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Enhancing Sports Medicine with Traditional Chinese Medicine
ACUSPORT EDUCATION NEWSLETTER
ISSUE 34 | JANUARY 2021
Wintertime is here at last and we are so excited to be starting off 2021 with an impeccable line up of Online Live Webinars. We just finished filming segments for Module IV: Anatomy, Palpation and Cadaver Lab and the Assessment & Treatment of Channel Sinews online live webinars taking place March 4-7, 2021. Check
out the January blog (below) to see “Behind the Scenes” experience working on these recordings the last week of December.
Students attending the Module III sections of these online webinar classes can attest what a great learning experience it was. Plus, you get the added benefit of gaining all this knowledge from the comfort of your own home, while still being able to interact with the teachers and other students.
Our next class coming up on January 30-31, 2021 is the live webinar
Postural Assessment & Corrective Exercise (PACE) III, a ground-breaking course that teaches the practitioner how to
assess postural dysfunction, through static and functional assessment techniques, prescribe therapeutic exercises for postural, muscle and channel imbalances that have directly contributed to the patient’s musculoskeletal injury, and use intra-dermal needle point prescriptions on the Extraordinary Vessel master points to alleviate discomfort, increase proprioception and enhance clinical outcomes. The last in the PACE series, PACE III deepens the not only practitioner’s understanding of the
lumbo-pelvic-hip complex and its relationship to the lower extremity as taught in Module III, but also its connection to the ribcage, neck and shoulder, which will prepare the practitioner for Module IV: The Neck, Shoulder and Upper Extremity.
For more information, make sure to check out the YouTube recording of Matt and Brian’s Sports Podcast with the American Acupuncture Council interviewing Ian Armstrong with the topic: Exercise Prescription for the Acupuncturist.
We're also happy to share that this past December 2020, SMAC faculty member Brian Lau led two back-to-back 5 Day Cadaver Labs for the Physician Assistant program at The University of Tampa (UT)! This is the second cohort for this new PA program at the University of Tampa; Brian helped lead the first cohort last December. In these labs, they use non-chemically treated fresh tissue cadavers and the PA students perform the dissections in teams
of five students per specimen. Brian, along with two UT professors, guide the students in this process. This is an excellent opportunity to pass on skills that have been obtained through the ongoing dissections in Sports Medicine Acupuncture, to introduce acupuncture and Sports Medicine Acupuncture to our Western medical colleagues, and to plant the seed for future collaborations with the University of Tampa.
Our final super exciting announcement is that the live recordings and bonus materials for the SMAC Module III Live Webinar classes The Lower Extremity Anatomy/Palpation/Cadaver (APC) Lab and Assessment and Treatment of the Channel Sinews (ATS) have been released and are uploaded in registrants' Net of Knowledge accounts. For those students who were unable to register
for these classes in October, you will have the opportunity to access these live webinar (CEU approved) recordings later this next month before the PACE III class begins. More to come!!!
To find out more information about all our SMA program offerings, please make sure to check out 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!
1. New Year's Special!!!
Order by 3/1/21 and receive a 5% discount off of 1 book or buy 2 books and get $50 off.
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The Sports Medicine Acupuncture: An Integrated Approach Combining Sports Medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine textbook by Matt Callison is available for purchase. Be sure to take advantage of one of the active coupons before they expire on 3/1/21!
“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 distributor found in the FAQ section of the website.
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2. C.SMA PRACTITIONER OF THE MONTH:
Dody Chang, L.Ac., DACM, C.SMA
Dody discusses how her SMAC training has given her the foundation to dialogue and closely collaborate with orthopedists and physical therapists to accelerate her patient’s healing.
3. FEATURED ARTICLE
Behind the Scenes: A Brief Look into Creating SMAC Online Webinars
by Lili Gould and Matt Callison
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 to continue bringing knowledge and information to you, our students, in the form of new anatomical findings, ongoing sinew channel research, innovative needle techniques and assessments and more. This has been an enormous challenge, not only to record and digitize the program’s many facets, but also to do so in the absence of
the part of the program that inspires us the most — our students in the room with us. Operating solely from behind the camera this year has been somewhat soul crushing, and there have been countless moments when we felt like we were pushing a giant boulder up a hill, only to have it roll down the next day. In short, we miss our SMAC family! You are the purpose in our pivot...
4. NEUROSCIENCE ACUPUNCTURE CONFERENCE
The conference will be held from September 19-21, 2021 and will taking place virtually this year! Make sure to check out Matt's presentation on Nerve Entrapment Syndromes: Neck and Arm Pain (Jingbu Shoubi Tong).
5. SMAC PROGRAM CLASSES—2019/20 PROGRAM REGISTRATION
Due to COVID-19, the program has been EXTENDED THROUGH 2021, Modules III & IV have been RESCHEDULED & ONLINE WEBINARS are NOW OPEN FOR REGISTRATION!
By offering these live online webinars, our goal is to provide you with the tools for our Module III and IV practical classes, which we are anticipating to recommence early 2021 at the Eastern School of Acupuncture in NJ. All Module III and IV classes, including those offered as live webinars, will be offered at that time.
Module III: The Lower Extremity:
Postural Assessment & Corrective Exercise (PACE) III
ONLINE WEBINAR — January 30-31, 2021
NCCAOM CEU and CA Board CE (Pending Approval)
***This class will cover postural assessment, exercise prescription and the use of intradermal needling for not only balancing the lower extremities as taught in Module III, but for neck and shoulder imbalances that we will cover in Module IV (there is currently no PACE IV).
Assessment & Treatment of Lower Extremity Injuries
POSTPONED (until Post-Covid-Live Gathering Only Course)
26 CEU/PDA NCCAOM/CA
MODULE IV (The Neck, Shoulder and Upper Extremity):
Anatomy/Palpation/Cadaver Lab
ONLINE WEBINAR — March 4-5, 2021 8:00am-5:00pm PST-U.S.
NCCAOM CEU and CA Board CE (Pending Approval)
Assessment & Treatment of the Channel Sinews (Jingjin)
ONLINE WEBINAR—March 6-7, 2021 8:00am-5:00pm PST-U.S.
NCCAOM CEU and CA Board CE (Pending Approval)
Assessment & Treatment of Neck, Shoulder and Upper Extremity Injuries —
POSTPONED (until Post-Covid-Live Gathering Only Course)
26 CEU/PDA and NCCAOM/CA
CLASS IS FULL! PLEASE REGISTER TO BE ADDED TO THE WAITLIST!
**If you are currently scheduled for either Module, your registration will stay as is unless you need to withdraw. If you haven’t already done so, please email Patricia Botet at acusportinfo@gmail.com and let us know if you will still be able to make these dates.
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.
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.
6. 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
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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 and Unified Practice. This is just one of the ways we are fulfilling our goal to support our program graduates!
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. 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.
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