BrilliantJade
clinic offers Sports Acupuncture treatments to injured athletes, as
well as to those who are looking for an edge in competition or simply
maintaining and improving their game with the prospect of reaching their
full performance potential. A branch of Chinese Medicine grew out of
the martial arts traditions in China and has played an important role in
keeping healthy and active.
Today's modern remedies to physical
injuries are commonly used throughout a physical rehabilitation therapy
programme. Physiotherapy and Conventional Medicine are the current main
available tools of therapy, however BrilliantJade's concept of sport
injury rehabilitation goes deeper than that, as it was created in view
of the importance to restore an athlete's emotional aspect as well.
Results of this research have in fact proven
that, in order to treat the physically injured person, an Acupuncturist
will also treat the emotional consequences of an injury - whether or
not sport related. The
whole approach of sports acupuncture in the treatment of pain and
reduced range of movement function is to see it as a disorder in the
person's whole well-being - physical and emotional.
The most
common injuries treated with Sports Acupuncture are muscle contusions and
tendinitis, as well as over-used injuries involving the lower back,
shoulder, knee and ankle.
Sports acupuncture treatment is a
combination of acupuncture principles and sport science, whereby results
are greatly enhanced when sports acupuncture is applied prior to
therapeutic exercise. The treatment consists of the gentle insertion and
stimulation of thin, disposable sterile needles at strategic points
near the surface of the body. Over 2 000 acupuncture points on the
human body connect with 14 major pathways, called meridians. These
meridians conduct Qi, between the surface of the body and internal
organs. When the flow of Qi is disrupted by sports traumas, pain and/or disease can result. Sports acupuncture
helps to keep the normal flow of this energy unblocked and "fine-tune
the bio-electric system".
Serious injuries such as fractures,
dislocations, torn tendons, and serious internal injuries should be
treated by a medical doctor or hospital. Recovery from many of these
injuries, however, can be augmented by acupuncture, herbs and nutrition.
Sport
Acupuncture is widely used by athletes in Russia, China, Korea and
Japan. Olympic athletes, baseball players, football teams etc. regularly
employ Chinese medicine as part of the training regimen.
