The plasters on this sprinter’s chest might suggests she’s been in quite a lot of pain, but she claims they help her feel like she is ‘soaking in a hot spring’.
Chisato
Fukushima of Japan was seen running at Rio 2016 this morning with the
patches which are supposed to stimulate acupuncture points.
The
28-year-old wore the EK-6000 tape, developed at her trainer’s
bone-setting clinic in Japan, while competing in round one of the
women’s 200 metres
It feels like I am soaking in a hot spring, and I can feel the range of motion in the joints of my body expand.’
Chisato
Fukushima,
who is the Japanese record holder in the women's 100m and 200m, is said
to use the plasters to improve how her internal organs function
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