Because your body can't store alcohol and must metabolize it right away, other metabolic processes suffer. Your body won't metabolize sugars and fats as efficiently during the metabolism of alcohol, and drinking heavily can cause your metabolism to slow. This can contribute to weight gain, as can the empty calories found in alcohol.
But, after you are released to rest and recuperate, acupuncture is the perfect therapy to augment recovery, reduce pain, and speed healing time. Common traumatic injuries that acupuncture can treat are: shoulder rotator cuff tears and strains. wrist sprains and strains. ankle sprains and strains.
If your plan does not cover acupuncture, you may still receive the service for a cash fee. The cash price for acupuncture at UCSD is $124.00 per session. There is a 30% discount for payment at the time of service, bringing the price to $86.80 per treatment.Cash, checks and all major credit cards are accepted.cupuncture is a 3,000-year-old healing technique of Traditional Chinese Medicine. In 1997, the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) documented and publicized acupunctureâs safety and efficacy for treating a wide range of conditions.