In my humble opinion there is really no such thing as 'sports' massage.

 

It is a 'macho' phrase invented to make men feel more comfortable about another man touching their body and manipulating their limbs.

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However, it has now grown it's own status and has professional standing and is widely believed to be the way to treat a sporting injury these days.

 

Its a nonsense of course as most clients seen by such a therapist play no sport and most of the therapies seem to involve some obligatory aggresive invasion of the muscles surrounding the focus of the clients complaint!