20/01/2026
🤕 Sports massage doesn’t have to hurt...
And if pain is the only tool being used… we’re missing the point and as therapits we have to do better research.
Loads of clients walk in braced, expecting to leave battered.
Because somewhere along the line we got taught:
more pressure = better results.
So that’s what gets delivered.
Dig in. Grind. Power through.
🧬 But when you work with bodies long enough
and actually study how tissue behaves, you realise something important:
Muscle fibres and fascia don’t respond best to force.
They respond to precision.
The most effective techniques aren’t about smashing through tissue.
They’re about peeling it back.
Layer by layer.
Letting fibres release instead of fighting you.
🏋♀️ That’s when movement improves.
😢That’s when pain drops.
🥇That’s when results last.
Less brute force.
More understanding.
And as therapists, that’s how we get better too,
by working with the body, not against it.