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Spec.Pops: Athletes
Sports Massage Terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Amateur athletes | People who take part in sports for fitness, enjoyment, or as part of nonprofessional or collegiate activities. |
| Athletes | People who are physically active and train to participate in sports. |
| Delayed-onset muscle soreness (DOMS) | Muscle pain, soreness, and stiffness felt 12–48 hours after exercise and believed to be the result of muscle tissue breakdown (ruptures in the sarcolemma) from physical exertion. |
| Event massage | A category of sports massage in which the massage is applied on the day, and at the location, of a sporting event. |
| Frostbite | results from cold exposure where the tissue freezes, occurring on the hands, feet, nose, cheeks, and ears. Superficial frostbite causes sensations of burning, numbness, tingling, itching, and cold. Tissue can be permanently lost from frostbite |
| Frostnip | results from cold exposure where the ears, nose, cheeks, chin, fingers, and toes may turn white, and the surface of the skin may form ice crystals. The skin may feel numb, tingly, or itchy. |
| Heat exhaustion | form of hyperthermia characterized by pale or splotchy skin that may feel cool and clammy to touch, heavy sweating, shallow and rapid breathing, weakness, fatigue, and possible fainting, as well as headaches, dizziness, nausea, muscle cramping, and chills |
| Heat stroke | life-threatening form of hyperthermia characterized by red, flushed skin that is hot and dry to the touch; a strong, rapid heartbeat; and rapid, shallow, or deep breathing; as well as irritability or confusion, headaches, dizziness, and nausea |
| Hyperthermia | general term for a number of heat-related symptoms associated with illness caused by prolonged exposure to the sun or inadequate replacement of fluids lost through perspiration causing dehydration |
| Hypothermia | life-threatening condition that occurs when the core temperature of the body falls below 96 degrees F because the body has been exposed to cold or wet conditions for a prolonged period of time |
| Intra-event massage | Massage provided to the athlete between heats or innings, at half time, or between different events at a match or meet. Benefits include reduced muscle tension that resulted from the first event, and improved muscle recovery before the next event |
| Maintenance massage | The regular massages the athlete receives between sporting events, and while in training, to aid in muscle recovery and reduce the risk of injury. |
| Post-event massage | Massage provided to the athlete after all athletic efforts have concluded and usually within 2 hours of the last effort. |
| Pre-event massage | Massage provided to the athlete from 1 day to 2 hours before the athlete's event as part of the athlete's warm-up preparations |
| Professional athletes | People who make their living by participating in sports. |
| Promotional event massage | Massage provided at a sporting event, where the athletes are not clients of the practitioner, for the purposes of promoting the massage business |
| Treatment massage | Massage given to an athlete as part of the rehabilitation process when he or she has sustained an injury. |
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