☯️ Our February Newsletter

Published: Tue, 02/04/25

Updated: Tue, 02/04/25

Enhancing Sports Medicine with Traditional Chinese Medicine

ACUSPORT EDUCATION NEWSLETTER
ISSUE 79 | FEBRUARY 2025

We hope you have been safe and well this past month. As a Southern California-based organization with hundreds of students from the region, we want to take a moment to acknowledge all of our colleagues, and the thousands of others, who have been affected in the recent California wildfires. Our heart goes out to you!

Since the start of this year, we completed our 14th Sports Medicine Acupuncture Certification (SMAC) Program. Our new 2025-2026 SMAC Program starts next month in Virginia and California—see below for more exciting news! We also completed our new Trigger Point Needling for the Head, Neck & Shoulder class! Be on the lookout for our next installment of this class to be announced later this year.

THE 2025-2026 SMAC PROGRAM IS STARTING SOON!!!

We are also super excited to announce the 2025-2026 SMAC Program is now OPEN FOR REGISTRATION! The response to this program has been so tremendous that we actually opened a third class for Module I as we quickly sold out of our first section in California. We will now hold an additional MODULE I: The Spine Assessment & Treatment of Injury course in San Diego, CA on March 15-16, 2025. This class is also getting close to full so please REGISTER SOON if you are interested!

ALL CLASSES IN TWO LOCATIONS—VIRGINIA & CALIFORNIA!

All live in-person courses will be offered near Mission Bay in San Diego, California, at the Marina Village Conference Center, as well as the Virginia University of Integrative Medicine in Vienna, Virginia, just a short drive from Dulles International Airport!

LEARN MORE & REGISTER SOON

**As a reminder, this will be Matt Callison’s last SMAC Program as head instructor. The SMAC program will continue with other expertly qualified instructors, who are both master practitioners and gifted educators of Sports Medicine Acupuncture. As always, we will continue to provide the highest level of training in our field and Matt will continue to direct all programming along with teaching advanced intensive in-person classes. If you’ve been thinking about starting the program, now is the time to start!

Keep in mind...

You have two entire program years to complete all required classes if you are pursuing the certification track AND you do not need to start with any particular module or take modules in order.
Participants also have the option to matriculate in SMAC Program classes at any time and to take individual courses either in-person or online.
The 4 required live, in-person only classes are now being offered on two coasts-in San Diego, CA and Vienna, VA!
All live, in-person and recorded courses are NCCAOM and CAB CEU/PDA approved!
If pursuing the certification track, just purchase the in-person classes and online courses and submit proof of completion of online courses to acusortinfo@gmail.com. It’s that easy! And you can decide at any time to pursue this track!

Learn more about the SMAC HYBRID Program: 10 recorded webinars and 4 live, in-person only Assessment & Treatment of Injury classes

SMAC Program helpful links:

As always, if you have any questions, please reach us at acusportinfo@gmail.com.

REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN FOR THE MAY 2025

3 DAY CADAVER LAB!

Our March 3 Day Cadaver Lab for the Acupuncturist session on March 14-16, 2025 sold out within the week so we added a new session on May 16-18, 2025, also at the Dragon Rises College of Oriental Medicine in Bradenton, FL. We only have a couple more seats left so register ASAP if you’re interested!

LEARN MORE & REGISTER SOON!

1. SMA TEXTBOOK — eBook & Hardcover Available

The Sports Medicine Acupuncture: An Integrated Approach Combining Sports Medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine textbook by Matt Callison is now also available as an eBook through Eastland Press!

And, the long-awaited return of the hardcover has come! It's now back in stock and available for purchase!

“An impressive and very thorough book destined to be a great reference guide for the clinic.” — Tom Bisio

“Every practitioner of acupuncture at every level will gain further insight and knowledge from this book.” — Peter Deadman

A brief statement from a user of the book:

“Your book really helped me take that next step - I have used other books and protocols but your organization and explanations are superior - the integration of different ages and scenarios and then the points to match. . . great work and skill, thank you . . and my patients thank you too, many successful outcomes with your guidance- I have been in practice 16 years with loyal following and have been using your book to help several unresolved problems that my “tool” bag could not help! Thanks again!” — Ali Racheotes

NOTE: The book is available in Canada, Europe, Australia and the UK. To purchase it from one of these locations, please do so through the appropriate links found on the webpage.

BUY THE BOOK

2. NEW & UPDATED Motor Points & Acupuncture Meridians Wall Chart is HERE!

"Special shout out to Sports Medicine Acupuncture for this brilliant and extremely durable Motor Points and Acupuncture Meridians poster! Patient education is a big deal at my practice. I also appreciate a good 'cheat sheet.' Very informative and well done!” Dr. Samantha Hodges, DAOM, L.Ac., CMT at Personal Best Acupuncture in Marin.

Have you gotten one yet???

"This chart is amazing! My clients love looking at it and chatting about where they’re feeling pain." Tiffany Schaal from Breathe Easy Wellness.

This beautiful, full-color laminated 27x32 wall chart is an update from the original chart that was published in 2000. The NEW chart has nine new muscle motor points and six modified motor point locations. Not only can it be used for practitioner reference, but also patient education.

The chart comes ready to hang with two durable eyelets and thick lamination for durability and provides the practitioner with:

Superficial and deep views of detailed muscle anatomy
Anterior and posterior views of the body
Over 110 motor point locations
Easy to read, color-coded acupuncture points and meridians
Muscle names and innervating spinal segment
Instructive needle technique diagrams specifically for motor points

GET YOUR CHART TODAY!

3. FEATURED ARTICLE:

Do You have a Patient with a Supraspinatus Tear? Acupuncture as an Assessment is a Useful Method!

by Matthew Callison, L.Ac.

In cases of a partial tear of the supraspinatus, which can heal non-surgically, the combination of acupuncture, TCM modalities and exercise prescription is an excellent treatment method to get the patient back to health and activity. When a patient comes to see an acupuncturist with a partial tear of the supraspinatus, the technique shared in this article has proven to be very resourceful. The author created this technique “Acupuncture as an Assessment” to establish if acupuncture is a useful modality for treating the torn supraspinatus and provide a prognosis for the condition.

READ MORE

4. SMAC PROGRAM CLASSES

We have two registration pages for SMAC classes—one for live, in-person classes and another for all online and recorded webinars.

For questions and support, please visit our newly revised FAQ page. From registration to certification questions, this is an excellent resource to get all your questions answered. As always, if you have any additional questions, please email Patricia Botet at acusportinfo@gmail.com. We’re always here to help!

SMAC PROGRAM—DATES, LOCATION & PRICES

Remember, you can start the program at any time AND taking individual classes within the SMAC Program is a way to earn your CEUs without committing to the whole program or even a whole module!

EXPLORE THE SMAC PROGRAM

5. FOUNDATIONAL CLASSES

3-DAY CADAVER LAB FOR THE ACUPUNCTURIST***

DATE & TIME: Friday-Sunday, March 14-16, 2025 8:30am-5pm

LOCATION: Dragon Rises College of Oriental Medicine, 6815 14th St W, Bradenton, FL 34207

CEUs: 17 CEUs NCCAOM

***WAITLIST ONLY! Use the discount code WAITLIST at registration to save your spot. As soon as a seat becomes available, we’ll email you to see if you can still make it!

3-DAY CADAVER LAB FOR THE ACUPUNCTURIST***

DATE & TIME: Friday-Sunday, May 16-18, 2025 8:30am-5pm

LOCATION: Dragon Rises College of Oriental Medicine, 6815 14th St W, Bradenton, FL 34207

CEUs: 17 CEUs NCCAOM

6. YOUTUBE CHANNEL: SPORTS MEDICINE ACUPUNCTURE

We're always updating the channel with new educational videos. Check it out and subscribe to get notified when new videos get added! SUBSCRIBE TODAY

7. ACUSPORT EDUCATION'S STRATEGIC ALLIANCES

We want to make sure you know about the beneficial alliances that AcuSport Education has formed with Lhasa OMS (acupuncture supplies & education) and Net of Knowledge (acupuncture education). This is just one of the ways we are fulfilling our goal to support our program graduates!

LEARN MORE

8. WANT TO STAY CONNECTED WITH US DURING THE MONTH?

Make sure to join our Sports Acupuncture Facebook Group where we post interesting treatment strategies and the sports acupuncture community shares clinically relevant discussions that can help you improve your practice.

The current SMA Google Group (for C.SMA practitioners) and SMA Facebook page remain the same.

...and join us on Instagram as well!

JOIN THE SPORTS ACUPUNCTURE FACEBOOK GROUP

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