Table of Contents

1. Integrative Systemic Dry Needling or Dry Needling Acupuncture: A New Modality for Athletes 2. Homeostasis and Stress in Sports and Exercise 3. Human Brain Plasticity, Sports, and Sports Injuries 4. Musculoskeletal Systems and Human Movement 5. Overtraining Syndrome and the Use of Muscle in Exercise 6. Clinical Mechanisms of Integrative Systemic Dry Needling 7. Physiology of Acu-Reflex Points 8. Neuroanatomy of Acu-Reflex Points 9. Homeostatic Acu-Reflex Point System 10. Trigger Points and the Integrative Neuromuscular Acu-Reflex Point System 11. Visceral Pain and Visceral-Somatic Reflexes 12. Pathomechanics of the Musculoskeletal System and Acu-Reflex Points 13. Using Dry Needling Acupuncture for Preventing Injury and Enhancing Athletic Performance 14. General Principles of Treating Soft-Tissue Dysfunction in Sports Injuries 15. Preventive and Therapeutic Treatment of Injuries in Selected Sports 16. Safety Issues in Dry Needling Acupuncture Practice

Reviews

For any clinician involved with helping athletes to recover from injury as well as providing services to enhance physical performance, this text will be indispensable. This book is a major accomplishment in the field of sports injury and treatment of musculoskeletal and neurological pain.

Mark A. Kestner, DC, FIAMA, CCSP, CSCS

Kestner Chiropractic & Acupuncture Center

Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Finally, a well-referenced, common sense approach to dry needling in sports medicine that discusses maintenance, overtraining, and the effect of the stress response in athletes. This is a long-awaited book that will leave you feeling comfortable with a technique that is very useful not only for athletes, but for all patients in your practice.

Rey Ximenes, MD

The Pain and Stress Management Center

Austin, Texas