WHILE Manny Pacquiao is using Thai sticks in his training, former three-division world champion Erik Morales has resorted to alternative medicine in his bid to attain the best shape possible for the March 19 showdown against the Filipino lefty at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Morales and his team, based at the high-altitude Otomi Mountains in Mexico, underwent an alternative medicine session yesterday under Korean doctor Jon Min Ki, who is an expert in acupuncture, chiropraction, aromatherapy and masotherapy.
“There is no better medicine than the one produced by the human body,” explained Dr. Ki to BoxLatino. Ki was accompanied to Morales’ lairs by Erik’s uncle Guillermo Morales and Nicolas Bravo.
“The purpose is to avoid diseases and resist annoyances caused by fatigue, product of the physical wearing down to which Morales is exposed in his daily training,” Ki added.
The Korean doctor applied on Morales a treatment derived from Mogxa, a plant which originates in South Korea and serves to eliminate organic toxins.
Dr. Ki placed a pair of Mogxa-containing equipment that looked like a lighter around Morales’ knees which lets off therapeutic aroma when lighted. The Korean doctor also did acupuncture on Morales.
Pacquiao, for his part, has been photographed using Thai sticks — which resemble the pool sticks being used by the Filipino icon in his spare time — to further strengthen his abdominal and upper body muscles.
