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Despite a popular belief that sports massage is too hard for the elderly, if it is performed by adjusting the pressure and the massage techniques according to the age and the muscle fitness of the patients, it can benefit their general health and sports performance as well.
Among young and strong athletes, there is a popular belief that a harder sports massage means a better one!
When performing a sports massage, the pressure is not the most important thing as to reach and treat the deeper layers of muscles, you do not need only higher pressure, but the right muscle anatomy knowledge and massage technique to expose and reach them!
Very often in our sports injury clinic in London, we get athletes who are used to getting sports massages and feel soreness for 3-5 days after the treatment. This is not a good sign as it means there was a reaction of mild inflammation of the muscle fibres. Ideally, there should be no pain after the massage but only a feeling of loose muscle, more range of motion and general muscle lightness! there could be a mild soreness, but it should go away within 12-24 hours.
So with these concepts in mind, we can perform a thorough sports massage for the elderly without traumatising their musculoskeletal system and giving them immediate muscle relief and improved range of motion!
The ageing process has many effects on the musculoskeletal system such as:
Sports massage has many benefits for the musculoskeletal system of the elderly such as:
 Due to the ageing process of the musculoskeletal system, the elderly are more subject to some specific injuries such as:
The best injury prevention plan to follow in order to reduce the chances of getting musculoskeletal injuries for the elderly is a combination of self-care, exercise planning, and sports therapy such as:
Stretching is like a workout for the flexibility of your muscles and has the action of a self-massage. Keeping your muscles flexible and loose will reduce the chances of getting muscle pain, and muscle injury, and will improve your sports performance as well.
Exercise should be planned based on individual needs and conditions. The intensity and frequency of the exercises should match the fitness of the individual.
As well the nutritional plan should be tailored to the individual needs and physical characteristics such as Base Metabolism, Free Fat Mass, and Fat mass.
Correct recovery time is fundamental to recovering from the stress of physical activity on the musculoskeletal system.
A sports massage or deep tissue massage for prevention ( before getting muscle pain ), performed by an expert sports therapist will be beneficial in easing your initial muscle tension.
Muscle tension can cause Trigger points and knots which, build up with time. If they are not treated, they can lead to muscle injury or muscle pain.
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