Sport Acupuncture
Sports acupuncture for athletic performance and wellness can help one to maintain flexibility, strength and function with regular training. Each session is one on one to assess compensation patterns and utilize acupuncture to reduce muscular tension, restore muscle inhibition and flexibility for one’s sport. Injury prevention is our goal and each treatment is customized to meet the athletes needs.
Dry needling, trigger point release and motor point acupuncture can be extremely helpful in activating and releasing muscles to restore muscle length and proper engagement after practice or right before games. Depending on the athlete’s sport each treatment is designed around their training program and schedule of events.
Utilizing acupuncture for the rest and recovery phase of training can be a very healing part of one’s performance. Acupuncture can stimulate the parasympathetic nervous system to promote a deep sense of relaxation improving one’s sleep quality, breathing patterns, and digestion. Athletes often come for this type of treatment the day before an event or on off days.
Sport Injuries that we treat at Santos Clinica:
Foot and ankle pain:
achilles tendonitis, plantar fascitis, 1st MTP joint, lateral ankle sprain, morton’s neuroma.
Knee and lower leg pain:
osteoarthritis, patellar tendonitis, MCL/LCL ligament sprain, patella femoral dysfunction, pes anserine bursitis, IT-band syndrome, shin splints (anterior and medial)
Hip and thigh pain
Hip joint osteoarthritis, sacrotuberous ligament, hamstring strain, adductor strain
Low back pain
Quadratus lumborum, SI joint dysfunction
Shoulder pain
Rotator cuff tendonitis/strain, acromioclavicular (AC) joint, frozen shoulder, bicep tendontitis
Neck pain
Stiff neck (levator scapula)
Elbow and Wrist pain
Tennis elbow (lateral epicondylitis), golfer’s elbow (medial epicondylitis), carpal tunnel syndrome, dequervian’s tenosynovitis,
