Olympic Windsurfer Overcomes Injuries With Acupuncture

Olympic Windsurfer Overcomes Injuries With Acupuncture

Windsurfer Yin Jian won China’s first Olympic sailing gold medal on Wednesday, hailing it as the ultimate reward for years of battling constant injuries and spending long periods training away from home, reported Reuters.Yin reeled off a list of the parts of her...
Olympic Volleyball Star Kerri Walsh uses Acupuncture

Olympic Volleyball Star Kerri Walsh uses Acupuncture

A different type of spike. Kerri Walsh, the superstar American beach volleyball player who will be playing for Olympic gold on August 21, has suffered through a terrible summer of pain. She already took a brief break from the tour schedule because of recurring...
Chinese Athletes Use Acupuncture To Prepare For Olympics

Chinese Athletes Use Acupuncture To Prepare For Olympics

Getting ready for the 2008 Olympics, doctors at the healing center of Beijing Sports University were using acupuncture to treat about 70% of the chronic and acute muscle injuries they dealt with, reported Jonathan Watts in The Lancet in 2004. Many sports doctors in...