<p>Written by widely respected acupuncture expert Yun-tao Ma, PhD, LAc, <b>Biomedical Acupuncture for Sports and Trauma Rehabilitation </b>shows techniques that will enhance athletic performance, accelerate recovery after intensive workouts, and speed trauma rehabilitation after injuries or surgeries. Evidence-based research is used to support the best and most effective techniques, with over 100 illustrations showing anatomy, injury, and clinical procedures. Unlike many other acupuncture books, this book uses a Western approach to make it easier to understand rationales, master techniques, and integrate biomedical acupuncture into your practice.</p> <p>"Finally, a well-referenced, common sense approach to dry needling in sports medicine that discusses maintenance, overtraining, and the effect of the stress response in atheletes. This is a long-awaited book that will leave you feeling comfortable with a technique that is very useful not only for atheletes, but for all patients of your practice."</p> <p><b>Rey Ximenes, MD</b></p> <p>The Pain and Stress Management Center</p> <p>Austin, Texas</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>"For any clinician involved with assisting atheletes recover from injury, as well as providing services to enhance physical performance, this text will be indispensible. This book is a major accomplishment in the field of sports injury and treatment of musculoskeletal and neurological pain." </p> <p><b>Mark A. Kestner, DC, FIAMA, CCSP, CSCS</b></p> <p>Kestner Chiropractic & Acupuncture Center</p> <p>Murfreesboro, Tennessee</p><br><br><ul> <li><b>Unique!</b> Explores <b>acupuncture treatments for sports injuries</b> in the acute phase, rehabilitation, and prevention. </li> <p> <li>Includes <b>acupuncture for performance enhancement and injury prevention</b>, emphasizing pre-event acupuncture used to help increase muscle output, assist with pre-competition stress, and prevent soft tissue injury.</li> <p></p> <p> <li>Provides <b>evidence-based research</b> to show the science behind the best and most effective techniques, based on the author's background in neuroscience and cell biology and his 35 years of clinical acupuncture experience. </li> <p></p> <p> <li>Offers <b>an overview of the science of biomedical acupuncture</b> including the mechanisms of acupuncture, anatomy and physiology of acupoints, and discussion of human healing potential.</li> <p></p> <p> <li>Uses <b>terminology and concepts familiar to Western-trained health professionals</b>, making the material easier to understand and incorporate into practice.</li> <p></p> <p> <li>Includes <b>more than 100 illustrations</b> showing anatomy, injury, and clinical procedures.</li> <p></p> <li>Covers <b>useful techniques</b> including those that increase muscle force output, joint flexibility and stability; prevent sports injuries like muscle sprain, tendonitis, bone strain, stress/fatigue fracture and bone spurs; reinforce muscle output for specific sports; normalize physiology of dysfunctional soft tissues; predict treatment response; reduce physiological stress; use the new Vacuum Therapy for deep tissue dysfunctions; and balance the biomechanics of musculoskeletal system.</li></ul>