown is excellent.

MaroonTam

smmoore79 wrote: »

Have never had a sports massage in my life but have been thinking about getting one. I seen to get regular little niggles with my increased mileage. Any recomendations for 1 in the Dublin 2/4 area??

I have been to Peter Mathews a couple of times now. He used to be at SportsMed on Kildare street but is now at Functional Training on Upper Fitzwilliam Street.
As a former cross country champion, he knows his stuff re: running aches.

Have to say though, it hurts like hell at times....

big mce

How much do they cost?

smmoore79

MaroonTam wrote: »

I have been to Peter Mathews a couple of times now. He used to be at SportsMed on Kildare street but is now at Functional Training on Upper Fitzwilliam Street.
As a former cross country champion, he knows his stuff re: running aches.

Have to say though, it hurts like hell at times....

Sounds good, i might look him up.. Thanks!

plodder

Can anyone recommend someone for North Dublin ?

mithril

big mce wrote: »

How much do they cost?

About 60 Euro for an hour session appears to be the going rate.
Adds up a considerable sum over the year if you have one every month.

RacoonQueen

€60 would be the max you should pay. They should range between €45 and €60.

shels4ever

RacoonQueen wrote: »

€60 would be the max you should pay. They should range between €45 and €60.

Yep i'd agree but i've paid 60 to some people and not gotten much out of it, But the guy i'm going to now is more then woth the 60.

My advise is to find someone good and its well woth the money, planning on going ever 4-6 week or when needed now.

kennyb3

plodder wrote: »

Can anyone recommend someone for North Dublin ?

+1 anyone recommend someone particularly in the know on the north side out of the city centre? i ve been through a few physio's and am thinking sports injury clinic in santry next

RacoonQueen

kennyb3 wrote: »

+1 anyone recommend someone particularly in the know on the north side out of the city centre? i ve been through a few physio's and am thinking sports injury clinic in santry next

Physio's very rarely do sports massage. Only time I'd ever go to a physio or recommend a physio is if the injury is definitely not muscular. I work with physios and would put a sports therapist at the top of my list if I had a niggle. Physio's tend to concentrate on the area where the pain is instead of assessing the surrounding areas aswell. Can never understand why physio's do this when they're the ones with the fancy degree...

pudgeydev

Just been to my sports massage fella, he was pushin to see me once a week at least! I'd love to if I had the funds but €50-€100 a week is way more what I could afford to put into running, and from what I've read here, I don't think anyone goes that often.
Guess i'll just start doing some self massage to knock them calves back into shape!

cantswim

RacoonQueen wrote: »

Can never understand why physio's do this when they're the ones with the fancy degree...

at least with a fancy degree I can be sure the physio I see is actually qualified to do what they say they can do... unlike alot of massage therapists.

tempo

cantswim wrote: »

at least with a fancy degree I can be sure the physio I see is actually qualified to do what they say they can do... unlike alot of massage therapists.

being a qualified sport massage and remedial therapist i find this highly offensive.
I have studied hard to get my qualification over 3 years +
As most Physios and Massage therapist's wi tell you its all about hands on experience.
Also i advise people to come once every 2-3 weeks(depending on the level or amount of training they do)
At first it might be once a week to get them to a point that its all about maintaining the body.
I have worked on all differn't sports people includng cyclists(did the RAS many years ago)also worked on top athetes like Martin Fagan and Robert Heffernan.
To say what you have said above isn't right about all massage therapists,
have you had much experience with massage therapists?
also if getting a massage you should ask to see their cert ad qualificiations!!!

RacoonQueen

cantswim wrote: »

at least with a fancy degree I can be sure the physio I see is actually qualified to do what they say they can do... unlike alot of massage therapists.

I was going to post a sarcy reply to this last night but I decided not to.

Maybe people should be careful about who they get a massage from then? I wouldn't be offended if someone asked to see my qualifications. Beside, qualifications can mean very little - just because somebody has a Physio degree it doesn't mean they know anything about musculoskeletal injuries. It's all about hands on experience and you need to be just as careful about the physio you go to as you do about the massage therapist you go to. I agree there are massage therapists out there who are working without qualifications, many of them are offering their services online or are working in dodgy parlours and without being 'racist' many/most of them are not Irish. Physiotherapy degrees from other countries are also not to the standard we hold here, I would be a qualified physiotherapist in other countries with the qualifications I have.

No repultable salon/clinic will hire someone without qualifications. I did a lot more musculoskeletal work in college than physios do.

tempo

well said RacoonQueen(love that username btw)

kennyb3

Tempo any chance you are north side based?

tempo

Dublin 20 !!!

RacoonQueen

tempo wrote: »

Dublin 20 !!!

hmmm...that'd be convenient enough for me, do you have a clinic or do you work from home?

tempo

work from home,special club rates for boardsies;)