In-Home Sports Massage in Montreal | Massaya

Recovery, Performance and Injury Prevention

You run, you cycle, you play soccer or hockey, you do CrossFit, intensive yoga or swimming — whatever your sport, your body deserves professional recovery. Sports in-home massage with Massaya is the recovery of high-level athletes, delivered to your home in Montreal, Laval, Longueuil and throughout the North Shore and South Shore.

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Sports massage — much more than recovery

Many people think that sports massage is only for after exercise. In reality, professional sports massage occurs at three distinct points in the training cycle, each with different goals and techniques.

Before exercise — Warm-up massage

A pre-competition or pre-training massage uses stimulating techniques — tapping, rapid friction, joint mobilizations — to increase muscle temperature, improve proprioception and prepare the nervous system for exercise. It generally lasts 15 to 30 minutes and increases measurable performance in the first minutes of activity.

During intensive phases — Maintenance

During periods of intensive training or competition, a weekly maintenance massage helps treat muscle micro-traumas before they become injuries, identify emerging areas of tension and maintain optimal range of motion.

After exercise — Active recovery

A post-exercise massage, ideally within 24 to 48 hours following intense exercise, accelerates the elimination of lactic acid and other metabolites, reduces micro-traumatic inflammation, prevents soreness, and accelerates protein synthesis for muscle reconstruction.

Sports massage techniques

• Deep effleurage — To activate circulation and prepare tissues.
• Intensive kneading — To work deep into the muscle fibers and break up adhesions.
• Transverse frictions — Particularly effective on tendons and muscle insertions to prevent tendinitis.
• Passive and assisted mobilizations — To restore joint range of motion and test flexibility.
• Assisted muscle stretching (PNF) — Proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation combines contraction and relaxation to achieve flexibility gains not possible with passive stretching alone.
• Trigger points — Releases trigger points in the muscles most used by your sport.
• Cupping — Incorporated by some therapists to accelerate the recovery of the most congested areas.

The sports that benefit most from sports massage in Montreal

• Running — Hamstrings, calves, TFL, tibialis anterior, plantar fascia.
• Cycling — Quadriceps, hamstrings, lower back, hip flexors, neck.
• Hockey and ice sports — Adductors, groins, lumbar, shoulders, wrists.
• Soccer and team sports — Complete legs, groin, lumbar, ankles.
• CrossFit and strength training — Whole body, with particular attention to the shoulders, lower back and hips.
• Tennis and racquet sports — Forearms, elbow, shoulder, trapezius, thoracic rotation.
• Swimming — Shoulders, rotator cuff, back, cervical.

Our therapists specialized in sports massage at Massaya

Maxime B (2nd place at the Canadian Massage Therapy Championship, advanced biomechanical approach), Carole P (trained kinesiologist with specialization in therapeutic exercises and sports massage) and Victoria L (specialized in Swedish massage and sports massage) are your allies for performance and recovery.

We travel throughout Greater Montreal

Montreal (all neighborhoods), Laval, Longueuil, Brossard, Saint-Lambert, Boucherville, Terrebonne, Repentigny, Saint-Jérôme, Blainville and everywhere on the North Shore and the South Shore.

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