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.
