Injuries and Chinese Medicine Part II
Once the injury begins to heal, acupuncture and moxibustion may help reduce the size of the internal scar, thereby preventing retraction, adhesions and calcifications among other unwanted effects. The use of liniments and ointments action of activating blood circulation is very useful at this stage and increases recovery time, helping to repair internal trauma as well as improving overall muscle tone. At this stage of healing is also very helpful to use herbal poultices influencing the same therapeutic action than ointments but with a more forceful and prolonged effect.
As for the treatment of substance – either acupuncture or herbal medicine – in a break of fibers would affect the tone of the blood and spleen (as the concept in TCM) as it would benefit the generation of muscle tissue, both as and quantity.
The Tui Na (Chinese Traditional Massage) is especially useful in either of the two previous stages but it is the technique of choice when trying to reintegrate the athlete to their activity or to prevent possible relapse due to overloading. In tendon or bone and joint injuries that do not involve detention – there is a rupture of ligaments – the strategy to follow would be the same as explained in the treatment of rupture of muscle fibers. The main variation would lie in the use of moxibustion at 24 hours – depending on the case – after the onset of trauma. In a joint or tendon injury has to evaluate the use of electro in the early stages of the injury.
In this case, the basic treatment can be aimed at toning the kidney and liver – as long as the theory of Chinese medicine-looking tendon and joint improvement of the base. Another general point that should be mentioned is the preventative. The needs of a practitioner are very specific. Coordination, strength, elasticity and resistance predominate, for example, on the force. Of course every martial discipline is different and adapted to the practitioner must be highly individualized. From the diet to the use of energy supplements to promote good nutrition for tendons, muscles and ligaments, having a good energy balance and muscle tone right can be advised and monitored by a medical professional with expertise in Chinese martial disciplines.
In short, Chinese medicine is certainly a first choice for treatment of injuries resulting from the practice of martial arts or other sports because it not only affects the resolution of a physical impairment but has implications for all areas of the human being – physical, emotional-mental-psychological – looking for the same idea of harmony pursued by these techniques.
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