Acupuncture For Tennis Elbow
Acupuncture For Tennis Elbow. Acupuncture is a great tennis elbow treatment. It that can be an effective pain reliever with very quick results. Tennis elbow is a common problem for many types of athletes, quarterbacks, pitchers, golfers and, of course, tennis players. Tennis elbow is also known as lateral epicondylitis and effects the tendons that insert into the outside aspect of the elbow. The pain that you feel is from the inflammation in this area. The goal of treatment with acupuncture for tennis elbow and other sports-related conditions, is to reduce this inflammation.
Your phoenix acupuncturists will insert hair-thin needles in and around areas of pain in the elbow. This will cause an increase of energy flow through that area. This energy, known as Qi, is the central focus for acupuncture. By inserting these needles locally, your Phoenix acupuncturist will also stimulate blood flow to the area. Increased blood flow will bring nutrients to nourish the area and take away waste. The treatment will stimulate your body's natural healing and repairing mechanisms in and around the tendons of the elbow. This acupuncture treatment will also give a generalized and localized analgesic effect, similar to that of lidocaine or other local anesthetics.
Southwest Integrative Medicine
4045 E Bell Road Ste 107
Phoenix AZ 85032
480 451 5407
4045 E Bell Road Ste 107
Phoenix AZ 85032
480 451 5407