Muscle Cramps and Sports Massage / Deep Tissue Massage

Muscle cramp is an involuntary contraction of the muscle which can be very painful. Massage can be beneficial in relieving cramp as it happens by stimulating blood flow and helping to stretch the muscle. Massage can also be of benefit in the days and weeks following a bout of cramp as well as in preventing cramp.
When the muscle suffers cramp it goes into spasm. The spasm squeezes the blood out of the muscle like a sponge preventing the muscle from getting its nutrients. In addition, if the spasm is severe then there may be damage to the muscle (a muscle strain).

The benefits of sports massage are to help to release tension in the muscle and stimulate blood flow. It can also help with stretching a muscle, particularly transversely or sideways in a way that normal stretching cannot.

Massage must not be performed during the acute stage of this injury - usually 48 hours after injury. This is because if there is still bleeding then heat and massage will increase bleeding, not stop it.

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