Football involves a game with hits – intense hard hitting tackles, grabbing and crushing blows. We need to realize that playing a very physical sport can carry the potential for injuries. It is essential to wear protective gear to prevent serious injuries. To minimize the risk for injury work on strengthening your muscles, make sure you warm-up and respect the rules of the game.

Another way to prevent injuries and keep you in the game is with Registered Massage Therapy. If you are experiencing pain or soreness massage therapy can help speed up your recovery and rehabilitation. Reduce stiffness, bruising and swelling so you can get back to your football training.

What muscles do you use in football?

• Achilles Tendon
• Calves
• Core muscles
• Erector Spinae
• Extensors
• Gluteus Maximus
• Groin
• Hamstrings
• Hip Flexors
• Hip muscles
• Iliopsoas
• Inner Thigh
• Large Quadriceps
• Leg Muscles
• Lower Legs
• Obliques
• Pectineus
• Quads
• Rectus Abdominis
• Sartorius
• Tesor Fasciae Latae
• Torso muscles
• Triceps Surae

What muscles do you use when you throw a football?

• Arm
• Biceps
• Fingers (To hold the football)
• Forearm
• Hand
• Latissimus Dorsi
• Leg muscles help you propel
• Serratus Anterior (Muscles on the side of your ribs)
• Shoulder (Rotator Cuff)
• Stomach (To twist your body)
• Trapezius (Neck-Shoulder)
• Triceps

Muscle injuries can affect the 4 major muscle groups of the lower limbs:

• Adductors
• Calf muscles
• Hamstrings
• Quadriceps

Football Injury List

ACL
Acromioclavicular joint (ACJ)
Ankle sprains
Anterior or posterior cruciate ligament (ACL/PCL)
Back pain
Cardiac arrest
Coma
Concussions
Deadly injury
Dehydration
Hamstring Tear and Strain
Heart attack
Heat exhaustion
Knee injuries
Labrum (cartilage bumper surrounding the socket part of the shoulder)
Low-back pain
Lower back pain
Menisci (cartilage of the knee)
Muscle cramps
Neck injury
Overheating
Overtraining
Painful cramping
Paralysed
Patellar tendinitis (knee pain)
Repetitive injury
Ruptured Achilles
Shoulder injuries
Soreness
Sprains strains
Torn Meniscus

Football Dynamics

Catching
Hitting
Holding
Jumping
Pulling
Pushing
Reaching
Running
Turning
Twisting

BENEFITS OF REGISTERED MASSAGE FOR FOOTBALL PLAYERS

• Better muscle response
• Can improve your game
• Encourage the interchange of important nutrients
• Improve circulation
• Improve flexibility of the joints
• Improve posture, movement and balance
• Increase blood flow
• Increase tissue elasticity
• Joint and muscle
• Maximize oxygen potential for muscle recovery
• Reduce muscle soreness and pain
• Relaxation
• Relieve pain
• Relieve stress/anxiety

Prepare For Next Week’s Game – The Big Game

Whether sports massage, therapeutic massage or relaxation massage, Massage Therapy has effective benefits for Football players that can keep the muscles in good shape and specifically target and iron out the muscle.

MASSAGE FOR FOOTBALL PLAYERS IN ONTARIO

To learn more about massage for football players or to schedule an appointment with Sunstone Registered Massage Therapy visit our clinic in Vaughan Ontario, Canada.