Athletes Turn to Natural Therapies to Relieve Pain and Avoid Steroid Use.Steroids aren't just used to pump up athletes into muscle-bound mus·cle·bound also mus·cle-bound adj. 1. Having inelastic, overdeveloped muscles, usually as the result of excessive exercise. 2. a. Hindered by or as if by overdeveloped muscles. b. record-breakers, they are also used to help reduce inflammation and recuperate re·cu·per·ate v. To return to health or strength; recover. from painful injuries. But while these steroids -- known as corticosteroids Corticosteroids Definition Corticosteroids are group of natural and synthetic analogues of the hormones secreted by the hypothalamic-anterior pituitary-adrenocortical (HPA) axis, more commonly referred to as the pituitary gland. -- can be used legally by professional athletes such as baseball and football players, they can also have dangerous side effects Side effects Effects of a proposed project on other parts of the firm. such as easy bruising, weight gain and osteoporosis. That is why more American athletes are moving away from any kind of steroid use and turning to a natural therapy popular in other countries to relieve pain and treat injuries. Homeopathy homeopathy (hōmēŏp`əthē), system of medicine whose fundamental principle is the law of similars—that like is cured by like. is a therapeutic system that uses micro doses of natural substances to relieve symptoms. Unlike corticosteroids used in cortisone cortisone (kôr`tĭsōn'), steroid hormone whose main physiological effect is on carbohydrate metabolism. It is synthesized from cholesterol in the outer layer, or cortex, of the adrenal gland under the stimulation of adrenocorticotropic shots to accelerate the healing process, homeopathic medicines heal without side effects and are non-doping. Popular sports doctors have found that they have restrictions when helping athletes recover from bruising, swelling, and trauma from impact, but homeopathic medicines have given them a safer option. For the full story and a photo, go to http://www.medialinkfeatures.com/home.aspx?Story=30372 -------------------------------------------------- ABOUT MEDIALINK FEATURES: Medialink Features provides free, ready-to-run, non-copyrighted news features, fillers and photos to newspaper and online editors. To download copy and photos, please visit http://www.medialinkfeatures.com. NOTE TO EDITORS: All copy and photography is available for free and unrestricted use with Medialink Features (MF) dateline attribution. |
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