The Acupressure Warmup: For Fitness, Athletic Preparation and Injury Management

The Acupressure Warmup: For Fitness, Athletic Preparation and Injury Management

Every day, thousands of people in our fitness conscious culture do just what the TV commercials and their doctors tell them: ``Play hard,’’ `` Just do it.’’ They challenge their cardiovascular systems, participate in aerobics, work out with weights and machines, compete at games they last played in their youth, ride bikes, and run races. But they also injure themselves at an alarming rate, losing hours of enjoyment and even employment, as over-exertion and under-preparation take their toll. Calisthenics and stretching, athletic warms familiar to most athletes, take too long, are embarrassing to do in public, and are often improperly done. In some cases, they can do more harm than good. The main exercises, finger-pressure exercises, meridian-stretching exercises and flexibility tests that are described and illustrated in The Acupressure Warm-up can enliven and prepare every major muscle system in the body. In as little as 10 minutes a day, practicing the techniques described offers an easy and effective solution for obtaining maximal enjoyment from sports for fitness and fun. "The next step in the evolution of sport." -- High Tech Coaching and Training, 1993 "This straightforward and easy-to-use text is aimed at the layperson and is a good self-help reference to 'prescribe' to patients." -- Australian Journal of Acupuncture, 1992 " the book includes some exceedingly impressive case histories that I would have been proud to achieve with acupuncture." -- Journal of Chinese Medicine Journal of Chinese Medicine Journal of Chinese Medicine (UK), 1993 I must confess that I approached this book with some prejudice. On reading it, however, I was unexpectedly impressed by its sincerity and effective application of a simple technique. The proof of the benefits of any technique are clearly in their results, and the book includes some exceedingly impressive case histories that I would have been proud to achieve with acupuncture. -- Journal of Chinese Medicine The next step in the evolution of sport. -- High Tech Coaching and Training This straight-forward and easy-to-use text is aimed at the layperson and is a good self-help reference to 'prescribe' to your patients. I also recommend it to those practitioners who follow the maxim, 'Physician Heal Thyself.' -- Australian Journal of Acupuncture Proven: The Longmont Physical Therapy Hospital did a pilot study on the Acupressure Warm-up techniques for patients with severe chronic lower back pain. The results were excellent and led to publication in a PT peer journal. (Review Attached) Simple: Children can and do use the exercises. Fast: In five or ten minutes you can significantly increase your preparation for sports and have notable effects on an injury. Marc Coseo: Marc was number 189 in the world as a tournament tennis professional when he was hit by a car while walking, ending his professional career at only twenty. He returned to the U.S., completed acupuncture school until 1998 ran a highly successful sports medicine clinic in Massachusetts. He has also produced the Acupressure Warm-up video, and has a patented acupressure machine in the infomercial works. Marc rehabilitated himself using acupuncture and acupressure and at 42 is still a favorite "trial horse’’ for touring tennis professionals in their twenties. meridian-stretching excercises improve flexibility athletic warm-ups eliminates overstretching