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, CSCSKestner Chiropractic & Acupuncture CenterMurfreesboro, TennesseeFinally, 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, MDThe Pain and Stress Management CenterAustin, Texas

• 1. Integrative Systemic Dry Needling or Dry Needling Acupuncture: A New Modality for Athletes2. Homeostasis and Stress in Sports and Exercise3. Human Brain Plasticity, Sports, and Sports Injuries4. Musculoskeletal Systems and Human Movement5. Overtraining Syndrome and the Use of Muscle in Exercise6. Clinical Mechanisms of Integrative Systemic Dry Needling7. Physiology of Acu-Reflex Points8. Neuroanatomy of Acu-Reflex Points9. Homeostatic Acu-Reflex Point System10. Trigger Points and the Integrative Neuromuscular Acu-Reflex Point System11. Visceral Pain and Visceral-Somatic Reflexes12. Pathomechanics of the Musculoskeletal System and Acu-Reflex Points13. Using Dry Needling Acupuncture for Preventing Injury and Enhancing Athletic Performance14. General Principles of Treating Soft-Tissue Dysfunction in Sports Injuries15. Preventive and Therapeutic Treatment of Injuries in Selected Sports16. Safety Issues in Dry Needling Acupuncture Practice

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, CSCSKestner Chiropractic & Acupuncture CenterMurfreesboro, TennesseeFinally, 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, MDThe Pain and Stress Management CenterAustin, Texas

• 1. Integrative Systemic Dry Needling or Dry Needling Acupuncture: A New Modality for Athletes2. Homeostasis and Stress in Sports and Exercise3. Human Brain Plasticity, Sports, and Sports Injuries4. Musculoskeletal Systems and Human Movement5. Overtraining Syndrome and the Use of Muscle in Exercise6. Clinical Mechanisms of Integrative Systemic Dry Needling7. Physiology of Acu-Reflex Points8. Neuroanatomy of Acu-Reflex Points9. Homeostatic Acu-Reflex Point System10. Trigger Points and the Integrative Neuromuscular Acu-Reflex Point System11. Visceral Pain and Visceral-Somatic Reflexes12. Pathomechanics of the Musculoskeletal System and Acu-Reflex Points13. Using Dry Needling Acupuncture for Preventing Injury and Enhancing Athletic Performance14. General Principles of Treating Soft-Tissue Dysfunction in Sports Injuries15. Preventive and Therapeutic Treatment of Injuries in Selected Sports16. Safety Issues in Dry Needling Acupuncture Practice