Pre-event sports massage - Health + Injury

xine267

12/01/2012 at 14:39

Just a quick question for people who have sports massages before marathons, how long before the race do you have the treatment? Morning of the race, 1 day, 2days etc?

I have very tight hamstrings, calves and hip flexors, which I am diligently working on with physio, strengthening, stretching, yoga and pilates but I wonder if I'd benefit from treatment before I run the marathon in April. My previous marathon experience has only been Medoc, and I think the alcohol helped me loosen up and/or ignore the pain!

fat buddha

12/01/2012 at 14:53

I'd usually leave a gap of about 4 days between the massage and the race.

if the massage is a typical deep tissue massage, then you may find the muscles will need a couple of days to recover from that pounding, so trying to run on them soon after is likely to hurt. but a couple of days later, they will be nicely relaxed and ready to go

xine267

12/01/2012 at 15:41

Thank you, that does make sense and will give me something to do in the taper week so that I feel as though I'm being productive, not just lazing around eating things!

Sussex Runner (NLR)

13/01/2012 at 10:16

Next time you are in Brighton go to The Jog Shop and ask for Kader. He is the best around and will advise you.

xine267

13/01/2012 at 11:16

Great, thanks for that! I'm going down to Brighton on Sunday for the marathon training seminar, I will try to pop in then ... otherwise I'll be down for the half in Feb.

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