Online class descriptions

Anatomy, Palpation & Cadaver (APC) Lab

Instructors: Matt Callison, L.Ac., Brian Lau, AP, C.SMA

This anatomy and cadaver webinar is an amazing integration of sports medicine functional anatomy and TCM sinew channel (jingjin) theory. Each day is divided into morning and afternoon sessions. The morning sessions are didactic presentations on Functional Anatomy and Anatomy of the Sinew Channels, integrated to focus on the functional relationship between neuromuscular anatomy and the myofascial jingjin tissues and their relationship to the spine. The afternoon sessions cover 1) assessment, 2) motor point location and protocols, and 3) cadaver presentations.

• Learn spinal myofascial pathways that correlate with the classical sinew channels of TCM, and the tissues belonging to each sinew channel with their functional anatomy relationship.
• Learn in theory how to determine which myofascial sinew channels need to be assessed and treated for musculoskeletal injury.
• Learn normal and abnormal movement patterns of the spine, and understand vertebral fixations and facilitated segments.
• Learn nerve pathways, dermatomal distributions and muscle myotomes in relationship to channel topography.
• Learn the postural, functional and muscle imbalances that can lead to pain and dysfunction, based on TCM theory.

Postural Assessment & Corrective Exercise (PACE) I: Exercise Prescription for the Acupuncturist

Instructor: Ian Armstrong, L.Ac., C.SMA

Assisted by: Matt Callison, L.Ac., Brian Lau, AP, C.SMA

“Organ imbalances perpetuate postural dysfunction and postural dysfunction creates organ imbalances.”

Matt Callison

In this groundbreaking series of PACE courses (PACE I, II and III), you will learn to prescribe therapeutic exercises for the postural imbalances that have directly contributed to the patient’s musculoskeletal injury, an important skill in managing your patient’s health care.

• PACE I presents the fundamentals of postural assessment in static and functional positions, revealing abnormal movement patterns, muscle imbalances and postural distortions that have contributed to the patient’s zang fu pathology and/or musculoskeletal injury.
• Learn to measure for pelvic disparities that have contributed to spinal bends and vertebral/sacral fixations. Reducing these stimulates the nervous system, increases proprioception and decreases pain. In TCM, this can be viewed as increasing du mai qi circulation, ultimately benefiting circulation and neural communication to the entire channel system.
• PACE I also emphasizes the relationship between postural alignment and the proper functioning of the thoracic and abdominal organs.
• Learn visual assessment skills that are then confirmed with palpation of the postural imbalances.
• This Western anatomical view of postural assessment is taught through the lens of TCM sinew channel correspondences, helping you build a treatment protocol.
• Learn to integrate acupuncture protocols with exercise prescription, including intradermal needle point prescriptions on the Extraordinary Vessel master points to alleviate discomfort, increase proprioception and enhance clinical outcomes.
• These techniques enhance the acupuncture and myofascial protocols learned in previous classes. The combination of acupuncture, myofascial techniques and therapeutic exercises stands alone in clinical effectiveness for treating the patient and their injury.

Assessment & Treatment of Injury: Huatuojiaji Points, Vertebral Fixations & Facilitated Segments

Instructor: Ian Armstrong, L.Ac., C.SMA

Learn how normal degenerative changes in the spine contribute to many musculoskeletal injuries and zang fu pathologies, and practice specialized Huatuojiaji needling, spinal mobilization and myofascial techniques that release vertebral fixations and restore spinal mobility.

Read the full in-person class description: Module I

Anatomy, Palpation & Cadaver (APC) Lab

Instructors: Matt Callison, L.Ac., Brian Lau, AP, C.SMA

This anatomy and cadaver webinar is an amazing integration of sports medicine functional anatomy and TCM sinew channel (jingjin) theory. Each day is divided into morning and afternoon sessions. The morning sessions are didactic presentations on Functional Anatomy and Anatomy of the Sinew Channels, integrated to focus on the functional relationship between neuromuscular anatomy and the myofascial jingjin tissues and their relationship to the low back, hip and groin. The afternoon sessions cover 1) assessment, 2) motor point location and protocols, and 3) cadaver presentations.

• Learn low back, hip and groin myofascial pathways that correlate with the classical sinew channels of TCM, and the tissues belonging to each sinew channel with their functional anatomy relationship.
• Learn in theory how to determine which myofascial sinew channels need to be assessed and treated for musculoskeletal injury.
• Learn normal and abnormal movement patterns of the lumbo-pelvic-hip complex.
• Learn nerve pathways, dermatomal distributions, muscle myotomes and motor point locations in relationship to channel topography.
• Learn the postural, functional and muscle imbalances that can lead to pain and dysfunction, based on TCM theory.

Assessment & Treatment of the Channel Sinews (Jingjin) (ATS)

Instructors: Matt Callison, L.Ac., Brian Lau, AP, C.SMA

• This workshop highlights how the myofascial sinew channels organize efficient movement patterns and balance the major joint structures of the lumbo-pelvic-hip region. The focus is on understanding how imbalances in these channels can contribute to pain and injury.
• Learn to accurately assess these imbalances with functional movement examinations, orthopedic examinations and manual muscle testing. These assessments are used to build treatment protocols with innovative acupuncture and myofascial release techniques that align the musculoskeletal system, decrease tension, reduce pain and enhance healing of the injured tissue.
• This class sets up the Assessment & Treatment of Injury: Low Back, Hip & Groin (ATI) course, which teaches diagnosis of the exact location of the injured tissue and comprehensive acupuncture protocols for local, adjacent and distal treatment of musculoskeletal injury.

Postural Assessment & Corrective Exercise (PACE) II: Exercise Prescription for the Acupuncturist

Instructor: Ian Armstrong, L.Ac., C.SMA

Assisted by: Matt Callison, L.Ac., Brian Lau, AP, C.SMA

In this groundbreaking series of PACE courses (PACE I, II and III), you will learn to prescribe therapeutic exercises for the postural imbalances that have directly contributed to the patient’s musculoskeletal injury, an important skill in managing your patient’s health care.

• PACE II presents the fundamentals of postural assessment in static and functional positions, revealing abnormal movement patterns, muscle imbalances and postural distortions that have contributed to the patient’s acute or chronic musculoskeletal injury.
• Learn to measure for pelvic, knee, ankle and foot disparities that have contributed to musculoskeletal pain and injury. Reducing these imbalances stimulates the nervous system, increases proprioception and decreases pain.
• Learn visual assessment skills that are then confirmed with palpation of the postural imbalances.
• This Western anatomical view of postural assessment is taught through the lens of TCM sinew channel correspondences, helping you build a treatment protocol.
• Learn to integrate acupuncture protocols with exercise prescription, including intradermal needle point prescriptions on the Extraordinary Vessel master points to alleviate discomfort, increase proprioception and enhance clinical outcomes.
• These techniques enhance the acupuncture and myofascial protocols learned in previous classes. The combination of acupuncture, myofascial techniques and therapeutic exercises stands alone in clinical effectiveness for treating the patient and their injury.

Assessment & Treatment of Injury: Low Back, Hip & Groin

Instructor: Ian Armstrong, L.Ac., C.SMA

Treat the lumbo-pelvic-hip complex as one unit, differentiate radicular from referred pain, and apply advanced needle techniques to the involved tissues and channels for long-lasting results.

Read the full in-person class description: Module II

Anatomy, Palpation & Cadaver (APC) Lab

Instructors: Matt Callison, L.Ac., Brian Lau, AP, C.SMA

This anatomy and cadaver webinar is an amazing integration of sports medicine functional anatomy and TCM sinew channel (jingjin) theory. Each day is divided into morning and afternoon sessions. The morning sessions are didactic presentations on Functional Anatomy and Anatomy of the Sinew Channels, integrated to focus on the functional relationship between neuromuscular anatomy and the myofascial jingjin tissues and their relationship to the lower extremity. The afternoon sessions cover 1) assessment, 2) motor point location and protocols, and 3) cadaver dissection presentations.

This workshop builds a strong foundation for the rest of Module III: Assessment & Treatment of the Channel Sinews and the Postural Assessment & Corrective Exercise (PACE) courses.

• Learn lower extremity myofascial pathways that correlate with the classical sinew channels of TCM, and the tissues belonging to each sinew channel with their functional anatomy relationship.
• Learn in theory how to determine which myofascial sinew channels need to be assessed and treated for musculoskeletal injury.
• Learn normal and abnormal movement patterns of the lower extremity and ankle/foot complex, and their relationship to the lumbo-pelvic-hip complex.
• Learn nerve pathways, dermatomal distributions and muscle myotomes in relationship to channel topography.
• Learn the postural, functional and muscle imbalances that can lead to pain and dysfunction, based on TCM theory.

Assessment & Treatment of the Channel Sinews (Jingjin) (ATS)

Instructors: Brian Lau, AP, C.SMA, Matt Callison, L.Ac.

• This workshop highlights how the myofascial sinew channels organize efficient movement patterns and balance the major joint structures of the lower extremity and low back. The focus is on understanding how imbalances in these channels can contribute to pain and injury.
• Learn to accurately assess these imbalances with functional movement examinations, orthopedic examinations and manual muscle testing. These assessments are used to build treatment protocols with innovative acupuncture and myofascial release techniques that align the musculoskeletal system, decrease tension, reduce pain and enhance healing of the injured tissue.
• This class sets up the Assessment & Treatment of Injury: The Lower Extremity (ATI) course, which teaches diagnosis of the exact location of the injured tissue and comprehensive acupuncture protocols for local, adjacent and distal treatment of musculoskeletal injury.

Postural Assessment & Corrective Exercise (PACE) III: Exercise Prescription for the Acupuncturist

Instructor: Ian Armstrong, L.Ac., C.SMA

Assisted by: Matt Callison, L.Ac., Brian Lau, AP, C.SMA

This course teaches you to assess postural dysfunction and prescribe therapeutic exercises for the postural, muscle and channel imbalances that have directly contributed to the patient’s musculoskeletal injury.

• PACE III builds on PACE I, which focused on the spine and lumbo-pelvic-hip complex, and explores these structures’ relationship to the neck, shoulder, ribcage and upper extremity.
• The position of the neck, shoulder and ribcage depends on the postural balance of the lumbo-pelvic-hip complex, so the course reviews lumbo-pelvic-hip assessment and its connection to these structures.
• Learn static and functional assessment techniques for the many postural disparities and associated muscle imbalances that can injure these regions.
• Learn visual assessment skills that are then confirmed with palpation of the postural imbalances.
• Learn to prescribe therapeutic exercises that balance ribcage, neck, shoulder and upper extremity imbalances such as posterior ribcage tilt, forward head, forward shoulder and cervical rotation, disparities behind many injuries acupuncturists see clinically.
• Exercising different body parts simultaneously in specific, coordinated motions activates the myofascial sinew channels so that form and function can align.
• Learn to prescribe exercises for multiple postural imbalances contributing to the patient’s musculoskeletal pain.
• Learn to integrate acupuncture protocols with exercise prescription, including intradermal needle point prescriptions on the Extraordinary Vessel master points to alleviate discomfort, increase proprioception and enhance clinical outcomes.
• These techniques enhance the acupuncture and myofascial protocols learned in previous classes. The combination of acupuncture, myofascial techniques and therapeutic exercises stands alone in clinical effectiveness for treating the patient and their injury.

Assessment & Treatment of Injury: The Lower Extremity

Instructor: Ian Armstrong, L.Ac., C.SMA

Combine everything from Module III into a comprehensive assessment and treatment protocol for sports and orthopedic injuries of the lower extremity, including advanced needle techniques and reinforcing (bu fa) and reducing (xie fa) methods.

Read the full in-person class description: Module III

Anatomy, Palpation & Cadaver (APC) Lab

Instructors: Matt Callison, L.Ac., Brian Lau, AP, C.SMA

This anatomy and cadaver webinar is an amazing integration of sports medicine functional anatomy and TCM sinew channel (jingjin) theory. Each day is divided into morning and afternoon sessions. The morning sessions are didactic presentations on Functional Anatomy and Anatomy of the Sinew Channels, integrated to focus on the functional relationship between neuromuscular anatomy and the myofascial jingjin tissues and their relationship to the neck, shoulder and upper extremity. The afternoon sessions cover 1) assessment, 2) motor point location and protocols, and 3) cadaver presentations.

• Learn neck, shoulder and upper extremity myofascial pathways that correlate with the classical sinew channels of TCM, and the tissues belonging to each sinew channel with their functional anatomy relationship.
• Learn in theory how to determine which myofascial sinew channels need to be assessed and treated for musculoskeletal injury.
• Learn normal and abnormal movement patterns of the neck, shoulder and upper extremity, and their relationship to the shoulder girdle.
• Learn nerve pathways, dermatomal distributions and muscle myotomes in relationship to channel topography.
• Learn the postural, functional and muscle imbalances that can lead to pain and dysfunction, based on TCM theory.

Assessment & Treatment of the Channel Sinews (Jingjin) (ATS)

Instructors: Brian Lau, AP, C.SMA, Matt Callison, L.Ac.

• This workshop highlights how the myofascial sinew channels organize efficient movement patterns and balance the major joint structures of the neck, shoulder and upper extremity. The focus is on understanding how imbalances in these channels can contribute to pain and injury.
• Learn to accurately assess these imbalances with functional movement examinations, orthopedic examinations and manual muscle testing. These assessments are used to build treatment protocols with innovative acupuncture and myofascial release techniques that align the musculoskeletal system, decrease tension, reduce pain and enhance healing of the injured tissue.
• This class sets up the Assessment & Treatment of Injury: Neck, Shoulder & Upper Extremity (ATI) course, which teaches diagnosis of the exact location of the injured tissue and comprehensive acupuncture protocols for local, adjacent and distal treatment of musculoskeletal injury.

Assessment & Treatment of Injury: Neck, Shoulder & Upper Extremity

Instructor: Ian Armstrong, L.Ac., C.SMA

Combine everything from Module IV into a comprehensive assessment and treatment protocol for sports and orthopedic injuries of the neck, shoulder and upper extremity, including advanced needle techniques and reinforcing (bu fa) and reducing (xie fa) methods.

Read the full in-person class description: Module IV