San Diego Acupuncture Center For Athletes
If you’re looking for a licensed acupuncturist in San Diego that understands athletes, then Scott Richardson is the sports acupuncturist that you should seek out.
Whats’ the research on acupuncture for sports injuries?
The Institute of Sports Sciences, in Frankfurt, Germany published a 2007 study in the Journal of Alternative and Complimentary Medicine, looking at the effect that acupuncture has on flow flow into and around acupuncture points before and after acupuncture is performed. The researchers found that the blood flow to the area increases after acupuncture needles are placed into the skin.
Another acupuncture study by the same research group in 2008 also published in the Journal of Alternative and Complimentary Medicine,found that acupuncture decreased the complaints of delayed onset muscle soreness in test subjects that did eccentric forearm exercises to fatigueafter 72 hours. The researchers comments that acupuncture could potentially be a benefit to athletes that have to perform hard efforts day after day.
To find out if acupuncture can help with your sports injury, give us a call at 858-678-0300