In sports massage, qualified therapists use intense massage techniques that often involve quite a fast pace, heavy kneading of the body’s soft tissue areas – such as muscles, tendons and fascia and some specific techniques such as active release and trigger point therapy.
Tight and damaged muscles are painful and really benefit from being released. Those tense muscles also hold on to waste products such as lactic acid, so a deep tissue massage will help get the fluids and nutrients flowing and will help the body to release its own natural endorphins.