HEAL STUBBORN SPORTS INJURIES IN LESS TIME
WITH THE OLD-WORLD TECHNIQUE OF ACUPUNCTURE

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Whether you’re a professional athlete, a workout fanatic, marathon runner, “weekend warrior,” or you just like to compete in biathlons and triathlons for fun, you’ve probably pulled a muscle, tore a ligament, twisted an ankle, gotten shin splints, developed “tennis” elbow, suffer from tendonitis or much worse.

This can be very frustrating because you know in order for your body to heal properly you have to let the muscle rest.  It takes time, but you don’t have time for the injury or the pain.  You have a game or competition coming up in a few days and you need to get back to your workouts so you can stay in tip-top shape.  You’re not the kind of person who can just sit around waiting for the injury to heal.

Before you give in and decide to run on that twisted ankle and just fight through the pain, there’s something you can do to help your body heal faster. 

This treatment is not new.  In fact, using it to heal acute injuries from intense or repetitive physical activity began centuries ago. It was and still is one of the primary means of quick healing for the martial arts.

It can reduce pain, increase your range of motion, increase recovery and healing time, and strengthen weakened parts of the body.

It’s totally un-invasive, inexpensive and painless. 

The treatment also decreases inflammation, reduces swelling, relaxes muscles and relieves spasms, decreases bruising, lowers the body’s pain response, and improves local blood circulation to increase delivery of nutrients and removal of noxious elements.

This treatment is widely available and you’ve probably heard of it, but never thought of using it for a sports injury before.

It’s called acupuncture and it works very well to decrease healing times and resolve stubborn ailments … for good.  So, no more thinking that injury is finally healed, then picking up the tennis racket to discover after five minutes of hitting the ball that it’s back.

Sports injuries encompass a plethora of medical concerns, usually related to musculoskeletal conditions. Basically, it covers all acute injuries and chronic ailments due to specific physical activities, including problems that result from physical training, martial arts, competitive sports, “weekend warriors,” outdoor activities and competitions. When you participate in these activities, you commonly stress or damage muscles, ligaments, tendons and joints – the areas that are used the most.

Acupuncture has such a successful record with healing sports injuries that many professional sports teams, including the San Francisco Giants baseball team and The Florida Panthers hockey team have acupuncturists on staff.  David Groeschner, head athletic trainer for the Giants, told Acupuncture Today that Ogawa's [their acupuncturist] work with the players has been great. "The players love him and love the treatments. In our game, we are out there every day, so the players get sore and banged up. They definitely get back into the game more quickly because of his work."