Sports Injuries and Training Support
Foothills Acupuncture: Lakewood Colorado Acupuncture Pain Specialists
Whether you are a part-time athlete or a full-time professional, if injuries or slow recovery times are hindering your training, consider acupuncture and other Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) therapies. TCM offers highly effective modalities designed to quickly relieve pain while supporting long-term tissue repair and systemic recovery. These therapies can be utilized as standalone treatments or integrated synergistically with other medical and physical modalities to accelerate your body’s natural healing processes.
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Knee injuries
Muscle pulls and strains
Rotator Cuff Injuries
Low back strains/injuries
Hamstring strains
Calf strains
Shin splints
Tennis or Golfer’s Elbow
Neck strains/injuries
Wrist sprains/injuries
Plantar Fasciitis
Achilles Tendinitis
Slow post workout recovery time
Foothills Acupuncture’s Approach to Sports Injuries and Recovery
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At Foothills Acupuncture, we use acupuncture to help athletes and active individuals manage sports-related pain, rehabilitate injuries, and improve recovery.
Treatment is personalized to each patient’s injury, activity level, and performance goals and may be used as a stand-alone therapy or combined with other Traditional Chinese Medicine modalities to support the body’s natural healing processes.
Acupuncture may help reduce pain and inflammation, improve circulation and mobility, release muscular tension, and support a safer, smoother return to activity.
It can also promote more efficient recovery between workouts and help patients maintain their overall physical performance.
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At Foothills Acupuncture, we use cupping and Gua Sha to support sports-injury rehabilitation, athletic recovery, and improved physical performance.
These targeted therapies are carefully selected and adapted to each patient’s injury, activity level, and recovery goals.
They may help reduce muscular tension, localized swelling, fascial restriction, and deep physical discomfort while supporting circulation, mobility, and a more comfortable range of motion.
Cupping and Gua Sha may be used as stand-alone treatments or combined with acupuncture and other therapies to help athletes recover more efficiently, move more freely, and return to activity with greater comfort and confidence.
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At Foothills Acupuncture, we use Tui Na—a specialized form of traditional Chinese medical massage that incorporates acupressure and other targeted manual techniques—to help address acute and chronic sports-related injuries.
Treatment is carefully tailored to each athlete’s condition, areas of pain or restriction, activity level, and recovery goals.
By targeting musculoskeletal pain, swelling, restricted movement, and deep muscular tension, Tui Na and acupressure may help improve circulation within the affected soft tissues and support the body’s natural recovery processes.
Tui Na may be used as a stand-alone therapy or combined with acupuncture and other treatments to support tissue healing, improve joint mobility, restore comfortable movement, and help athletes return to activity with greater comfort and confidence.
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At Foothills Acupuncture, we use Chinese herbal medicine to provide targeted internal and topical support for a variety of sports-related injuries and painful conditions.
Herbal formulas are individually selected according to each patient’s injury, symptoms, constitution, activity level, and recovery goals.
They may help support a healthy inflammatory response, circulation, tissue repair, and overall recovery, while topical herbal liniments can provide soothing support for localized pain, swelling, and muscular tension.
Chinese herbal medicine may be used as a stand-alone therapy or combined with acupuncture and other Traditional Chinese Medicine modalities to help ease discomfort, support tissue healing, and promote the body’s natural recovery processes from the inside out.