Biomedical acupuncture for sports and trauma rehabilitation : dry needling techniques
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St. Louis, Mo.
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Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2011
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xix, 275 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Yun-tao Ma
CONTENTS NOTE
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Integrative systemic dry needling or dry needling : a new modality for athletes -- Homeostasis and stress in sports and exercise -- Human brain plasticity, sports, and sports injuries -- Musculoskeletal systems and human movement -- Overtraining syndrome and the use of muscle in exercise -- Clinical mechanisms of integrative systemic dry needling -- Physiology of acu-reflex points -- Neuroanatomy of acu-reflex points -- Homeostatic acu-reflex point system -- Trigger points and the integrative neuromuscular acu-reflex point system -- Visceral pain and visceral-somatic reflexes -- Pathomechanics of the musculoskeletal system and acu-reflex points -- Using dry needling acupuncture for preventing injury and enhancing athletic performance -- General principles of treating soft tissue dysfunction in sports injuries -- Preventive and therapeutic treatment of injuries in selected sports -- Safety issues in dry needling acupuncture practice