Articles and Resources on Acupuncture Sports Medicine
ARTICLES BY WHITFIELD REAVES
On Low Back Pain
Published by the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine.
Low Back Pain
On Athletic Performance
Published by The American College of Sports Medicine
Click HERE. You can find this article on page 4.
On the Tendino-muscle Meridians
Published by Acupuncture Today.
Treating Sports Injuries
On Shoulder Pain, Part I
Published by Acupuncture Today.
Shoulder Part I
On Shoulder Pain, Part II
Published by Acupuncture Today.
Shoulder Part II
Neck and Shoulder Pain: The Levator Scapulae Muscle
Published by the Journal of Chinese Medicine (JCM)
Journal of Chinese Medicine
Webcast Interview
On enhancing athletic performance.
Whitfield Reaves Interview with Loren Fogelman
Articles and Resources on TCM
(Traditional Chinese Medicine)
TCM/org
Boulder Community Acupuncture
Whitfield's wife Mary Saunders, LAc and her clinic
Click HERE for link.
PRACTITIONERS IN THE DENVER/BOULDER AREA
Sports Psychology, Chronic Pain, and Personal Growth
Doug Jowdy Phd, in Boulder, CO
Acupuncture Sports Medicine in Lakewood, CO
Gina Mortellaro, MS, LAc, at Healing Traditions Oriental Medicine
Acupuncture Sports Medicine in Denver, CO
Michael Lay, MS, LAc, at Uptown Acupuncture
Acupuncture Sports Medicine in Ft. Collins, CO
Scott Blunk, LAc
PRACTITIONERS IN OTHER REGIONS OF THE US
Acupuncture and Chiropractic Sports Medicine, in North Carolina. Scott Greenapple, DC
Jessica Sleight, MAc, LAc, in the Washington DC/Baltimore area
Orthopedic and Acupuncture Sports Medicine in Minnesota. Lindsay Long, MS, LAc
Ann Rea, LAc, Harmony and Health Acupuncture, in Phoenix, Arizona
Matthew Sheets, MS, LAc, Acupuncture Sports Medicine in Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Friends and Colleagues,
I have had a wonderful career – this is my 30th year of practice – of providing medical care for athletes. My son Martin Reaves is a professional slalom skateboard racer (pictured above), which has provided a new and interesting athletic event to understand. And with the gang of teenage and young adults that I have grown to adore, other uniquely American sports such as longboarding, the skate park, and the half pipe have developed. And there is always the more traditional athletes, such as runners, triathletes, or cyclists, each of which have their own unique treatment requirements. However, I consider all of us athletes – the mother taking care of her children at home, the office worker, the college student. In this modern era, the intensity to produce and its resultant stress is treated similarly to those of a competitive athlete.
So, in the end, we all have similar and common strengths as well as weaknesses. The diagnosis, assessment, and treatment with acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine is a wonderful and effective approach for many of these imbalances. I love this medicine more now than when I first began my studies in 1976. I feel fortunate and grateful for the teachers, athletes, and other patients that have taught me everything I know.
All the best to you, and stay healthy,
Whitfield Reaves
Pictured Above: Martin Reaves, Slalom Skateboard Racing. Photo by Farid A. Abraham.
Pictured Mid-page: Downhill Skateboard Racing. Photo by Martin Reaves.
Picture Below: Whitfield Reaves hiking in the Nebraska panhandle.