Acupuncture & Sports, Rehabilitation
If you’re a weekend warrior or a professional athlete, do you sometimes push your body to extreme? Do you hone your skills and technique in order to become a healthier, stronger, faster and more agile athlete?
In the sporting world, injury may occur as we push beyond our limits. We may overdo it, and over time create problems now, and in the future.
Pain medication is only short-term
In today’s hectic lifestyle, we often do not allow adequate time to heal. We use painkillers and anti-inflammatory medications to dull the aches and pains and reduce infla-mmation. It’s a quick and ease approach, but only a temporary fix.
By covering up pain, stiffness, swelling, or aches, you may be masking a deeper problem. These signals from your body are telling you that something is weakened and out of balance. These warning signals are telling you to stop rest and heal.
In the short term, medication may enable you to return to your sport, and carry on with your life, but in the long run, it may make your problems worse. Regular use of medication may add to further injury, and unwarranted side effects that could greatly impact performance, endurance and vitality.
Acupuncture has long-lasting results
Acupuncture is a time-tested, safe, natural and drug-free health care system that can provide immediate relief and long lasting benefits. It can help you return to peak performance by restoring the proper and continuous flow of vital energy, called Qi (pronounced “chee”).
Qi circulates within a series of pathways called Meridians (shown on diagram below). Meridians disperse Qi throughout your body, providing nourishment for every tissue, muscle and tendon. The circulating Qi supports, strengthens and enlivens your entire body, supplying you with the power to perform, good health and pain-free living.
In the sporting world, injury may occur as we push beyond our limits. We may overdo it, and over time create problems now, and in the future.
Pain medication is only short-term
In today’s hectic lifestyle, we often do not allow adequate time to heal. We use painkillers and anti-inflammatory medications to dull the aches and pains and reduce infla-mmation. It’s a quick and ease approach, but only a temporary fix.
By covering up pain, stiffness, swelling, or aches, you may be masking a deeper problem. These signals from your body are telling you that something is weakened and out of balance. These warning signals are telling you to stop rest and heal.
In the short term, medication may enable you to return to your sport, and carry on with your life, but in the long run, it may make your problems worse. Regular use of medication may add to further injury, and unwarranted side effects that could greatly impact performance, endurance and vitality.
Acupuncture has long-lasting results
Acupuncture is a time-tested, safe, natural and drug-free health care system that can provide immediate relief and long lasting benefits. It can help you return to peak performance by restoring the proper and continuous flow of vital energy, called Qi (pronounced “chee”).
Qi circulates within a series of pathways called Meridians (shown on diagram below). Meridians disperse Qi throughout your body, providing nourishment for every tissue, muscle and tendon. The circulating Qi supports, strengthens and enlivens your entire body, supplying you with the power to perform, good health and pain-free living.
Injuries disrupt flow of Qi
As an athlete, you may experience physical trauma, sprain, strain, over-exertion, repetitive injury, and emotional stress. All of these disrupt the flow of Qi in various ways.
Imagine a blockage in a hose that cuts off the valuable supply of water to a plant. The proper flow and quantity of water is required in order for the plant to reach its fullest potential. Over time, if the plant does not have adequate nourishment, it will wither and waste away.
Likewise, if the flow of Qi is disrupted, blocked, or out-of-balance, it will not circulate freely within your meridian path-ways. When this occurs, it can lead to a variety of symptoms and signs including pain, swelling, stiffness, limited range of motion, and fatigue. This can result in less-than optimal health and may ultimately hinder your performance.
There are many therapies to choose
Acupuncture is part of a broad-based approach. Treatments may be combined with physical therapy to eliminate pain and reduce inflammation, exercise to increase muscle strength and joint mobility, and massage to enhance soft tissue healing.
Acupuncture can provide a competitive edge, leading to improved performance. It is also a viable therapy in the treat-ment of acute sprains, strains and pains.
This ancient and effective form of health care can reduce swelling, improve range of motion, strengthen your body, speed recovery time, and address any underlying problems that could contribute to a future injury. Acupuncture can help create a healthier, stronger, faster and more agile You.
Imagine a blockage in a hose that cuts off the valuable supply of water to a plant. The proper flow and quantity of water is required in order for the plant to reach its fullest potential. Over time, if the plant does not have adequate nourishment, it will wither and waste away.
Likewise, if the flow of Qi is disrupted, blocked, or out-of-balance, it will not circulate freely within your meridian path-ways. When this occurs, it can lead to a variety of symptoms and signs including pain, swelling, stiffness, limited range of motion, and fatigue. This can result in less-than optimal health and may ultimately hinder your performance.
There are many therapies to choose
Acupuncture is part of a broad-based approach. Treatments may be combined with physical therapy to eliminate pain and reduce inflammation, exercise to increase muscle strength and joint mobility, and massage to enhance soft tissue healing.
Acupuncture can provide a competitive edge, leading to improved performance. It is also a viable therapy in the treat-ment of acute sprains, strains and pains.
This ancient and effective form of health care can reduce swelling, improve range of motion, strengthen your body, speed recovery time, and address any underlying problems that could contribute to a future injury. Acupuncture can help create a healthier, stronger, faster and more agile You.
Injury& Post Operative Pain
If you have suffered an injury, want to avoid surgery, or would like to speed your recovery from a necessary surgery, acupuncture can help. Usually an individualized treatment protocols that combines Acupuncture, Herbal Medicine, Exercise, and Nutrition that maximizes your healing potential for a wide variety of conditions and syndromes including, but not limited to:
- Post Surgical Pain Syndromes
- Auto Accident Injuries
- Work Related Injuries
- Sports Injuries
- Orthopedic Surgeries
- Gynecological Surgeries
- Oral Surgeries
- Cosmetic Surgeries
Injuries occurring from sports, work or auto accidents and surgical interventions are due to trauma or overuse syndromes involving the musculoskeletal system and its soft tissues. Trauma to these soft tissues, including ligaments, tendons and muscles are generally the result from falls, blows, sprains /strains, collisions, compressions crushing and disruptions of the healing processes due to inflammation.
- Post Surgical Pain Syndromes
- Auto Accident Injuries
- Work Related Injuries
- Sports Injuries
- Orthopedic Surgeries
- Gynecological Surgeries
- Oral Surgeries
- Cosmetic Surgeries
Injuries occurring from sports, work or auto accidents and surgical interventions are due to trauma or overuse syndromes involving the musculoskeletal system and its soft tissues. Trauma to these soft tissues, including ligaments, tendons and muscles are generally the result from falls, blows, sprains /strains, collisions, compressions crushing and disruptions of the healing processes due to inflammation.
Benefits of Acupuncture for Injury & Post operative pain
It should be remembered that the rehabilitation of the injured is both physical and psychological. The physiological impacts of injury and surgery are similar. Both are traumas which can lead to pain, inflammation, swelling, digestive disorders and emotional changes. Many surgical patients suffer from pre-operative anxiety and post-operative pain, inflammation, nausea, constipation, vomiting, headache, and fatigue.
Post surgical pain syndromes and addictions to prescribed pain medications are also a contributing factor in physicians /surgeons making referrals to acupuncture.
The positive outcomes of acupuncture in an Injury Rehabilitation & Post Operative Pain Program include:
- Pain Management
- Decrease Inflammation
- Decrease in Pre-Operative Anxiety
- Reduction of Inflammation and Swelling
- Reduction of Nausea and Vomiting
- Regulation of Digestive Function
- Reduction of Need for Medication
- Reduction of Scar Tissue
- Decreased Healing Time
- Increased Rates of Full Recovery
Post surgical pain syndromes and addictions to prescribed pain medications are also a contributing factor in physicians /surgeons making referrals to acupuncture.
The positive outcomes of acupuncture in an Injury Rehabilitation & Post Operative Pain Program include:
- Pain Management
- Decrease Inflammation
- Decrease in Pre-Operative Anxiety
- Reduction of Inflammation and Swelling
- Reduction of Nausea and Vomiting
- Regulation of Digestive Function
- Reduction of Need for Medication
- Reduction of Scar Tissue
- Decreased Healing Time
- Increased Rates of Full Recovery