Recorded webinars

Motor Point Needle Protocols

With Matt Callison, L.Ac.

Four recorded webinars on muscle motor entry point locations and needle protocols, with footage from AcuSport Education’s cadaver dissections. Earn distance CEs toward your SMA certification from anywhere in the world.

At a glance

4
Recorded webinars, by region of the body
30+
Years of motor point research by Matt Callison
CEs
Distance credit that counts toward SMA certification
Why motor points

Where the motor nerve enters the muscle

Knowing where the motor nerve enters a muscle gives the TCM practitioner insight into needle depth and into obtaining the de qi sensation.

Each webinar presents the latest research on motor entry point (MEP) locations, how to find them and effective needle protocols, alongside cadaver specimen footage showing the motor nerve entering the muscle. Seeing it in human tissue helps practitioners sharpen their skills and their appreciation of needle depth.

Purchase

The four recorded webinars

Available through partners worldwide: order through Lhasa OMS in the USA or Net of Knowledge internationally.

Webinar I

Motor Point Needle Protocols for Vertebral & Sacral Fixations

Motor entry point locations and needle protocols for the muscles associated with vertebral and sacral fixations: psoas, gluteus maximus, popliteus, middle deltoid, lower trapezius, splenius capitis, semispinalis capitis and splenius cervicis. Also covers supportive muscles — the transversospinalis group at the Huatuojiaji points, the suboccipitals, longissimus thoracis (inner UB channel), iliocostalis thoracis (outer UB channel) and levator scapulae.

Webinar II

Motor Point Needle Protocols for Low Back, Hip & Groin Muscles

Motor entry point locations and needle protocols for many low back, hip and groin muscles, with Matt Callison discussing the latest research on MEP locations and needle depths. Cadaver footage includes a bifurcated piriformis and sciatic nerve.

Webinar III

Motor Point Needle Protocols for Lower Extremity Muscles

More than 33 muscle motor entry points of the lower extremity and foot: the latest research on MEP locations, how to find them and effective needle protocols, with many cadaver specimen videos.

Webinar IV

Motor Point Needle Protocols for Neck, Shoulder & Upper Extremity Muscles

Motor entry point locations and needle protocols for more than 50 muscles of the neck, shoulder and upper extremity, with cadaver dissection footage. Not included: pectoralis major, rhomboid major and minor, and middle and lower trapezius — these are shown and practiced under guidance in the live SMAC seminars.

Matt Callison, L.Ac.
Instructor

Matt Callison, L.Ac.

Matt Callison is a pioneer in motor point acupuncture who has spent more than 30 years researching, refining and treating muscle motor entry points through the lens of western biomedicine and traditional Chinese medicine — using surface electrical stimulation, research literature and his own cadaver dissections to document their locations.

A master of needling, he is known for designing effective, innovative treatment protocols that combine motor entry points with traditional acupuncture points.

Read Matt Callison’s full bio

Good to know

Discounts & continuing education

C.SMAs and students repeating this class online can email acusportinfo@gmail.com for a discount code.

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Non-discriminatory disclosure

AcuSport Seminar Series, Inc. and its subsidiary company AcuSport Education (AE) admits qualified students of any race, gender, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin into its programs. AE does not discriminate based on race, gender, sexual orientation, or national or ethnic origin in the administration of its educational policies, admission policies or programs.

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