article_snippet.sent: Other alternative treatments including that used by NBA player Amar'e Stoudemire are even stranger.
article_snippet.sent: Robin van Persie is one of several players who have used horse placenta massages to aid recovery .
article_snippet.sent: But, perhaps the most unusual alternative treatment is that carried out by Serbian housewife/therapist Marianna Kovacevic who uses the placental fluid from a horse to massage strained muscles.
highlights_snippet.sent: Floyd Mayweather (kriotherapy), Robin van Persie (horse placenta massages) and Amar'e Stoudemire (vinotherapy) are among other sportsmen to use alternative medicine .