CONTADOR SE TRATÓ EFICAZMENTE CON ACUPUNTURA

Julio del 2011, Tour de Francia

L’Équipe especulaba con que el madrileño podría abandonar antes de que llegaran los Pirineos.  Pero finalmente deshecho la opción de abandonar, en Aurillac: “No se me pasa por la cabeza irme a casa, sólo lo haré cuando se acabe este Tour de Francia”.

Ya en la llegada de Carmaux, el líder del Saxo Bank se mostraba optimista sobre cómo había respondido su rodilla derecha, que ha sido tratada con hielo y acupuntura ya que se encontraba muy inflamada y dolorida.

 Al no usar medicamentos evitan sufrir los posibles efectos secundarios y estos deportistas eligen por ello la acupuntura. El tratamiento acupuntura en el momento adecuado ayudará a reducir el tiempo de recuperación de las lesiones, y también ahorrará  efectos secundarios de otros tratamientos.

Dejamos otras anotaciones sobre ciclistas en el Tour de Francia usando acupuntura en el siguiente post de Jennifer Dubowsky en inglés.

Cyclists in The Tour de France Use Acupuncture To Stay in Top Form

The 2014 Tour De France is underway. Hundreds of elite cyclists are racing through the picturesque mountains of France in an amazing feat of endurance. Although I am not a big cycling fan, I am a huge fan of acupuncture! So, I was thrilled to learn that super star cyclistAlberto Contador is using acupuncture to help him with his knee pain during the race. He injured his knee early in the race and uses acupuncture to combat the pain and inflammation. I also learned that Tyler Hamilton, who is now retired, also used acupuncture during the 2004 Tour.

From Cycling Weekly: Contador Receives Acupuncture for Knee

Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank-SunGard) is using acupuncture to treat his injured [right] knee. He hurt it twice in the opening stages of the Tour de France, first as part of his two crashes in stage five to Cap Fréhel and again on Sunday’s stage to Saint Flour.

“The inflammation is bad,” he said yesterday. “To help take care of it I am using acupuncture.”

Back in 2004 Tyler Hamilton received acupuncture after a bike accident during the race injured his back and shoulder.

From the associated press during the 2004 Tour De France: Acupuncture Helped Rider with Back Pain in the Tour de France Race

 “Just a week into this year’s race, Hamilton flew off his bike again, hurting his back and shoulder in another big spill.”

“I was involved in the crash three days ago and hurt my back pretty badly,” Hamilton said. He has been receiving treatment since. “I just finished doing some acupuncture on my back.”

Side note: I read Tyler Hamilton’s book ‘The Secret Race’ (written with Daniel Coyle) while on vacation and really enjoyed it.

Posted by Jennifer Dubowsky L.A.c. at 5:55 PM  

Articulo en inglés original: http://acupuncturechicago.blogspot.com.es/2014/07/cyclists-in-tour-de-france-use.html

Publicado por Marta Abengózar, componente del equipo docente de Ling Tao Acupuntores