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Acupuncture can improve athletic performance

  • Writer: Craig Amrine L.Ac.
    Craig Amrine L.Ac.
  • Nov 12, 2019
  • 1 min read

Athletes are always looking at ways to improve endurance, increase strength, and decrease recovery times.  Unfortunately, many techniques such as dopants have severe negative health side-effects and are consequently banned in competition.   Acupuncture is wonderful technique that has been proven to lower stress (see article at top of page), and increase endurance.  A study shown HERE compared maximum heart rate, oxygen consumption, and lactic acid amount at 3 different times of rest after hard exercise among professional basketball players. These players received acupuncture BEFORE the workouts.   In comparison to a non-treated group, and a group that received acupuncture in fake points, the group that received acupuncture in real points showed a significant decrease in all three factors at 30 minutes after exercise.  

 
 

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