Acupuncture: A Timeless Cure For Pain
Tennis elbow or lateral epicondylitis is infamous for seriously debilitating the forelimb movement of millions of people. It has also been the reason why many athletes had to cut their athletic career short, some of which had just peaked in their career. The term is a misnomer though, as less than five per cent of the people diagnosed with this ailment were professional tennis players.
Complete rest relieves tennis elbow. But it is difficult for manual workers and sportsmen to remain on rest for so long. All over the world a lot of therapeutic Researches are going on to find a suitable remedy for tennis elbow. Alternative therapies are also being looked into as a way to address this issue. Acupuncture is one such alternative therapy for elbow pain which promises a way out of this.
Acupuncture gives a different reason for tennis elbow. When imbalances in the liver is held responsible for tennis elbow by acupuncture sports physiologists were surprised since they have been of the opinion that overexertion resulting in shearing of tendons which attach muscles to the bone at the elbow joint is the reason for tennis elbow.
Acupuncture practitioners believe that imbalance in Chi (or Qi), the fundamental life force, in the liver causes dehydration of the tendons. This coupled with over-exertion leads to shearing of tendons resulting in the condition commonly referred as tennis elbow. This natural treatment for tennis elbow therefore aims to relieve pain and also to remove the Chi imbalance that causes it so that the condition doesn’t recur.
When you go to an acupuncture therapist for getting treatment for tennis elbow, he will observe you, ask you certain questions, look at your tongue, feel your pulse, and perform palpation. Then according to his diagnosis, he will insert needles on specific points or “ashi” on the channel that runs through the elbow to decongest the channel and facilitate free flow of Chi.
Millions of people have successfully rid themselves of the painful condition of tennis elbow using traditional Chinese therapy. There have been many surveys that have been conducted to prove the effectivness of acupuncture in the treatment of pain.
Tennis elbow, which debilitates forelimb movement, has affected millions. It can be relieved with complete rest; which is difficult for sportspersons. Acupuncture is an alternative therapy for elbow pain which promises a way out of this. Practitioners of this therapy believe that imbalance of Chi in the liver causes dehydration of the tendons. This coupled with over-exertion leads to shearing of tendons resulting in tennis elbow. This natural treatment for tennis elbow relieves pain and removes the Chi imbalance, so that the condition doesn’t recur. This traditional Chinese therapy has successfully helped millions get rid of this painful condition.
- Keith Ferris