Specialty Unit in Sports Injury

 Chi Wellness Clinic has developed a comprehensive program for treating sports injuries over the years. We have treated many competitive athletes at college and professional levels. They include the former Boston College and Celtics player Dana Barros (point guard), field & track athletes and hockey players from Boston University, Boston College and Harvard University, football plays from Northeastern University, and basketball players from local colleges.

 Recently we begin to focus more and more on sports injuries occurring among amateur athletes and exercise enthusiasts from teenagers to baby boomers. Thanks to many valuable feedbacks from our baby boomer patients (ages 40 - 65), we gain unique new insights in providing effective and cost-effective treatments. By understanding those sports injuries that had occurred during youth but manifested in ages of 40 - 65, we strengthen our long-term and holistic view of physical and functional impairments, and place more weight on patients¡¯ ability to prevent injuries proactively.

 The principle of Chi Wellness holistic treatment program is a balance between high level performance and sustainable enhancement of health and wellness. The objective of treatment is to mobilize the body¡¯s healing capacity to repair soft tissue injuries on an on-going basis. Our program consists of four aspects:

• To detection muscular tensions (including tendons and others) and stiff joints from head to toes;
• To use physical manipulations (Tuina, stretching, acupuncture) to loosen up muscles as well as joints, and achieve sustainable relaxation throughout the whole body. As a result of the sustainable relaxation, the blood and chi circulations are elevated to heal injuries. Herbal remedies are also used for old injuries.
• To rehabilitate the selective strength of weaken muscles, the muscular balance (collective strength) of the entire body, the even weight bearing of the body, motor coordination and balance of the body.
• To enhance sports performance and reduce wears and tears during work out using Chi Wellness self-care methods including
  • Listening to tensions in the body
  • Self massage
  • Deep Stretching
  • Conditional strengthening
  • Relax the joints
  • Tai Chi movements and mental relaxation (meditation)

The endpoint of Chi Wellness treatment is to enable patients to use their instinctual abilities to prevent sports injuries, and live an active, balanced and relaxing life. As a result, they can perform their sports consistently, powerfully and sustainably without suffering aches and pains later around.