Acupuncture for sports injuries
There are good reasons why many professional athletes and sports people turn to acupuncture for treatment. It’s a speedy and effective way of relieving pain. It’s really can help with recovery from a sports injuries. The acupuncture needles can be used to release muscles that are in spasm, reducing both pain and inflammation. This in turn increases blood circulation and promotes healing of muscle, tendon and ligament injuries such as damaged Achilles tendons and hamstrings.
Athletes often have sports injuries
It’s not uncommon for runners, footballers or cyclists to have knee, hip, shoulder or back problems from training. Common sports injuries for footballers are Achilles tendon strains and hamstring issues, With all active sports a range of injuries are possible and acupuncture, tui na and cupping can be very effective in treating pain, inflammation and helping the healing process after a sporting injury.
Golf and tennis injuries
Golfers often tend to have tension or muscle spasm in the mid back area. Those who play racket sports, such as tennis, badminton or squash, can develop problems in the shoulder such as rotator cuff injuries and frozen shoulders.
Acupuncture is effective in healing and reducing pain from sporting injuries
A fully trained traditional acupuncturist has a number of well practised techniques at their disposal to help with all manner of sports injuries. These can include combinations of cupping, acupuncture/electro-acupuncture and tuina massage. All of these treatments prove very effective in dealing with a range of sports injuries from a variety of sporting activities.
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