Acupuncture for Athletes

It is very common for anyone that has suffered a musculoskeletal injury to be familiar with Physical Therapy practices, including Dry Needling. But what is it and how does it differ from Acupuncture care?

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Most "Dry Needling" is working to resolve trigger points, or fascial adhesions, that lie in healthy tissue and disrupt normal physiological functions. With Orthopedic focused Acupuncture we assess the specific dysfunction, resolve imbalance (ex: activate turned off muscles causing opposing muscle groups to get over stressed or strengthen supportive muscles that are weak and causing stability dysfunction), clean up myofascial adhesions, profuse fresh blood into healthy normal functioning tissue, all while regulating nervous system function. Boom.

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Additionally the framework of our medicine focuses on ongoing care to support optimal health. Not pull you from the depths of illness and injury after the fact.

 

What are some specific ways to support structure and function?

* Post surgery or trauma rehabilitation. Ex: Quadricep inhibition following injury or surgery as a barrier to knee rehabilitation. 

* Restoring Cartilage in aging joints. 

* Strengthening Muscles that are inactive to prevent reoccurance of injury

 

This is a sore subject for many Acupuncturists. Western practitioners say Acupuncture is only superficial and therefore does not resolve trigger points or engage with muscle motor points. Acupuncturists say PTs and Chiros do not have sufficient training and get upset when they step outside of their scope of practice, say treating non-muscular issues such as fertility with Acupuncture. Like most things in life there is a lot of gray area and mostly your experience depends on the practitioner you see.

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