Most people can - without being taught - give massage, but in order to really have effect it demands practice. But watch out - most people love to receive massage and suddenly you have 12 players, who are just in need of a little relaxing massage before the match or 10-15 minutes massage on the legs after the match. Here it is an advantage to teach the team, how to do the most common massage so that they can help each other.
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It has not been proved that massage has an improving effect on the muscles ability to work if they have not been working, but you can obtain a great mental effect. After a round of massage you are fit for fight.

If a player suffers from great tensions before a match, a light massage can remove the tension, as it has a soothing effect.

After the warming up a certain soreness or tension in some muscle groups may occur, and the will benefit from a little loosening massage, but massage can hurt, of you get hold in a tender muscle and then you have to loosen the grab a little. Watch out that it doesn't hurt because you are doing massage on nerves and blood vessels.

Don't perform rubbing or powerful kneading on dry skin. Use massage oil. However muscle kneading can be performed on dry skin.

After the muscles have worked it has been shown that it improves the muscles ability to recovered. In the breaks it is important that the muscles do not grow cold, and massage could be a good tool in combination with sweat suit, stretching exercises and warming down and up.

Tender muscles loves massage. It a game has been played, the muscles can easily be very tender. After about 10 minutes the tenderness grows stronger and will continue rising the next 24 to 48 hours. Then the tenderness will take off, but the muscles may have a stiff feeling. A good round of massage will not remove the tenderness, but reduce it considerably..

Massage grasps

Stroking
Acts soothing and pain-relieving and neutralize muscle tensions.

Squeezing and kneading
Can have an inciting effect, but may also provoke strong pain if the treatment is too rough.

Rubbings
Can also have an inciting effect, but may also provoke strong pain if the treatment is too rough.

Tapping and hacking
Can have an inciting and relaxing effect.

Vibration and shaking
Can also have an inciting and relaxing effect.

Where you are not allowed to massage unless you are a trained doctor, masseur or physiotherapist:
- On open wounds (wounds, burns etc.)
- On and around injuries, which are less that 48 hours old (may start a new bleeding)
- On torn ligaments
- On injured tendons
- If the patient has strong pains

In connection with massage on injuries, which is more that 48 hours old light stroking can be given - later rubbings on the injury spot. It eases the tension in the muscle and helps to greater blood transfer, which helps in that way, that there will be formed more scar tissue that necessary. At the same time it loosen the muscle, so there is not formed sclerosis inside it. But CAREFULLY in the beginning.

Don't perform massage in the belly - it only gives stomach trouble.

AND DON'T BRING PLAYERS INTO A ROOM SEPARATELY AND GIVE THEM MASSAGE.

Leave that to the professionals as it very fast can result in a misunderstood situation.

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