The usual experience in conventional treatment is to aim to restore
normal function when someone is injured, although this type of treatment can
fall under the scope of work in sports massage, the main focus is to reach a
level of performance beyond that which an athlete will ever achieve. The aim of
treatment is therefore always to enhance performance at whatever level the
sportsman has reached. The most major risk in the quest for enhanced performance
is of course injury, so the primary treatment concern is injury prevention.
With regular treatment athletes are more able to sustain high levels of
performance without getting injured. Not everybody has to be an athlete to
benefit from sports massage
Sessions can be tailored for injury prevention, from post injury to
building to an event, or just to give the body a break from the everyday wear
and tear of day to day life.
Meet Steven Trollope:
After first studying personal training through the ETA in cape town in
2001 I returned overseas to complete a course of sports and remedial massage
through the London School of Sports Massage. Following the completion of my
sports massage I went on to do courses of myofascial release, strapping &
taping and joint manipulation & mobilization. Following the studies I have
worked throughout the UK with both domestic and international athletes, sports
teams as well as private clients. Upon return to SA in 2008 I set up a sports
massage practice in Somerset West During which time clients included, amongst
others, WP and Springbok bodybuilders and Miss Fitness SA. In 2012 I was
invited to join two single speed cyclists on the ABSA Cape Epic as a sports
massage therapist, a challenging but successful endeavour! Apart from the
massage I have a keen interest in all sports and having broke the men’s
freediving bi-fins SA record last year is currently training for a world record
status freediving event in November.
