Our May Newsletter!

Published: Wed, 05/05/21

Enhancing Sports Medicine with Traditional Chinese Medicine

ACUSPORT EDUCATION NEWSLETTER
ISSUE 38 | MAY 2021

We hope you have all been enjoying a healthy, long awaited Spring season! Just one more month away until summer school is officially in session. Don’t worry, you can still study from home with our newest line up of Online, Live Webinars. Keep in mind, you’ll get access to all of these recordings for a two-year period so you can study and review on your own time while still earning CEUs!

Modules I: The Spine starts June 26-27, 2021, and will be followed by Module II: The Low Back, Hip and Groin starting August 21-22, 2021. Each two-day live, online webinar is now scheduled several weeks apart from one another. This gives you time to sit with the information in smaller segments so you have time to study and review before the next class begins. And, as always, we will open up time for Q&A to answers any questions or help clarify the material!

MODULE III Online Recordings are AVAILABLE!

For those who missed our live online classes for Module III: The Lower Extremity, the recordings are now available for purchase through Eastern Currents and Lhasa OMS. These classes allow you to earn distant CE’s and count toward your certification!

SMAC Module III Series

Individual Module III Courses

Course 1: Anatomy and Cadaver Lab

Course 2: Motor Point Needle Protocols for Lower Extremity Muscles

Course 3: Assessment & Treatment of the Channel Sinews

Course 4: Postural Assessment and Corrective Exercise

For those who took Module IV: The Neck, Shoulder and Upper Extremity classes: Anatomy, Palpation and Cadaver Lab and the Assessment and Treatment of Channel Sinews, your recordings will be available no later than May 15th.

To make registration easy for both online course and live in-person courses, we’ve created two registration pages: one for Live, In-Person classes (every class will still be offered in this format) and another for all Live Online and Recorded webinars. You’ll still have a two-year period of time to complete all of your classes to earn your certification, but this will allow you the flexibility to attend classes either in person, virtually or study on your own time. View our Class Descriptions page for a list of classes for each module!

For those looking for certification, you will still need to take all classes in every module, including our 4 practical, in-person only classes:

Module I Huatuojiaji Points: Vertebral Fixations and Facilitated Segments

Module II: Assessment and Treatment of Low Back, Hip & Groin Injuries

Module III: Assessment and Treatment of Lower Extremity Injuries

Module IV: Assessment and Treatment of Neck, Shoulder & Upper Extremity Injuries

You’ll also still be responsible for passing all four online module exams and the final in-person, practical exam.

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. 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

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. Announcing the long awaited release of the NEW & UPDATED Motor Points & Acupuncture Meridians Wall Chart!

"Wow, what a beautiful and awesome wall chart. I have one on each of my clinic room doors and use it all of the time not only for reference but also for educating my patients! Thanks for creating this!!! — Theresa P. San Antonio, Texas

This beautiful, full-color laminated 27x32 wall chart is an update from the original chart that was published in 2000. The NEW chart has 9 new muscle motor points and 6 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

C.SMA practitioners get 10% off (just send an email to acusportorg@gmail.com to get your coupon code)!

GET YOUR COPY TODAY!

3. C.SMA PRACTITIONER OF THE MONTH:

Dr. Cindy Grainger, R.Ac., DTCM, C.SMA

Cindy describes how she applied her SMAC training to help a patient with Multiple Sclerosis greatly reduce her pain and help her not only walk, but also start to jog!

READ ABOUT CINDY, OUR FEATURED PRACTITIONER

4. FEATURED ARTICLE

A Case Study Using the Hua Tuo Arc

by Darren Maynard, L.Ac, C.SMA

"To understand and practice, SMAC takes dedication and time, it takes practice and most of all it takes a lot of studying. There are no shortcuts to know how to diagnose and treat the multitude of injuries that Matt has in his book, however, there are approaches to compartmentalizing your treatment to get the maximum results while you are mastering the rest of SMAC. This is my attempt to give you a way of treating an injury in stages, while you master the diagnosis and treatment styles taught in SMAC."

READ THE ARTICLE

5. SMAC PROGRAM CLASSES: 2019-20 PROGRAM REGISTRATION

MODULES I & II Live, 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 for our practical, in person only classes:

Module I Huatuojiaji Points: Vertebral Fixations and Facilitated Segments

Module II: Assessment and Treatment of Low Back, Hip & Groin Injuries

Module III: Assessment and Treatment of Lower Extremity Injuries

Module IV: Assessment and Treatment of Neck, Shoulder & Upper Extremity Injuries

ONLINE, LIVE-WEBINARS:

MODULE I (The Spinal Column)

MODULE I: Anatomy/Palpation/Cadaver Lab (ONLINE WEBINAR)

June 26-27, 2021 8:00am-5:00pm PST-United States