GT Therapy

Delighted to be spending another season as sports therapist with Dublin Bus F.C. After a busy start to the season wishing them all the best in the remainder 🚍

Great experience providing sports massage to the South African Rugby team tonight prior to their upcoming Autumn International match against Ireland. Best of luck to both teams.

Delighted to be working as therapist for Dublin Bus Football Club. Looking forward to the new season ahead.

Recovery in training

Recovery is a hugely underestimated component of maximising sporting output. Recovery not only allows for improved performance, permits time for our body to heal itself in preparation for the next training load, and decreases the risk of potential injury. All of which benefit athletes to attain PB’s and get that extra bit out of their training. It aids the body in restoring homeostasis after stresses placed on it during a training session. During training, whether it be resistance training, cardio session or competiting in a match the body sustains micro tears / damage and needs to repair itself. Some important factors that will aid in recover are

• Sleep – hugely underestimated in both recovery supporting a healthy lifestyle. Insufficient sleep impairs the body’s ability to recover. Sleep increase stress hormone (cortisol), increases growth hormones, increases energy reserves and reduces the risk of injury
• Massage / myofascial release (foam rolling) – helps to restore blood flow to muscles, increase muscle flexibility and range of motion at joints. Unfortunately as much as we all hope, massage does not help in alleviating the feelings of DOMs, only times will help….
• Nutrition and Hydration – we need to feed the body with adequate amounts of nutritious foods and water to repair the damage caused during training
• Time – give your body adequate time in between sessions to recover and avoid overtraining.

We have all been there where we have gone to the gym 2 or 3 days in a row and we feel fatigued and therefore cannot reach the same output as we are used to. But when we take a day or two off we are back to our best… this is the body telling you that recovery is needed. Listen to your body to maximise output and performance.

1) Enhance athletic performance
2) Improve soft tissue function
3) Decrease muscle stiffness and fatigue
4) Reduce muscle tension
5) Increase joint range of motion

Due to the physical demands runners face, particularly when training for events it is important to prevent muscles from shortening and becoming over worked. All this can lead to reduce joint range of motion (ROM) which effects muscle output and increased chance of injury. A sports massage after training or on off days can be beneficial to enhance recover, remodel scare tissue, relieve / reduce muscle tension, stiffness or swelling caused by inflamation and restore joint ROM. These are just some of the benefits to runners who regularly receive sports massage.