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M·03 · Sports · 60 / 90 / 120 min

Targeted recovery. Trained for the work the body is doing.

For athletes between training blocks and events. Not a sports-massage chain — single therapist, modality blended to your specific cycle, your specific sport, your specific event timing.

P·01 · 60 min focused recovery, one area $110
P·03 · 120 min full body, deep recovery $200
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What it's for. By training context.

§ 45 · Helps

In seasonweekly maintenance

  • training-load tightness
  • localised hot spots
  • posture under load
  • sleep recovery

Between eventstapers & rest weeks

  • flush work, lighter pressure
  • targeted ROM
  • tissue mobility
  • nervous-system reset

Post-event72 h after

  • delayed-onset soreness
  • compensatory patterns
  • foot & ankle recovery
  • specific sore spots

Off seasonannual reset

  • chronic-pattern unwinding
  • postural rebuild
  • scar tissue from old injuries
  • tissue resilience
Schedule around eventsnever the day of, ideally 72 h before or 3 days after.

Returning sports clients get a shorter intake — what's the training block, what's the next event, where is the body holding it. The work focuses on one or two specific areas rather than a full-body sweep, because that's what produces measurable change for athletes. Pressure depends on timing — deeper if you're in maintenance, lighter and more flush-style if you're inside a taper. We'll talk about it before we start.

§ 46 · Who

Ideal for. Athletes in any volume.

Marathon and ultra runners during training cycles. Cyclists, especially long-distance and gravel. Climbers — particularly forearms, fingers, and shoulders. Trail runners with foot and ankle load. Triathletes managing three sport patterns. Recreational athletes doing more than the body asked for last weekend.

§ 47 · When not

Choose another instead if. The body needs a different touch.

If you're looking for general full-body relaxation rather than targeted athletic recovery, Integrated fits better. Acute injury inside seventy-two hours needs medical assessment first, not massage. Rhabdomyolysis risk after extreme exertion: see a provider before the table.

Common questions. About sports massage specifically.

§ 48 · Ask
How soon before an event should I book?
Seventy-two hours is the safest window for deeper work. Forty-eight hours can work for a flush-style session at lighter pressure. The day of, or the day before, isn't recommended — fresh muscle disruption right before the gun is the wrong direction.
How soon after?
Three days post-event for full recovery work. The day after is fine for very light flush, but the body is still inflamed and deeper pressure can extend recovery rather than shorten it.
How is sports different from deep tissue?
Deep tissue is a pressure depth and pacing approach. Sports is a context — the work is shaped by what your training cycle is asking. They overlap; many sports sessions ARE deep tissue, just framed around event timing and athlete-specific patterns.
Can I get treated through a knot during a hard training block?
Often yes, with the understanding that the knot is the symptom and the cause is upstream — usually a tight neighbour or a load pattern. We'll work the symptom and identify the upstream piece for next session.
Do you do dry needling or cupping?
Not currently. If you want either, I'll refer to local PTs and ATs who do them well. The hands stay the primary tool here.
Frequency during a build?
Most in-season athletes I see book every two to three weeks at maintenance. During a peak-volume block, weekly. During a taper, the week before is rest — no massage in the seventy-two hours before race day.

Explore other modalities. Same hands. Different work.

§ 49 · Continue
Deep Tissuechronic tension & sore muscles
M·01 →
Integratedblended to your body
M·05 →

Train the body. Then bring it here to recover.

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