Our March newsletter!

Published: Tue, 03/03/20

Enhancing Sports Medicine with Traditional Chinese Medicine

ACUSPORT EDUCATION NEWSLETTER
ISSUE 24 | MARCH 2020

Spring is in the air and school is always in session! Last month, we hosted our first ever Nerve Entrapment Syndromes: Neck and Arm Pain (Jingbu Shoubi Tong) class in Oakland, CA at ACCHS. Matt Callison will be presenting a modification of this lecture at the NeuroScience Acupuncture Summit in Orlando Fl April 4th, 2020. On the same weekend we were also in the Calgary, AB with Ian Dunsmuir teaching an SMA Foundational course, Common Injuries to the Low Back and Hip.

This month, we’re offering two classes—Assessment and Treatment of Low Back, Hip and Groin Injuries and Postural Assessment & Corrective Exercises (PACE) II—as part of the 2019/2020 SMAC Program at the Eastern School of Acupuncture and Traditional Medicine in Bloomfield, NJ. Modules III and IV are also filling up so please register as soon as possible to reserve your seat for the best in sports acupuncture education! As always, you can take individual classes in the SMAC Program at any time!

1. The SMA Textbook is available for purchase!

The Sports Medicine Acupuncture: An Integrated Approach Combining Sports Medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine textbook by Matt Callison is now here 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

NOTE: The book is available in Canada, Europe, Australia and the UK. To purchase it from one of the locations, please do so through the appropriate distributor found in the FAQ section of the website.

GET YOUR COPY TODAY!

2. C.SMA PRACTITIONER OF THE MONTH:

Marjorie Muth Brosi, D.Ac., L.Ac., RN, C. SMA

Marjorie Muth Brosi describes how her AcuSport Education helped her increase her skill level and treatment outcomes leading to an increase in physician and word-of-mouth referrals.

READ ABOUT MARJORIE, OUR FEATURED PRACTITIONER

3. FEATURED ARTICLE

Ulnar Nerve Entrapment at the Elbow

by Matt Callison, L.Ac.

Video production by Brian Lau and Lesley Spencer

This blog post is a modified reprint of a previous blog post called “Cubital Tunnel Syndrome." The modification is the addition of the educational video, which helps to explain the anatomy and needle technique.

READ THE ARTICLE

4. SMAC PROGRAM CLASSES—2019/20 PROGRAM REGISTRATION (East Coast)

Registration for the 2019/20 program at the Eastern School of Acupuncture and Traditional Medicine in Bloomfield, NJ, is now OPEN. Modules I and II were already SOLD OUT, but there is still a few spots in Modules 3 & 4! Please register ASAP to reserve your spot or to be added to the waitlist, which does offer you a real chance to get in!!!

*Individual Foundational Courses Available*

Many discounts and payment options are available. Receive a discount when paying by check.

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

Learn skills that will increase your practice. See what previous students had to say about their experience in the program on our testimonial video and reviews page.

EXPLORE THE SMAC PROGRAM

DISCOUNTS & COUPON CODES: Please make sure to open the tab Discounts & Coupon Codes on the registration page of each class and enter the appropriate discount code in the Coupon Code section when registering. Coupon codes are case sensitive so please make sure to enter them exactly as they appear on the site. If a code does not work, do not submit your registration. Please email Patricia at acusportinfo@gmail.com first. Refunds and adjustments will not be made once the registration has been submitted.

5. YOUTUBE CHANNEL: SPORTS MEDICINE ACUPUNCTURE

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

6. ACUSPORT EDUCATION'S STRATEGIC ALLIANCES

We want to make sure you know about the beneficial alliances that AcuSport Education has formed with Lhasa OMS and Unified Practice. This is just one of the ways we are fulfilling our goal to support our program graduates!

LEARN MORE HERE

7. 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. We began moderating this new group on July 1, 2019. It is closed to the public, but open to ALL Licensed Acupuncturists and Acupuncture students (proof required) and ALL members of the group can post. The page is NOT exclusive to C.SMAs, so others training in Sports Acupuncture are welcome to post, though we think that the group will reflect Sports Medicine Acupuncture, especially if C.SMAs post frequently. Below is a portion of the statement that appears on the 'About' page.

"This group is open to licensed and registered acupuncturists. The goal of this sports acupuncture group is to build unity in the field of Sports and Orthopedic acupuncture and to promote this field within the larger acupuncture community. While the administrators of the group are the creators of Sports Medicine Acupuncture®, sports and orthopedic are welcome to post and discuss. The group is lightly moderated. Information from all traditions of acupuncture are welcome and encouraged, as they are collectively integrated into this forum, but please keep the conversation relevant to the above stated goals."

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

JOIN THE SPORTS ACUPUNCTURE GROUP