Sports Massage for Peak Performance [Paperback]

Greg Pike (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 9, 1997

Sports massage has come into its own as a vital tool for serious athletes. Recent advances in sports medicine have proven conclusively that preperformance massage can give athletes a competitive edge by improving endurance and flexibility, and that postperformance and maintenance massage can decrease muscle recovery time and help reduce injuries. Today, sports massage is a growing trend, with boutiques prospering in every major city and sports franchises making it an intrinsic part of their athletes' workout regimen.

For those of us who need the knead but don't have masseurs at our beck and call, there's " Sports Massage for Peak Performance." Based on the latest advances in sports medicine, it teaches athletes basic techniques that they can do on themselves or with a partner. It also provides sport-specific massages and discusses the latest advances in massage therapy. Featuring a section on how to massage for peak performance and spot, prevent and care for injury, this is indispensable equipment for weekend warriors, professional athletes and everyone in between.

MASSAGE YOUR WAY TO PEAK PERFORMANCE!

Like visualization, meditation and stretching, massageis a tool that helps athletes find their winning edge. Sports massage can optimize the body's performance in a particular sport and reduce the risk of injury. With a range of exercises for all athletes that can be done alone or with a partner, "Sports Massage for Peak Performance" can be used by professionals, amateurs and everyone inbetween. Reap the amazing benefits of sports massgage: Get in touch with your body -- learn and feel how it works. Improve muscle efficiency, circulation and movement in your sport. Aidrehabilitation and even prevent injury.Relieve stress and reduce soreness caused by intense exercise. Simply feel better -- experience a sense of calm and relaxation in and out of your sport.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

American professional athletes have been using sports massage for more than two decades now, and the technique is considered effective for precontest warm-ups (to increase circulation and flexibility), postevent cool-downs (to relax performance-tightened muscles), and between-contest body maintenance (to keep tissues loose and maintain posture). This straightforward and well-illustrated book shows you how to perform sports-massage techniques on yourself or a partner. It also includes flexibility exercises and offers sport-specific advice.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Harper Perennial; 1st edition (July 9, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060951672
• ISBN-13: 978-0060951672
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,629,156 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Written for the Layman athlete, February 14, 2003

By 

Rachel Watkins "Rachel Watkins" (Joshua, Texas) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Sports Massage for Peak Performance (Paperback)

Sports Massage For Peak Performance is a manual written for athletes who wish to use massage to enhanse thier physical performance in athletics. It's written in easy to understand laymens terms rather than medical and technical language. The main focus is on self-massage with Sweedish techniques and streching, with some attention paid to massage with a partner. Black and White pictures demonstrate the massage moves fairly clearly, and text sections clearly explain what to massage, and what the massage is doing to the muscles.

This book, unlike similar works for the layman, covers conditions in which you should *not* massage right at the start, which is important.

*Massage Therapists*: If you are a Massage Therapist, this can be a good book to reccomend to your clients who wish to use massage between professional sessions. However, all the material contained within would have been basic study in any massage school, so not something you would need.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars This book is basic., July 17, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Sports Massage for Peak Performance (Paperback)

There are books on this subject that are broken down with more logic. The photos tend to date the book as illustrations are better. Overall, the contents are OK.