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Now draw your elbow (lightly if your legs are sore) several times up quads from knee to hip to separate layers and allow fibres to move freely. Hamstrings have to make do with you drawing your fists or all your fingers together along them, but it isn’t as good. I can’t reach around the back of my leg with my elbow! Be guided by how sore your legs are to tell how much pressure to use. Use the post-race massage to find any areas that are tender, work over them with little circular movements of your fingers or thumb as well as flushing. For injuries While the injured area is too painful to touch, massage just above it to help blood flow to and from the area. This flushes away the damaged cells and opens the way for fresh oxygenated blood to flow in. Use flushing movements only to begin with. As soon as the area can tolerate it flush from below to above the injured area in long sweeping strokes. Then little by little as pain allows begin pressing and squeezing. At other times Once or twice a week massage yourself to encourage top performance. A regular appointment for remedial massage will ensure that your legs are kept in running order and any injuries cleared up quickly. A maintenance massage could be: Flushing as above Squeezing/pressing | ||
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CATHERINE HOLLAND Tel: 0701 7415310 Email: catherine@catherineholland.co.uk | |
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