Once you've recovered your vigor, you'll see sports massage as essential to your optimum performance and overall health. Maintenance sports massage prevents injuries by keeping you mobile while making sure that the small kinks and compensations don't set in. Maintenance massage enhances training, reduces pre-event jitters, and aids post-event recovery. While my personal preference runs to deep tissue work, you can get sports massage therapy from many branches of massage. Swedish massage emphasizes muscle-work. Trigger point massage uses accupressure-style therapy to reduce spasm and release stiffness in connective tissue. Lymphatic massage encourages the body's removal of edema and reduces swelling. If you routinely include massage in your athletic regimen, regardless of the form of sports massage you choose, you'll see a boost in your performance, and perhaps extend the overall life of your athletic career.
Though I don't play tennis, I do get a tennis-elbow-like injury from too many hours at the laptop. My Rolfer can rid me of that excruciating elbow pain and inability to twist my forearm with a few deft moves. I've been through the sequences of both Rolfing and Hellerwork and remain amazed at the power of structural reintegration to make striking changes in a single session. However, you don't need the power of Rolfing to nip injuries in the bud. Ongoing sports massage can keep you on the field and off the sidelines.
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