Our April Newsletter!

Published: Thu, 04/01/21

Enhancing Sports Medicine with Traditional Chinese Medicine

ACUSPORT EDUCATION NEWSLETTER
ISSUE 37 | APRIL 2021

Springtime is finally here, and we are gearing up for an amazing summer filled with live, online webinars! As we speak, we are currently working on the cadaver dissection for Module I: The Spine starting June 26-27, 2021. This will be followed by Module II: The Low Back, Hip and Groin starting August 21-22, 2021.

Instead of grouping our online webinars together in four- or six-day segments, we decided to space out each two-day live, online webinar several weeks apart from one another. As always, if you are unable to attend all parts of a webinar, don’t fret. All live-webinar registrants will be given access the recordings for a two-year period of time with the option of earning distant learning CE's!

You might notice we made a few other changes to our website as well! To start, we now have one registration page exclusively for Live, In-Person classes (every class will still be offered in this format) and another for all Live Online and Recorded webinars.

This means we will no longer be referring to classes as a 2019 Program or a 2021 Program. 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.

Recordings of the Live, Online Webinars for Module III will be released by April 21st or sooner. You will be notified by email when they are available through LhasaOMS.

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 [email protected]! We’re always here to help!

1. Spring is in the Air Special!!!

Order by 5/1/21 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:

David George, L.Ac., C.SMA

David describes experience with using Pyonex needles on a patient with chronic low back and leg weakness while demonstrating how acupuncture can work. This funny and heartfelt story is a good read.

READ ABOUT DAVID, OUR FEATURED PRACTITIONER

3. FEATURED ARTICLE

Vertebral Mechanics: Spinal Offsets

An Addendum to Spinal Offsets and the Huatuojiaji Points: A Zangfu Perspective

by Brian Lau

Matt Callison and I were recent guests on a Lhasa OMS hosted webinar, where we discussed Huatuojiaji points, spinal offsets and their relationship to the Zangfu. This blog post will complement the information from the webinar and it contains information from the upcoming Module I webinar for SMAC where we go into considerably more detail on this subject.

A spinal offset is essentially a spinal bend through a region of vertebrae. There is a concave and a convex side. We name the bend based on the direction the top of the bend faces. This would also be the side that contains the concave curve. So, the curve in Fig. 1 would be a right bend as the concave portion in on the right and the top of the curve faces to the right. In reference to postural assessment, we define a spinal offset as a sagittal plane deviation because it moves away from, or deviates from, the sagittal plane.

READ THE ARTICLE

4. 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