Since acupuncture is known to be effective against pain, it is not surprising that many sports people have experimented with acupuncture when fighting injury.
Hingis, the famous tennis player, had a wrist injury cured through treatment, and English Premier Division football club Bolton Wanderes employ an acupuncturist to keep their squad in good physical condition.
While in Korea for the World Cup in 2002, Soojichim, a Korean form of acupuncture, was vary popular with the German football team.