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Post Marathon Massage

This weekend I will be setting up to do some post marathon massage. I have never worked on clients immediately following a race, so i'm a little nervous on how to approach it. What I've read online seems to be more stretching than anything for post marathon. Any Veterans out there who have worked on runners right after a race that can give me an idea of a basic 10min protocol? Any and all tips will be greatly appreciated, thanks!

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Permalink Reply by Alicia Christian on April 22, 2015 at 1:24pm

Thanks Polly! That reinforces everything that I have been finding & what I was planning on doing. Having never worked on people so close to such a grueling event, I've been anxious to say the least haha but this at least gives me more confidence in my intuition. Thanks again

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Permalink Reply by Jody C. Hutchinson on April 24, 2015 at 8:29am

Polly

Please educate yourself about the fact that water does not flush toxins from the body. This occurs naturally. Toxins don't settle in muscles.

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Permalink Reply by Alicia Christian on May 1, 2015 at 8:07am

Polly,

Thanks for asking, it went great! We had a whole recovery room set up for the runners with foot soak, stretches & yoga sequences, & massage, of course ;) . Needless to say, they were very appreciative. Pretty much any attention given to their muscles was good for them. I just treated it like a normal session only without all the deep digging & added a little more stretching. The place I was set up at is already talking about doing it again next year and adding another therapist. Great experience & very rewarding.