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Article: ON PAINS AND NEEDLES ATHLETES IN NAGANO USING ACUPUNCTURE TO CURE THEIR ACHES.(Sports)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
- Article date:
- February 15, 1998
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Byline: Eric Talmadge Associated Press
NAGANO, Japan -- Canadian speedskater Kevin Overland was in a panic. The Olympics were just over a month away, and he was nursing an injured hip and listening to a physical therapist tell him it wouldn't heal in time.
So Overland turned to needles - and he's going home with a bronze medal.
``I'd been in physical therapy a million and one times,'' Overland said. ``I knew it wouldn't help in time, and a friend recommended acupuncture. I've really reacted well to it.''
Overland, who finished third in the 500-meter sprint, is one of a growing number of athletes who are finding a cure for everything ...