Since the commencement of the 2016 Summer Olympics, it’s important we pass this bulletin to competitors and assess the various ways that Oriental medication is used to help prevent, heal injuries and improve athletic performance.
All competitors and mentors have been searching for answers to help them to improve performance and beat their competitors. Many believes that acupuncture can get them desired results to beat the competition. Acupuncture can improve bodywork and maintain interior body balance. Professional sports teams and top athletes regularly have an acupuncturist as staff to treat injuries and keep them performing at their peak. Highlighted below are couple of models:
China’s most popular athlete, the 7 foot 6 inch basketball Maestro Yao Ming, used acupuncture and oriental medicine to help him recover after undergoing surgery on his ankle.
Acupuncture is practiced by American Athletes as well, a good example is Dee Dee Trotter, who used daily visits from her local acupuncturist to help her get to third place in the 400-meter run at the London Olympic Games.
Canadian slope style athlete, Mark McMorris, used acupuncture to help him recover faster from a broken rib to win a bronze medal at Sochi.
Studies on Acupuncture to Enhance Athletic Performance
According to research studies, acupuncture has measurable effects on the flow of blood to particular areas of the body, which could ultimately improve athletic performance. One such examination led at the Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine included competitors running 5,000 meters, and a short time later sitting for acupuncture medications before they got an opportunity to slow down. Competitors who got treatments recovered faster than those in the control group.
Another study published in the American Journal of Acupuncture estimated the impacts of acupuncture on the anaerobic limit and work limit during exercise in healthy youthful guys.
Research analysts also discovered that people in the acupuncture treatment group had higher maximal exercise limits and can also perform higher remaining burdens at the beginning of blood lactate amassing (OBLA) than people in the fake treatment gathering.
Acupuncture for Injury Rehabilitation
Acupuncture is well known for its effectiveness in reducing pains, especially pains from athletic-related injuries. Sports injuries are predominantly due to trauma or overuse. 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.
Some sports injuries commonly treated by acupuncture and Oriental medicine include:
- Pulled muscles
- Neck pain
- Shoulder impingement
- Tennis elbow
- Lower back strain
- Pulled groin
- Hamstring strain
- Runner’s knee
- Shin splints
- Ankle sprain
- Tendonitis
- Arch pain.
Getting Started
If you have experienced a worse injury before, or probably want to speed up your post-surgical recovery, acupuncture is highly recommended for you. Mirvacu specializes in sports medicine and pain management.
To get started, simply schedule and appointment today for more inquiries.
