MNZS Sports Therapy

🍂🥶 AUTUMN IS HERE… AND SO IS THE COLD! 🍂

Now that the temperature is dropping, it’s safe to say autumn is definitely here! 🍁 But did you know colder weather can have an impact on your muscles and joints?

❄️ WHY DO OUR MUSCLES FEEL TIGHTER IN COLDER WEATHER?

Here’s what happens to your body when the temperature drops:

💙 1. Reduced blood flow to your muscles

When it’s cold, your blood vessels narrow to help keep your vital organs warm. This can reduce blood flow to your muscles, meaning they may receive less oxygen and nutrients, potentially leaving them feeling more fatigued and stiff.

🥶 2. Your body naturally tenses up

Your body automatically tightens your muscles to help generate and conserve heat. You might notice yourself hunching your shoulders, clenching your jaw or building tension in your neck and back!

🚶‍♀️ 3. We tend to move less

Colder, darker days often mean less activity and more time spent indoors. Less movement can leave your muscles feeling tighter and your joints feeling stiffer.

🦴 4. Your joints can feel stiffer

Inside your joints is a slippery fluid that helps them move smoothly, a bit like oil in a hinge. In colder conditions, this fluid can become thicker, meaning your joints may not move as freely and can feel stiff until you warm up!

💆‍♀️ SO, HOW CAN SPORTS MASSAGE HELP?

Sports massage can help ease muscle tension, support mobility and aid recovery, helping you feel more comfortable and move more freely.

🔥 SPECIAL ONE OFF SPORTS MASSAGE OFFER! 🔥

📅 THIS FRIDAY – 16TH ONLY!

If you’re feeling tight, stiff or in need of some well deserved recovery time, this is the perfect opportunity to give your body some extra TLC! 💪

📩 spaces-10am,11am,12pm,1pm,2pm,3pm,4pm,5pm

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🚨 When Tight Hips Make Everything Else Work Harder

This client came in with a persistent niggle and pressure around the knee during exercise and long shifts involving heavy lifting.

During the sports massage, we found significant tightness through both the hip flexors and glutes.

When the hip flexors become tight, they can pull the pelvis forward and limit hip mobility. The glutes often respond by becoming overworked and tight as they try to stabilise and compensate for the lack of movement through the hips.

This creates a chain reaction:

➡️ Tight hip flexors restrict movement
➡️ Glutes become overactive and tight
➡️ Increased tension develops through the IT band
➡️ Extra pull is placed around the knee
➡️ Discomfort appears where the body is compensating

After releasing tension through the hip flexors and glutes, we saw a noticeable reduction in tension travelling down the IT band and the pressure around the knee significantly improved.

💡 The lesson? Pain isn’t always coming from where you feel it.

The body is incredibly good at adapting, but those compensations often show up as aches, tightness, and recurring injuries elsewhere.

✨ The difference a sports massage can make!✨

This client came in with her usual complaint of very tense shoulders, which she says often trigger headaches.

After her treatment, she told me the dull headache she had before the massage had completely gone! 🙌

The results are visible in the photos too. You can clearly see a drop in the shoulders after treatment, showing a reduction in muscle tension. The before photos also show how tight and inflamed the muscles appeared compared to the treated side.

Benefits of sports massage:
✔️ Reduces muscle tension and pain
✔️ Helps decrease inflammation
✔️ Improves mobility and recovery
✔️ Enhances overall quality of life

Sometimes the smallest changes can make the biggest difference🤩

Limited spaces left for this week, plenty spaces available next week‼️

Limited spaces left for this week‼️ I’ve also made Saturday morning available which is rare🫶

Well done to everyone running today!!

I have spaces Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday morning if anyone is needing booked in!

Spent yesterday picking out my wedding perfume, and I’m now away to Paris for the weekend🫶

I’ll still be replying over the weekend to messages!

Next weeks availability-

6th-4:45pm,5pm,7pm
7th-3pm,4pm,5pm,7pm
8th-11am,4pm,5pm,7:45pm
9th-1pm,2pm,3pm,4pm