Abstract
Acupuncture is a therapeutic medical system in the Western world known as Traditional
Chinese Medicine (TCM) aims It aims to therapy and healing of diseases through the
application of needles and moxas, and other techniques. Currently, it has been used to
treat chronic and acute pain of various origins, to control pain during some surgical
procedures, prevention and treatment of diseases., Musculoskeletal pain, promote
functional normalization of the body and has been used by athletes, professional and
amateurs to modulate the physical well-being, to reach a higher level of competitive
performance and better training. Despite being an area little explored and studied, the
results of these studies have justified the use of acupuncture as part of a routine athletic fitness, and sports an acupuncturist should already be present in high performance
sports teams, the order to enhance the end performance of athletes.
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