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Whether you're a top athlete, a weekend warrior, or suffering from the stresses and strains of everyday life, form and function is key.

Sport and remedial massage is an appropriate treatment for anyone looking to improve their posture and movement.

04/09/2025

L M Sports Massage & Soft Tissue Therapy

"I honestly think that I feel so much better generally, since I started having regular massages with you." (C.S)

These are the words that make us feel good about what we do. Thank you!

31/08/2025

L M Sports Massage & Soft Tissue Therapy

"The greatest wealth is having a healthy body, a peaceful mind and the right people in your life."

We hope that you consider us a part of the right people in your life.

30/08/2025

L M Sports Massage & Soft Tissue Therapy

Remember to include yourself in the list of things you need to take care of today.🧡

Perhaps time to book a massage in.........

24/08/2025

L M Sports Massage & Soft Tissue Therapy

Your body is the greatest indicator of when you need to book a massage, these are some of the clues:

Stressed/Anxious
Not sleeping well
General body aches and pains
Lower back pain
Muscle restriction or aching
Time for you
You miss us!

23/08/2025

L M Sports Massage & Soft Tissue Therapy

Never put off your massage until tomorrow if you can get it today.

Regular massage is proven to help stop problems before they start, plus you will feel so much better!

We offer packs of massage as well!

17/08/2025

L M Sports Massage & Soft Tissue Therapy

Massage & Anxiety reduction:

Anxiety is often thought of purely as a psychological disorder. But it can have physical symptoms including shallow breathing. It can also be caused by shallow breathing, and there is a strong link between levels of blood carbon dioxide and susceptibility to panic
attacks. When anxiety attacks have a psychological basis, they are physical responses to fear or feelings of worry. They often exist hand-in-hand with chronic stress. You may experience rapid breathing, shortness of breath or acute hyperventilation.

Massage has a very profound effect in helping with feelings of anxiety as through soft tissue techniques we are able to relax the muscles which become over worked through shallow breathing, which in turn sends signals of relaxion and well being to the brain and therefore the soft tissues, allowing the body to relax and start to feel better.

16/08/2025

L M Sports Massage & Soft Tissue Therapy

If you notice that you have jaw tension or you catch yourself clenching your jaw, try this exercise:

• Sit or stand with your shoulders back and chest up.
• Pull your chin straight back and down toward the chest, creating a “double chin.”
• Hold for three seconds and repeat 10 times.
This exercise can stretch the jaw without opening the mouth, so it can be useful for those with discomfort during jaw movements.

We offer massage and soft tissue treatment for those of you with jaw clicking, pain and tension.

10/08/2025

L M Sports Massage & Soft Tissue Therapy

Benefits of deep breathing - aim for slow breathing, not big breathing. When you slow your breath down and breathe through your nose, you automatically begin to engage the diaphragm. The longer you take to breathe out, the more your body starts to respond to this breathing style and the oxygen in the air we breathe only becomes available to the lungs for diffusion into the bloodstream when that air reaches the alveoli. The calculations in an experiment reveal that breathing at 6 breaths per minute is 20% more efficient in terms of blood oxygenation than 12 breaths per minute. Breathing more slowly (and therefore deeply) gets more oxygen to your cells and organs including your brain. This triggers a reduction in anxiety and the activation of the Vagus Nerve which in turn activates the parasympathetic nervous system, signalling to the body that all is well.

When you breathe gently and slowly from your diaphragm you experience the following:

Depression reduction
Emotional/mood regulation
Blood sugar control in diabetes
Seizure frequency in epilepsy or people with non-epileptic seizures reduction (hyperventilation is a known trigger for seizures)
Core strength and balance, less risk of injury
Back and neck pain reduction
Stuttering and speech disorders

Physiological benefits of deep breathing include:
Better heart rate variability
More resilient, adaptable blood pressure
Better oxygenation of the tissues and organs
A healthy cardiovascular system
Better lung health
Mental calmness and resilience

In treatments we will frequently discuss your breathing with you and encourage you to breathe into some of the soft tissue techniques.

09/08/2025

L M Sports Massage & Soft Tissue Therapy

Why do we keep banging on about breathing?

Quite simply, how well you breath, affects how well you are and how well your body functions.

Shallow breathing occurs when a person draws minimal air into their lungs usually exceeding 20 rapid, short breaths per minute, primarily using the chest muscles rather than the diaphragm, not allowing the lungs to fully expand, resulting in less efficient oxygen exchange. This in turn will generate a state of anxiety in the brain as it will identify the reduction in oxygen as a state of panic. (Fight or flight).

Like all things in life, if you do it often enough, it will become second nature or a habit and so too with breathing.

The effects of long-term shallow breathing can be serious. The chronic stress, poor
posture and inadequate oxygenation that result inhibit the immune system, cause pain in the lower back and neck and leave the brain feeling foggy and muddled.

One of the effects of shallow breathing is that the small ‘accessory’ muscles such as the muscles in the neck, end up overworking to compensate for poor diaphragm function. These muscles are called the scalene muscles. They are small muscles that lift the top ribs, making space in the chest for the lungs to expand. This can result in neck pain, back pain and, because the neck is important for balance and proprioception, it increases risk of injury. When the neck hurts, it’s harder to move properly, the shoulders slump, posture suffers, and it becomes harder to practice healthy deep breathing. Because when the breathing suffers, movement suffers and vice versa, one of the effects of shallow breathing is that it perpetuates shallow breathing.

We will always assess the quality of your breathing.

03/08/2025

L M Sports Massage & Soft Tissue Therapy

"Apparently stress balls are not supposed to be thrown at people that are stressing you out." - who knew?

Now that we have established that launching missiles at people who elevate your stress levels is frowned on, let us consider an alternative - massage and soft tissue therapy.
Why?
Physiologically:
Massage can significantly alleviate stress by reducing cortisol levels, increasing serotonin, and promoting relaxation through physical touch and emotional support as well as improving blood and lymphatic circulation and activating the parasympathetic nervous system leading to an improved state of relaxation and anxiety or stress reduction.
Psychologically:
It is an opportunity to either switch off, or offload your worries. It feels good to care for yourself and massage often makes you much more physically aware. Most people report improved levels of stress reduction and sleep quality.

02/08/2025

L M Sports Massage & Soft Tissue Therapy

"If fear of reinjury is holding you back, your brain is doing its job too well."

What do we mean? The brain is the central alarm system of the body, it is designed to protect you - this is how we learn. Put your hand on a hot stove once and you will never intentionally do it again, why? Because it hurts and your brain has learnt this from your previous transgression.
It is the same with all injury, if you do an action that causes you pain or harm, your brain will do its absolute best to stop you from doing it again. However what your brain may not have realised is that you have rehabbed well and the previous muscular imbalance or injury is now resolved. All the brain knows is that you did that last time and it hurt like mad. Sometimes if the injury is traumatic enough the brain will keep on reimagining the pain and create muscle guarding techniques to stop you from repeating the action.

With soft tissue therapy we work with you to overcome these issues and to allow you to passively and actively go through a range of movement that you previously struggled with either physically or psychologically allowing the mind and body to re-establish dialog.

27/07/2025

L M Sports Massage & Soft Tissue Therapy

OTS continued..

Over Training Syndrome is something that we see the whole time. There is a belief that more is more, and the more that you train the better, stronger and fitter you will be. In some instances if you are a top elite athlete then, yes, but you will also have a team of specialists monitoring your diet, sleep, muscle mass and so on, on a day by day basis.

Individual recovery times will vary. If you take a complete break from your sport, you can expect to see improvements after 2 weeks, in conjunction with good sense and care. However, it may take up to 3 months before you’re fully healed. During this time, you can usually do gentle exercise to stay active. Listen to your body during this time though. If you begin training again and start to experience symptoms of overtraining, return to active resting.

To prevent overtraining, schedule regular rest days after long or demanding straining sessions. Take a break from targeting a muscle group for 1 or 2 days if you do weight or resistance training. At the same time, don’t allow for too much time to lapse between workout sessions.
Have a rest period during your workout. Rest intervals can be anywhere from 30 seconds to 5 minutes. If needed, reduce the volume and intensity of your sessions.
Schedule active rest days that include low impact activities such as walking, yoga, or swimming. This will relieve muscle restriction and help you stay active while recovering from a strenuous workout. Plus, varying your activities helps develop your whole body.

Book a massage to help keep your body in good shape and prevent the little niggles from working their way back in.

Eat well, sleep well, hydrate well, rest well, don’t hurry your recovery.

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Chichester
PO189HJ

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https://www.lmsportsmassage.co.uk/

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