Leeds
Sports massage
that comes to you
Assessment led deep tissue treatment for people who sit for a living and train around it. At your home, workplace or setting of your choice.
Sports massage is deep tissue treatment aimed at how you move, not just how you feel on the table. The difference matters. A pleasant hour of general massage can leave the same restriction in place by the following week. The point here is to find the tissue that is genuinely limiting you, work on that, then give you a treatment plan so the change holds.
What a session involves
Every first appointment starts with an assessment. That means watching how you move rather than asking where it hurts and going straight there. Pain and cause are frequently in different places: a neck that aches often traces back to a thoracic spine that has stopped rotating, and a lower back that grumbles by Thursday is often a set of hip flexors that never lengthen because you sit for nine hours.
From there the treatment is targeted. Deep tissue work, trigger point release, myofascial techniques and assisted stretching, chosen for what the assessment found. You are not lying still for an hour while every muscle gets the same treatment.
The session finishes with two or three specific things to do between appointments. Not a printed sheet of twenty exercises that nobody completes. Two or three, tied to what we found, that fit into the day you actually have.
Who it helps
- Desk athletes carrying neck, shoulder and lower back tension from long screen days and commuting
- Gym and strength athletes whose overhead position, squat depth or hip rotation has quietly reduced
- Runners and cyclists whose legs are not clearing between sessions
- Anyone returning to training after a period off, where the tissue has not caught up with the ambition
Mobile, and what that actually means
A professional treatment table and equipment comes to you. Home, workplace or setting of your choice. For most clients the appeal is simple arithmetic: an hour of treatment stays an hour rather than becoming two and a half hours once the commute, traffic and parking is factored.
Pricing
Placeholder: first assessment and treatment, single session, and block booking rates go here, along with any workplace or team pricing.
What sports massage is not
It is not a diagnosis. If something suggests a problem that needs medical assessment, you will be told plainly and pointed towards a GP or physiotherapist. It is also not a substitute for loading the tissue properly. Massage changes what is available to you. Training is what keeps it.
Recovery routes
Start where it actually hurts
Neck and shoulders
Forward head position, loaded traps, stiffness that arrives by mid afternoon.
See the routeMid and lower back
Short hip flexors, a lumbar spine working overtime, ache that builds across the week.
See the routeHips and legs
Restricted hip rotation, heavy legs, squat depth and stride length dropping off.
See the routeQuestions
Before you book
How long is a sports massage session?
A first appointment runs to about seventy five minutes because it includes the assessment. Follow up sessions are usually sixty minutes. Timings are confirmed when you book.
Does sports massage hurt?
It can be firm, but it should never be something you have to brace through. Pressure is set with you during the session and adjusted as tissue releases. Working through sharp pain is counterproductive, so we do not do it.
Do I need to be an athlete?
No. Most clients are people who sit for a living and train around it. Sports massage describes the approach, which is assessment led and movement focused, rather than the client.
What do I need to provide for a home visit?
Enough floor space for a treatment table, roughly two metres by two metres, and a bath towel. We ask you provide a bath towel so that we are not using the same cloth for all of our clients. Even though we could wash towels we decide it is more hygienic if you provide your own.
What do I need to wear?
Please wear comfortable clothing that allows you to move easily, ideally similar to what you would wear to the gym. Shorts and a T-shirt or vest are all suitable.
For men: Loose shorts are ideal, particularly if we are treating the hips, glutes or legs.
For women: Shorts are suitable, along with a vest top, T-shirt or bra that you feel comfortable in. A standard bra may make access around the upper back and shoulders easier than a high-coverage sports bra, but your comfort always comes first.
You will remain appropriately covered throughout the treatment, with only the area being worked on exposed. You never need to remove more clothing than you are comfortable with; treatment can be adapted to work through clothing where needed. Please avoid tight jeans, restrictive clothing, belts, bulky jewellery or items with large zips.
How soon will I feel a difference?
Most people notice a change in range of movement the same day. Tenderness for twenty four to forty eight hours afterwards is normal. Lasting change usually needs the movement work between sessions, not just the treatment itself.
Ready to change the pattern?
Book an assessment and treatment, and get a plan you can actually keep to.