Recharge sports massage and injury therapy

09/10/2025

🌿 I’m on vacation until November 2nd! 🌿
Thank you for your messages and interest in booking a massage. 💛
To reserve your spot after November 2nd, please use the booking app – quick and easy! 📲

Can’t wait to see you after my break! 💆‍♀️

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29/09/2025

29/09/2025

✨ Plan ahead and book your November massage appointments easily through the app below!

🌿 Looking for natural supplements? Send me a quick message on Messenger — I’ll be happy to take your order. 🚚 Home delivery straight to your door!

🤗🙏Take good care of yourselves, stay healthy, and I look forward to seeing you again in November! 💚

With love,Ioana,
your therapist & expert healthy lifestyle coach 💚

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28/09/2025

25/09/2025

Mulți povestesc cu nostalgie despre borcanele de iaurt ale bunicii și despre tratamentele aplicate în mod "băbesc".

Astăzi, acestei practici îi spunem "Cupping". Termenul sună mai occidental și poate da senzația de actualitate sau profesionalism.

Bătrânii noștri le spuneau ventuze. Chiar dacă nu aveau recipientele pretențioase, cu pompițe și seringi din cine știe ce materiale, ventuzele tradiționale îndeplineau același rol atunci ca și acum.

Suntem puternic tentați sau împinși să credem tot mai mult în tehnologie și gadget-uri.

Programeaza-te la o sedinta si te vei convinge!

24/09/2025

Cold Season Back Pain & Recovery
When the cold season sets in, many people experience increased back pain. Low temperatures can cause muscles to tighten, reduce blood circulation, and increase stiffness in the joints — making discomfort more noticeable.

How Sports Massage Helps
Sports massage improves blood flow, warms up the muscles, and reduces tension, allowing your back to stay flexible and strong even in colder weather.

The Benefits of Cupping Therapy
Cupping stimulates circulation, promotes muscle relaxation, and helps release deep-seated tension. Combined with sports massage, it can speed up recovery, reduce pain, and restore mobility.

✨ Stay active, care for your back, and support your body during the colder months with the right therapies!

23/09/2025

A football player with tight hamstrings can definitely benefit from sports massage as part of their recovery and performance routine. Here’s how it can help:

🔹 How sports massage helps tight hamstrings in football players

1. Improves Flexibility & Range of Motion

Massage techniques like longitudinal gliding and myofascial release help lengthen the muscle fibers, reducing stiffness.

Increased flexibility lowers the risk of hamstring strains, which are common in football.

2. Enhances Blood Flow & Recovery

Massage promotes circulation, delivering oxygen and nutrients to the hamstring while flushing out waste products (like lactic acid).

This speeds up recovery after intense training or matches.

3. Reduces Muscle Tension & Knots

Deep tissue work and trigger point release help break down adhesions (knots) in the hamstrings.

This reduces tightness and discomfort that can restrict explosive movements like sprinting and kicking.

4. Supports Injury Prevention

Regular sports massage keeps the hamstrings supple and reduces imbalances that often contribute to pulls or tears.

It can also highlight early signs of overload before a full injury develops.

5. Improves Neuromuscular Function

Massage stimulates the nervous system, improving communication between the brain and hamstrings.

This helps with quicker, more coordinated contractions, which is crucial for sprinting and changing direction.

6. Mental Relaxation & Performance Boost

Loosening tight muscles also reduces overall fatigue and stress.

A relaxed muscle performs better and is less likely to seize up during explosive movements.

🔹 Best massage techniques for tight hamstrings

Effleurage & Petrissage → warms up tissue, improves circulation

Deep tissue massage → breaks down adhesions and scar tissue

Myofascial release → targets fascia restrictions

Trigger point therapy → relieves specific knots

PNF stretching (Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation) → combines massage with assisted stretching

👉 For football players, sports massage is most effective when combined with proper warm-up, dynamic stretching, strength training (especially eccentric hamstring work like Nordic curls), and recovery strategies (hydration, sleep, nutrition).

19/09/2025

🔹 What is Metatarsalgia?

Metatarsalgia is a condition characterized by pain and inflammation in the ball of the foot (the area just behind the toes, at the heads of the metatarsal bones). It’s not a disease in itself but a symptom that can result from different underlying issues.

🔹 Causes

Wearing improper footwear (tight, high-heeled, or thin-soled shoes).

Overuse or high-impact activities (running, jumping, sports).

Foot deformities (bunions, hammertoes, high arches, flat feet).

Excess body weight → increases pressure on the forefoot.

Morton’s neuroma (thickening of tissue around a nerve near the toes).

Arthritis or gout → inflammation affecting the joints.

🔹 Symptoms

Sharp, aching, or burning pain in the ball of the foot.

Pain that worsens when standing, walking, or running.

Tingling or numbness in the toes.

Feeling like there is a “pebble in the shoe”.

🔹 Treatment & Management

Conservative care:

Rest and avoid high-impact activity.

Ice packs to reduce inflammation.

Proper footwear with cushioning and a wide toe box.

Metatarsal pads or custom orthotics.

Weight management.

Anti-inflammatory medication (if needed
massage can be helpful for relieving symptoms of metatarsalgia, but it does not cure the underlying cause.

🔹 Benefits of Massage

Relaxes tight foot muscles → reduces strain on the metatarsal bones.

Improves circulation → helps decrease inflammation and discomfort.

Relieves local pressure by mobilizing soft tissues.

Can reduce the sensation of having a “pebble in the shoe.”