Vincenzo Nibali’s Secret to a Tour de France Win: Acupuncture

Vincenzo Nibali credits acupuncture as a key ingredient to his 2014 Tour de France success.  Click here to check out the Wall Street Journal article. ....aaaaaand take the last couple sentences with a grain of salt, acupuncture does much more than only reducing pain. Acupuncture can improve healing time, hasten rate of recovery, improve blood circulation, increase range of motion, and reduce inflammation that contributes to prolonged tissue injury...and more.  This story is an example of the increasing trend of athletes utilizing Chinese Medicine to improve their game.