Sports Touch For The Serious Athlete [Paperback]

Sports Touch by Kate Montgomery, a sports massage therapist and professional kinesiology practitioner, created the Sports Touch System (1986) while living in San Diego, CA. Her clients were professional, Olympic, masters and weekend warriors. They were serious athletes who wanted to achieve their best performance, increase their energy and stamina and most importantly, accelerate their recovery. Kate took techniques from her sports massage and Touch for Health kinesiology training, as well as other healing modalities (acupuncture, chiropractic, homeopathy, herbal therapy) and created Athletic Rituals and taught every athlete a self-care program to be done daily, before, during and after training or in a race. Each Ritual in the Sports Touch System is designed for a specific purpose: 1. To enhance the breathing mechanism for better energy and stamina 2. To help strengthen the immune system 3. To be able to consistently clear waste by-products from muscles immediately, increasing a faster pace without pain. 4. To enhance mental focus and concentration 5. To accelerate recovery 6. To have achieve better balance and vision 6. To enhance overall health and wellbeing 7. To empower the athlete to take full control over her/his outcome With the NEW 2015 updated version of Sports Touch, 30 years of proven applied scientific research with sound science based techniques and applications, Kate has added new sports rituals, new techniques, techniques from three of her other self-care books - the Montgomery Method , and adding the invisible maps of the body to be used in a practical and functional ritual everyday to get the best athletic performance. The Secret Weapon Chapter 4 will empower every athlete, increase their potential to win, determine their outcome and the bodys recovery. There are over 200 photos and illustrations with specific instructions on when to use, how to use your sports ritual and how to create your own personal ritual. It is easy to lCÅ