운동선수의 상해 예방과 경기력 향상을 위한 스포츠마사지의 활용방안 = Prevention of Injury to Player and Method of Use of Sports Massage to Improve Capability of Winning Game

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Sports Massage is hand therapy that treats mostly muscles in human body, and by giving stimulus to skin and muscle, it promotes circulation of lymph and blood in body while making metabolism smooth.
Besides, it helps players keep their condition best by relieving enxiety through relaxation in both body and mind. Furthermore, it prevents players from injury during game and improves their exercise function as well, so then it can be said that it is a very effective method for the purpose of improvement of capability of winning game.
The results from the quest of method, which enables players who are all time exposed to risk of injury, to cope with such dangers of injury, and from investigation and research of relevant literature and precedent researches in the field brought to the following conclusions.
First, sports massage contributes to smooth circulation in skin and muscle as well, and at the same time, it reduces burdens of heart and more over, it improves and controls blood circulation throughout the body.
Second, sports massage affects peripheral nervous and central nervous system as well, and by inducing stimulative movement relative to motor nerve, it excites muscles under nerve control.
Third, by giving stimulation to body through sports massage, it removes waste products, also it makes muscle blood flow, which feeds oxygen and nutriment to body tissue, run smooth.
Fourth, practitioners in clinical medicine consider sports massage very effective through its practice in such diseases as bronchiectasis, asthma atelectasis and pheumonia and so on.
Fifth, sports massage removes aged cells from outer skin and improves skin respiration, and makes secretion activities of sebaceous gland and sweat gland vigorous.
Sixth, sports massage contributes to rapid recovery of wounded bone caused by player's overwork or injury by improving circular process effectively in its recuperating process.
Seventh, sports massage causes endorphin to secrete from pituitary gland of cerebrum and brings effect of restraining transmit of pain through spinal cord.