Sports acupuncture in Astoria
Sports acupuncture, guided by how you move
Sports acupuncture here starts with a movement screen and tension mapping. Treatment then goes to the muscles, tendons and fascia your training overloads, picked by how you move as well as by where it hurts. Every sports acupuncture session at Recovery Mode is with Elizabeth Sharma, L.Ac., and it can include acupuncture, cupping and hands-on work.
- Performed by
- Elizabeth Sharma, L.Ac.
- First visit
- Evaluation and treatment in one session
- Follow ups
- Treatment aimed at what the evaluation found
- May include
- Acupuncture, cupping, hands-on work, mobility work
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Licensed acupuncturist
Your first visit with her runs 60 min. Follow ups after that are 45 min.
Step by step
Your first sports acupuncture visit
- 1
Health screen
A short check on your health and history before anything else.
- 2
Movement screen
How you move, and where the restriction or pain shows up.
- 3
Tension mapping
Finding the overloaded muscles, tendons and fascia behind it.
- 4
Treatment
May involve acupuncture, cupping and hands-on work where the problem is.
The details
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Follow up sessions
Follow ups go straight to the structures driving the problem: the specific muscles, tendons and fascia your evaluation flagged. Depending on what you need, the session may include acupuncture, cupping, hands-on work or mobility work.
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What people come in for
- Muscle tightness and tension from training or overuse
- Pain that limits a movement, like overhead pressing or running downhill
- Stiffness and reduced mobility
- A complement to sports massage when one area keeps tightening back up
Does sports acupuncture hurt?
- Acupuncture needles are very fine. You may feel a brief pinch, or a dull ache as a needle settles into a tight muscle. Tell Elizabeth if anything feels sharp.
How is it different from regular acupuncture?
- The approach starts from sport and movement. Treatment is guided by a movement screen and by the anatomy of the muscles and tendons involved in your pain, and it can be combined with cupping and hands-on work in the same session.
Will cupping leave marks?
- If your session includes cupping, it can leave round marks where the cups sat. Light pink marks fade within minutes to an hour. Dark red marks fade over three days to a week, and can take up to two weeks over a more chronic problem area. With regular cupping, the marks usually get lighter over time.
Book your evaluation.
Visit the studio
On Steinway Street in Astoria, Queens
30-29 Steinway St, Astoria, NY 11103Questions first? Call (929) 666-1729, or see what to bring and what the first visit looks like on the visit page.
Hours
- Monday to Friday
- 10am to 6pm
- Saturday
- 10am to 3pm
- Sunday
- Closed
Holiday hours can differ. Call if you’re not sure.