Acupuncture for Yoga Practitioners and Athletes
I have studied anatomy and movement for 20+ years, both personally and professionally. I have found that overuse, poor posture or various physical conditions can lead to structural imbalances that impede our daily activities as well as our yoga and athletic practices. These structural imbalances can lead to constriction and injuries that donšt seem to heal completely.
With a strong emphasis on palpation examination, I locate muscle restrictions and holding patterns and release them using acupuncture. The styles of acupuncture I practice to relief these constrictions are
trigger point release and motor point release. The immediate effects can feel like lingering post-workout soreness that fades over a 48 hour period. The benefits of this style are very long lasting. This style is particularly effective for the treatment of whiplash, sciatic, rotator cuff injuries, recovery from falls and accidents that resulted in muscle spasms, athletic and dance injuries to name a few. These are decidedly Western based approaches so I combine them with Traditional Chinese Medicine or Japanese acupuncture to round out whole-body recovery to injury, trauma and stress. This combination lends itself quite naturally to treating structural imbalances that constrict motion and limit activity.
