title: Aquatic sports massage therapy.
abstract: Athletic trainers are continually bombarded with requests to assist aquatic athletes with the management of musculoskeletal concerns involved with training and overtraining. The trainer has options for initial training management through the administration of massage, cryotherapy, thermotherapy, and injury-preventative strengthening exercises. This article describes and illustrates athletic training techniques such as massage, cryotherapy or cold applications, thermotherapy or heat applications, and proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation or strengthening exercise.
authors.affiliation: Department of Kinesiology, College of Applied Life Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana, USA.
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Bell
mesh_terms: D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D008405:Massage / Q000379:methods; D013550:Swimming / Q000293:injuries*