In Denver CO, sports massage is a popular treatment at Zen'd Out Massage Spa.


Sports massage seems to be very popular, so here's an overview of the differences between it and physiotherapy, and the benefits that it offers.

The benefit of massage in general is to promote relaxation, but there are many different types of massage, including Swedish massage, acupressure, shiatsu, Thai massage, etc.

Designed to promote muscle recovery and avoid pain, sports massage is the perfect complement to the other services at Zen'd Out Massage Spa. This type of massage is one of the more firm types, and practitioners must undergo additional specialist training to perform the techniques.

Some benefits of sports massage for athletes and those who are not athletes:

1. Relieving post-exercise muscle soreness

Greeks and Romans believed that massage was beneficial for athletes of the time. A well-known Roman physician named Galen (AD 30-200), prescribed massage for gladiators before and after exercise.

DOMS is a painful stiffness that you experience after strenuous exercise. It can take several days before this soreness resolves without treatment.


A sports massage following exercise has been shown to prevent and relieve this pain. Athletes who must repeat intense exercise frequently and therefore need rapid recovery tend to use it a lot. This treatment, however, has other benefits as well.

2. Enhancing muscle length and flexibility to aid in injury recovery and injury prevention

The stretching techniques that are used in sports massage improve muscle mobility and flexibility. Exercise becomes safer when this is done.

Sometimes, the body can adopt an analgesic posture to relieve pain after an injury. While this unnatural position may serve as a temporary relief, it can cause further damage in the long-term. When this posture is adopted, muscles tend to tighten and muscle length decreases, causing pain.

Even long-standing injuries can be treated with sports massage by releasing tight muscles that contributed to the injury. Recovery can often be improved with sports massage.

Moreover, the endorphins you release during treatment act as your body's natural painkillers. Sport massage is beneficial to most musculoskeletal disorders.

3. Reducing stress and increasing energy

A benefit of sports massage is that it is effective for reducing stress. The release of endorphins by the body during a sports massage is one of the effects of a sports massage.

They are thought to reduce anxiety, provide pain relief, improve mood, and enhance a person's sense of well-being when released by the pituitary gland and the hypothalamus.

Unlike other forms of massage, which leave the recipient feeling sleepy, sports massage leaves the recipient feeling energetic, alert, and energized.

The Zen'd Out Massage Spa, located in Denver, Colorado, is the place to go. In addition to offering sports massage to stressed employees as part of our corporate wellbeing package, many employees working near our offices benefit from our accessibility and on-site parking.

Our helpful staff is available to speak with about whether this treatment is right for you at (303) 656-2944 or by visiting 910 16th St Mall Suite 408, Denver, CO 80202.