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Sports Massage
This paper explores massage therapy for athletic performance.
2,196 words (approx. 8.8 pages) |
10 sources |
MLA | 2007
Paper Summary:
The paper explains that massage therapy is the scientific manipulation of the soft tissues of the body, aimed at normalizing these tissues. The paper looks at the origin of modern, scientific massage therapy and the many benefits derived. The paper discusses the mechanics of sports massage, its three forms and its actual application. The paper examines aspects of an excellent sports or athletic performance and concludes that massage therapy enhances optimal athletic performance.Outline:
Massage Therapy and its Beginnings
Benefits
Sports Massage
Mechanics
Origin, Three Forms
Applications
Spa Treatments
Aspects of Excellent Athletic Performance
From the Paper:
"Massage therapy is the scientific manipulation of the soft tissues of the body, aimed at normalizing these tissues (Greene). It consists of manual techniques of applying fixed or movable pressure, holding or causing body movement. It is one of the oldest health care practices, dating back to more than 4,000 years as evidenced by Chinese medical records. .Western health care records, at least since the time of Hippocrates in the fourth century, referred to it. Hippocrates is the Father of Medicine. The origin of modern, scientific massage therapy is traced to Per Henrik Ling, a Swede, in the 18th century."Sample of Sources Used:
- American Fitness. Body Therapeutics. Aerobics and Fitness Association of America: Gale Group, July 2001
- Calechman, Steve. The Right Massage for You. Natural Health: Weider Publications, Inc., October-November 2001
- Cates, Nancy Dodd. In Touch with the Healing Powers of Massage. Better Nutrition: PRIMEDIA Intertec, 1998
- Crabtree, Margot. Massage: an Old Tradition in a New Millenium. Better Nutrition: PRIMEDIA Intertec, 1997
- Davidson, Tish. Sports Massage. Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine: Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine, 2001
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Sports Massage (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 12, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Term-Paper-Sports-Massage/97711
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"Sports Massage" 15 January 2012. Web. 12 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Term-Paper-Sports-Massage/97711>
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