Biomedical Acupuncture for Sports and Trauma Rehabilitation Dry Needling Techniques

• churchill Livingstone.

Written by widely respected acupuncture expert Yuntao Ma, PhD, LAc, Biomedical Acupuncture for Sports and Trauma Rehabilitation shows techniques that will enhance athletic performance, accelerate recovery after intensive workouts, and speed trauma rehabilitation after injuries or surgeries Evidencebased research is used to support the best and most effective techniques, with over 100 illustrations showing anatomy, injury, and clinical procedures Unlike many other acupuncture books, this book uses a Western approach to make it easier to understand rationales, master techniques, and integrate biomedical acupuncture into your practice "Finally, a wellreferenced, common sense approach to dry needling in sports medicine that discusses maintenance, overtraining, and the effect of the stress response in athletes This is a longawaited book that will leave you feeling comfortable with a technique that is very useful not only for athletes, but for all patients of your practice" Rey Ximenes, MD The Pain and Stress Management center Austin, Texas "For any clinician involved with assisting athletes recover from injury, as well as providing services to enhance physical performance, this text will be indispensable This book is a major accomplishment in the field of sports injury and of musculoskeletal and neurological pain" Mark A Kestner, Dc, FIAMA, ccSP, cScS Kestner chiropractic & Acupuncture center Murfreesboro, TennesseeUnique Explores acupuncture s for sports injuries in the acute phase, rehabilitation, and prevention Includes acupuncture for performance enhancement and injury prevention, emphasizing preevent acupuncture used to help increase muscle output, assist with precompetition stress, and prevent soft tissue injury Provides evidencebased research to show the science behind the best and most effective techniques, based on the author background in neuroscience and cell biology and his 35 years of clinical acupuncture experience Offers an overview of the science of biomedical acupuncture including the mechanisms of acupuncture, anatomy and physiology of acupoints, and discussion of human healing potential Uses terminology and concepts familiar to Westerntrained professionals, making the material easier to understand and incorporate into practice Includes more than 100 illustrations showing anatomy, injury, and clinical procedures covers useful techniques including those that increase muscle force output, joint flexibility and stability prevent sports injuries like muscle , tendonitis, strain, stress/igue fracture and spurs reinforce muscle output for specific sports normalize physiology of dysfunctional soft tissues predict response reduce physiological stress use the new Vacuum Therapy for deep tissue dysfunctions and balance the biomechanics of musculoskeletal system