Sports Injury. Heal them quickly with TCM and get back on the field

Acupuncture: The Perfect Relief For Sports Injuries

We are well aware that the life of athletes and sports players can be tough and they can suffer through a lot of pain in their lifetime. Professional and amateur athletes can receive many sports injuries through out their career and at times these injuries can remain with them for the rest of their life. One of the most commonly occurring sports injuries is the straining of the joints or sprains. Apart from the pain and inflammation, they also have discoloration of the skin in the form of bruising with decreased movement of the injured area. In current times, athletes have found acupuncture to be very effective for suppressing the inflammation and help in healing these conditions fast.

Traditional Chinese medicine helps with encouraging our body’s to heal them self’s. Several studies have been conducted on how acupuncture can treat sports injuries with positive results.  This traditional line of medicine can be used in two ways. Firstly, we start by treating the injured area and secondly, we take the whole body into account and emphasizes on improving the well being of the body in general by releasing important substances such as endorphins, serotonins and neurotransmitters and all these substances are produced due to the body’s reaction to the acupuncture treatment. In turn it helps the body to attain relaxation and aids in pain relief.

Research conducted into acupuncture treatments reflects the fact that acupuncture can help the body to heal and is a key treatment method for the resolution of the injuries. This ancient treatment form can help with relief from acute and chronic pain, enhance the local microcirculation, and can aid in drawing the white blood cells to the area of the injury where the process of healing is accelerated and will also enable the diffusion of bruising and swelling.

Athletes and sportspeople a like should understand that some of these injuries that they have sustained in their professional life time can be serious enough that in their later years can affect their daily routine and the quality of their life. In fact, one-third of the injuries suffered by these people will be serious. The positive results obtained from the use of acupuncture is the reason why a lot of the top athletes and sports players are turning to this to treat their musculoskeletal problems. With many of the top sports teams employing a full time acupuncturist to treat their players . Using the therapeutic functions of acupuncture as a method to maintain or improve their performance levels so that they can remain at their peak.

TCM can help them stay at their peak for longer and extend their playing careers as well as giving them a better quality of life when they retire from their chosen sport with the use of acupuncture, Chinese herbal formulas, acupuncture point injection therapy, moxibustion, liniments and life style advice just to name a few. So if you want to be one of the smart ones give as a call to structure your treatment plan today.

References:
Philadelphia Acupuncture
Natural News
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