Sports massage used to help relieve tight muscles. Muscle tightness can limit flexibility, increase pain and cause future injuries. Sports massage helps release muscle tightness. A sports massage helps increase blood flow through tight muscles, break down inflexible tissues and stretch out muscle fibers. Using a sports massage regularly to relieve tight muscles can help reduce the chance of injury and maximize performance.

In athletic and sporting settings, it has an effective place during training, before and after events, and in rehabilitation from injury.

For those not involved in competitive sports, situations often arise where a course of remedial massage can aid recovery from injury.

Painful conditions such as sciatica, back and neck pain, derived from the bad posture can often be resolved with a course of treatment. Such treatment can assist in reversing long-term conditions, thus improving mobility and quality of life.