Sports acupuncture blog
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Case studies, acupoint and motor point technique, assessment and program news from the AcuSport Education instructors.
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Treating Hip Asymmetry with Sports Medicine Acupuncture®
Treating hip asymmetry is part of what I would call the bread and butter of Sports Medicine Acupuncture®. When a patient comes in with low back
A Case Study Using the Hua Tuo Arc
I would like to acknowledge and thank both Matt Callison and Jeremy Steiner for their tireless work and dedication to advancing this medicine. This article is
Vertebral Mechanics: Spinal Offsets
Addendum to "Spinal Offsets and the Huatuojiaji Points: A Zangfu Perspective" Webinar with Lhasa OMS Matt Callison and I were recent guests on a Lhasa
SMAC Program Direction
The current 2019-2020 Sports Medicine Acupuncture Certification (SMAC) Program was paused halfway through the program in March 2020, due to COVID-19. Since then, we began
Supinator Syndrome
This blog article on "Supinator Syndrome" is an excerpt from the Sports Medicine Acupuncture: An Integrated Approach Combining Sports Medicine with Traditional Chinese Medicine textbook
PEER REVIEW: Sports Medicine Acupuncture Textbook Review
We are thankful to Alex Brazkiewicz for this unbiased and insightful Sports Medicine Acupuncture textbook review. For more reviews, visit the smatexbook.com website. by Alex
Behind the Scenes: A Brief Look into Creating SMAC Online Webinars
The year 2020 threw everyone for a loop. In our world of Sports Medicine Acupuncture, that meant an enormous pivot had to occur in order
Exercise Prescription for the Acupuncturist — Elevated Ilium and Medial Knee Pain: A Channel Sinew Perspective
Figure 1. The practitioner places both hands over the highest point of each ilium and observes the relative hand placement
What Is Sports Acupuncture?
Sports acupuncture is a non-defined general term used by many practitioners who apply acupuncture to treat activity or sports-related injuries. The principle behind this term
Meralgia Paresthetica: Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Entrapment
Figure 1. Paresthesia from meralgia paresthetica is located in the anterior-lateral and lateral thigh regions. Meralgia Paresthetica is a
