Our March Newsletter!

Published: Thu, 03/04/21

Enhancing Sports Medicine with Traditional Chinese Medicine

ACUSPORT EDUCATION NEWSLETTER
ISSUE 36 | MARCH 2021

Spring is in the air and school is in session once again! We kick off this month with the live online webinars for Module IV: Neck Shoulder & Upper Extremity: Anatomy, Palpation and Cadaver Lab and the Assessment & Treatment of Channel Sinews, which starts today at 8am PST/11EST!! It's not to late sign up. Don't forget you also get the access to the recordings and bonus material after the class for future study and review! If you haven’t already, make sure you check out our January blog to see a behind the scenes of Matt and Brian’s preparing these classes.

LIVE CLASSES FOR THE 2019-2021 SMAC PROGRAM HAVE BEEN SCHEDULED!

We are also super excited to announce that we have added dates for the live in person seminars for Module III: The Lower Extremity at the Eastern School of Acupuncture and Traditional Medicine in Bloomfield, NJ. Check out the 2019-2021 Registration page for all the details and to sign up!

REGISTRATION FOR THE 2021-2023 PROGRAM IS NOW OPEN!

We have opened registration for the live online webinars for Modules I—The Spine and Module II-The Low Back, Hip and Groin taking place this Spring and Summer!!! Click here to secure your spot!

Recordings of the live online webinars for Module III: The Lower Extremity will be released by the end of the month in case you missed them the first time around! By offering live online and recorded webinars, our goal is to provide you with the tools to help support your practice from the comfort of your own home, on your own time, and with the ability to use these recordings as a study tool! These classes will also help prepare you for our practical, in person only classes—the Module I Huatuojiaji class and the three Assessment & Treatment of Injuries classes in Modules II-IV. All classes, including those offered as live online webinars, will be offered as live in person classes as well so you have options!

Please keep in mind, you can start the program with any module and can take individual classes or all classes within a module! 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!

1. Spring is in the Air Special!!!

Order by 4/1/21 and receive $50 off when you buy TWO books—C.SMAs now get 15% off ONE book!

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—$50 off the purchase of TWO books and, if you're a C.SMA, get 15% off ONE book!

“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.

GET YOUR COPY TODAY!

2. C.SMA PRACTITIONER OF THE MONTH:

Greta Goforth, L.Ac., C.SMA

Greta describes how her SMA education taught her not only treatment methods based on anatomy and science that actually work-predictably and reliably, but also the knowledge, instinct and intuitive skills to develop her own treatments and run with what she’s learned.

READ ABOUT GRETA, OUR FEATURED PRACTITIONER

3. FEATURED ARTICLE

Supinator Syndrome: The Great Imitator for Lateral Epicondylitis

by Matt Callison, President of AcuSport Education and the Sports Medicine Acupuncture Certification Program

This article is an excerpt from the Sports Medicine Acupuncture: An Integrated Approach Combining Sports Medicine with Traditional Chinese Medicine textbook.

READ THE ARTICLE

4. SMAC PROGRAM CLASSES: 2019-20 PROGRAM REGISTRATION

2019-21 SMAC PROGRAM REGISTRATION

Due to COVID-19, Modules III & IV have been RESCHEDULED

Online Webinars & MODULE III Live-In Person Classes are NOW OPEN FOR REGISTRATION!

By offering live online and recorded webinars, our goal is to provide you with the tools to help support your practice from the comfort of your own home, on your own time, and with the ability to use these recordings as a study tool! It also prepares you for our Module III and IV practical classes, which we are starting Fall 2021 at the Eastern School of Acupuncture in NJ. All Module III: The Lower Extremity and Module IV: The Neck, Shoulder & Upper Extremity classes, including those offered as live webinars, will be offered starting this Fall. Recordings of the live online webinars will also be soon available!!!

MODULE IV (The Neck, Shoulder and Upper Extremity):

Anatomy/Palpation/Cadaver Lab

ONLINE WEBINAR

March 4-5, 2021 8:00am-5:00pm PST (US)

8.5 NCCAOM CEU (CA Board CE for Distant Learning Pending Approval)

Assessment & Treatment of the Channel Sinews (Jingjin)

ONLINE WEBINAR

March 6-7, 2021 8:00am-5:00pm PST (US)

14.5 NCCAOM CEU (CA Board CE for Distant Learning Pending Approval)

MODULE III (The Lower Extremity):

Anatomy/Palpation/Cadaver Lab

LIVE IN PERSON GATHERING

November 11-12, 2021
ESATM, New Jersey

13 CEU/PDA NCCAOM/CA

Assessment & Treatment of the Channel Sinews (Jingjin)

LIVE IN PERSON GATHERING

November 13-14, 2021
ESATM, New Jersey

13 CEU/PDA NCCAOM/CA

Assessment & Treatment of Lower Extremity Injuries

LIVE IN PERSON GATHERING

January 25-28, 2022
ESATM, New Jersey

26 CEU/PDA NCCAOM/CA

Postural Assessment & Corrective Exercise (PACE) III

LIVE IN PERSON GATHERING

January 29-30, 2022

ESATM, New Jersey

13 CEU/PDA NCCAOM/CA

2021-23 SMAC PROGRAM REGISTRATION

MODULE (The Spinal Column):

Anatomy/Palpation/Cadaver Lab

ONLINE WEBINAR

June 26-27, 2021 8:00am-5:00pm PST (US)