Acupuncture offers something for everyone. For fitness junkies, acupuncture can ease muscle tightness and pain, speeding up exercise recovery and enhancing performance.
What Is Acupuncture?
Acupuncture, a mainstay within traditional Chinese medicine, is stimulating specific points on the body (also known as acupoints) to promote health and healing.
There are several different styles of acupuncture. Some even feature their unique acupoints. While many acupuncture practitioners stick to the standard method of inserting thin, sterile needles into the skin, others practice styles that combine needles with a mild electric current (known as electroacupuncture), magnets, heat lamps, or warming herbs (known as moxibustion). Some forms of acupuncture-like trigger point acupuncture and dry needling focus more on releasing soft tissue constriction and muscle tightness, regardless of where that tightness is with a traditional acupoint.
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