Homeopathy is a form of medicine that has become increasingly popular in recent years, with more than 30 million users in Europe and many millions more across the globe.
Lots of times,
people with sports injuries find themselves going through lengthy painful
therapeutic and recovery processes. Even if a surgical intervention is not
necessary, casts splints, long periods of dependency on pain killers and long
and painful rehabilitation periods are common.
Homeopathy can
offer many solutions that expedite and simplify that recovery process.
Homeopathic remedies have the ability to stimulate the body to use its own
healing power.
Applying
Homeopathic remedies to support the recovery process in cases of sports injury
(be it a simple one, or a complicated one that may require surgery) may shorten
the recovery and rehabilitation process, and make them less painful. This saves
suffering, time and money.
Homeopathy may be
incorporated from the very time of injury. Applying homeopathic remedies immediately
following an injury can reduce the pain and shocking effect of the injury.
Homeopathic remedies can help reduce swelling, oedema and hematomas.
As a result the
injured will need significantly less pain medication or none at all. This, of
course, will reduce or eliminate the very well known side-effects: Allergies,
exhaustion, drowsiness and confusion.
Reasons for athletes to choose homeopathic medicines
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There are no harmful side effects such as
drowsiness, exhaustion, allergies and confusion
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They are safe to use in all cases, and equally
effective in babies, old people and pregnant women
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Because of the degree of dilution, they will not
show up in any drug testing procedures, so there is no need to check whether
any of the ingredients are on a banned list
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Unlike conventional medicines, they can be kept for
later use, with often only a few tablets from a bottle being needed for each
episode of treatment
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They are not tested on animals – all homeopathic
medicines are tested through systematic trials with healthy human volunteers
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They work with rather than against the body’s own
repair mechanisms
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They have been used effectively, in all parts of
the world, for over 200 years
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They appear to speed up the healing process and get
you back to training and performing more quickly
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An increasing amount of high-quality scientific
research demonstrates that homeopathic medicines really do work .Several trials
of homeopathy have considered the effects on sports injuries, such as ankle
sprains, muscle strains and muscle soreness after exercise, while others have
concentrate on the problems that many athletes are prone to, including upper
respiratory tract infections, influenza, hay fever and cramps
Arnica and muscle soreness
Arnica
is one of the most popular homeopathic remedies for musculoskeletal problems,
and many endurance athletes use it in the belief that it can reduce muscular
soreness after exercise. There have been a number of studies of this remedy.
Once you’ve
had success with Arnica, which, in my experience, is pretty much guaranteed,
then you will want to venture further afield and try homeopathic self-care for
other acute
injuries. For more longstanding sports injuries or ones that are not easily amenable to self-treatment, find a professional homeopath.