How Sports Massage Helps Support Long-Term Athletic Health
Athletes tend to think in cycles. There is the next race, the next match, the next heavy block of training, the next comeback after a setback. The body, however, does not work in tidy short-term windows. It keeps a running account. Every sprint, every awkward landing, every hour spent gripping handlebars or rotating through serves leaves a trace. Some of those traces are useful adaptations. Others are the beginnings of stiffness, asymmetry, overload, and even
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Athletes tend to think in cycles. There is the next race, the next match, the next heavy block of training, the next comeback after a setback. The body, however, does not work in tidy short-term windows. It keeps a running account. Every sprint, every awkward landing, every hour spent gripping handlebars or rotating through serves leaves a trace. Some of those traces are useful adaptations. Others are the beginnings of stiffness, asymmetry, overload, and even
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