While chiropractic care, physical therapy, and massage therapy remain the more “popular” modes of treatment among football players, this new article shows that acupuncture is gaining headway.

Lisa Ripi, a sought-after acupuncturist, travels the country treating famous NFL stars who say they feel significantly more flexible and in less pain after her work.  Regrettably, Ripi’s clients feel it might still be some time before acupuncture becomes a regular form of treatment for all professional teams.  Some teams still don’t even have a team massage therapist or nutrionist.  However, both Ripi and the players interviewed are confident that teams will head in the direction of alternative forms of therapy, as oftentimes it is only those types of therapies that bring these players relief.

You can read this very interesting article here: Acupuncturist Lisa Ripi