Music for sports massage

[leos_mama]

i have been doing massage at sporting events ( cycling races) and dont know what kind of music to play. I was playing the "normal massage music" for a while ( with no complaints). I do mostly post massage, i'm just not sure what to play. I dont want to play top 40 or anything, but dont want anything too relaxing either. Maybe an upbeat classical or something. Any CD suggestions?

 

[xaxorm]

I really like to use, but some people think it is much during a session but some love it, so these might be good for what you are doing. Since you want to calm them but they are still pretty pumped up.

Anything by Loreena McKennit

Stephen Halperns Deja-Blues

Real Musics Namaste


Pre-event now that is another story... I hate to say it but a lot of Michael Jackson and a lot of the 80's hair bands fits right into the rhythem.

 

[BlackLadybugXP]

LizOmen, Well it wasn't a cycling race, but a bicycle tour of NE Wisconsin for which I did some sports massage a couple weeks ago. The riders were doing 40-80 miles per day... though in the past they've done as much as 100 miles per day...
I didn't have music available, figured I had enough to carry... but felt that some light jazz would have been good, and we do have a jazz radio station nearby. It's sort of relaxing but isn't as likely to zone them out as New Age is. *shrug*

 

[in_lovebaby13]

Post race, hmmm, maybe some Vangelis? But seriously, I'm with you Muriel, I love Loreena McKennit! When I want to relax my clients without making them sleepy I play smooth jazz, reggae, or another favorite, Govi. His music has a great beat and a South American flair.

 

[theShinning]

Music for sports massage

Consider the CD Thunderstorm Blues | by: Earth Songs. The musician is Andre Ferreri.

He made a few others too. They are mainly blues, but not all of it is blues that you can do a restful massage too, so it should be perfect for post-race work.

In my case, for the office, I have taken and clipped some of the songs from a few of his CD's in order to make one 60 min. CD for work, which I mainly use for men and clients who want something different.

I have kept the original CD's (orig. format) format for myself, when I want something bluesy but instrumental to listen to in the background. I find them to be very nice. I don't use this full CD for work, is what I am trying to explain. I use it for me - and since I do that, I am pretty sure it would be a great fit for the post race work, if that makes sense.

See if you can find sample tracks on the internet. Amazon doesn't have clips, but here's the link as they have it for sale for about $4 new.

I'll pull out my others and get you those CD names too, if you actually like a little blues. Let me know.

 

[Pompal 09.]

Music for sports massage

Sun Spirit by Deuter is a good one for athletic type massage, without being too relaxing, but not too hyper either.

 

[Jazzy J]

Music for sports massage

Im a triathlete and marathon runner (5x ironman) and believe me when i say classical of any sort has no place at a bike race!!!! I have also been doing massage at 24hr bike races in ontario for the past 12 years with a team of up to 8 therapists.
Bob Marley is a great one, also some of the chill out cd's.

 

[~Poon Strangler~]

Music for sports massage

Using the above mentioned "chill-out" CD's as a jump-off point, trance music may be useful too. I am doing some research on a Trance pod-cast right now (that a few runners have mentioned) and will try to get back to write about it once I have done a few weeks time of the research. PM me if I don't return to this post and you are wanting to know what I found out.


I also checked on Pandora and found a station someone created called "Reggae Instrumental". You might want to listen to it and see if you find something you like. A good portion of it is instrumental, but not all. But, that is only because the person who built it didn't actively put songs "on the shelf" to give the station to it's maximum musicality. You can fix that by making the station your own and tweaking it accordingly. This will let you learn about new artists and songs in the genre and then you can purchase them individually on iTunes or Amazon.

Reggae Instrumental
November 7, 2006
A reggae station that features almost exclusively instrumental songs.
Enjoy it at work, while doing homework, or any time you want to concentrate, with no lyrics to break your concentration!