Lyndsay Oakes, RMT

Hey everyone, check out this blog on sport massage! Can be useful to any individual competition or team sports

For sports recovery treatments, injury prevention or just relaxation, Booking is available now with Lyndsay Oakes, our in-house massage therapist. We are also accepting new clients, so book your massage today!

When your back is rounded, it places more load on the discs and ligaments in your back. Your erectors, which should be engaged aren’t doing the work they are supposed to, when your pelvis is high, there is less load on your thighs and glutes and this also forcing us to rely on our ligaments. Repetitive spinal flexion (rounded back) when lifting puts you at an increase risk of disc herniation ! When your spine is neutral and you are in that squat position it puts more load on your legs and activates your erectors ! continuously lifting improperly will put your body through more wear and tear than necessary and eventually it’ll be more than the back can handle leading to injury. Using proper technique will allow you to move better for longer!