MattSavinar.netQuestion: "GunTotingHippieMama" in Sebastopol, California writes:
Acupuncture has gained considerable traction in elite level sports medicine circles since the above excerpted SI article. For instance, Charles Poliquin - a Canadian strength training coach who has trained world class athletes such as Olympic Gold medal sprinter Donovan Bailey, NFL wide receiver David Boston, NHL All-Star Chris Pronger, MLB All-Star Edgar Martinez and others - has incorporated elements of traditional Chinese medicine into his practice. In a 2006 article he wrote:
In 2007, the journal Medical Acupuncture published an article entitled "Battlefield Acupuncture" authored by Dr. Richard C. Niemtzow, a colonel in the U.S. Air Force. Unfortunately, the article is behind a paywall. A quick google search, however, pulls up the following editorial by Dr. Niemtzow on the potential benefits of battlefield acupuncture:
If you want to provide your son with printouts of the above excerpted articles to give to him, just click on any of the following links and they will lead to print-ready versions:
Hope that helps!
Best of luck,
Matt
In a 2001 interview with bodybuilding magazine "T-Nation", strength and conditioning expert Dr. Ken Kinakain was similarly enthusiastic when asked about the use of acupuncture:
In 2010, the Wall Street Journal published an article on how modern science has discovered how acupuncture works:
Absolutely! Consider, for instance, the following excerpt from a 1972 article in Sports Illustrated on how acupuncture has been used to assist players in the NFL and MLB:
