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'Acupuncture: Reversing the Stressful Effects of Running'

An article I wrote for Running Times magazine about acupuncture for runners is now up on the RT website. Click the photo to read. For the article I interviewed three prominent acupuncturists: Jiro Konno, the head of Tokyo's Idaten clinic where many of the country's top pros and university runners go for treatment, Hiroshi Kawaguchi, another Tokyo-based practitioner who has worked with Joan Benoit-Samuelson, and Russ Stram, a New York acupuncturist who worked on Arata Fujiwara the day after Fujiwara's course-record win at May's Ottawa Marathon. The article includes photos, such as the one above, of Stram's session with Fujiwara.
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Anonymous said…
During my athlete days, I discovered it helped my running. I experimented on my self and my teammates we became convinced it was our secret weapon for improving performance and recovery. acupuncture in miami is used to increase blood flow, improve healing, and activate the body's pain perception and modulatory system. By the way, thank you for sharing.
August 15, 2018 at 9:31 AM
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