Chinese Medicine for Athletes Ancient Wisdom for Performance and Recovery After seeing many articles on Olympic athletes using cupping therapy, I figured I would write an article regarding how Chinese bodywork and acupuncture are used in the world of sports medicine. Let’s start with pain. What is pain exactly? It can be dull, achy, sharp, stabbing, moving, and much more. In this medicine system, pain is what occurs when qi and blood are no longer flowing smoothly through an area and they get stuck. That stagnation is what 29 Mar
Ancient Wisdom for Performance and Recovery After seeing many articles on Olympic athletes using cupping therapy, I figured I would write an article regarding how Chinese bodywork and acupuncture are used in the world of sports medicine. Let’s start with pain. What is pain exactly? It can be dull, achy, sharp, stabbing, moving, and much more. In this medicine system, pain is what occurs when qi and blood are no longer flowing smoothly through an area and they get stuck. That stagnation is what
Chinese Medicine for Chronic Pain Acupuncture is an amazing medicine. A lot of conditions that Western Medicine is baffled by can usually be approached differently by Chinese Medicine. We speak a different language about the body, and can see different patterns. In cases of chronic pain, acupuncture can be very useful when Western Modalities can’t find a solution. Chronic pain is a symptom that can be so relentless that many people can’t enjoy life outside of it. As an acupuncturist, I want to help bring people to a higher 09 Feb
Acupuncture is an amazing medicine. A lot of conditions that Western Medicine is baffled by can usually be approached differently by Chinese Medicine. We speak a different language about the body, and can see different patterns. In cases of chronic pain, acupuncture can be very useful when Western Modalities can’t find a solution. Chronic pain is a symptom that can be so relentless that many people can’t enjoy life outside of it. As an acupuncturist, I want to help bring people to a higher
