Biomedical Acupuncture for Sports and Trauma Rehabilitation: Dry Needling Techniques by Yun-tao Ma, PhD, LAc, explains acupuncture and dry needling from a Western, biomedical point of view. It covers how needling can improve athletic performance, speed up recovery after intense training, and support rehabilitation after injury or surgery.
The book introduces Ma’s Integrative Systemic Dry Needling (ISDN), aimed at preventing injuries and restoring soft tissue function, and discusses homeostasis and stress in sport, overtraining, trigger points, acu-reflex points and safety in practice. More than 100 illustrations show the anatomy, injuries and clinical procedures.
Details: Churchill Livingstone, 384 pages, hardback.