One of the features of the Sports Medicine Acupuncture program is the emphasis on the channel sinews or jingjin. These are highlighted in dissection classes, but also in the assessment & treatment and corrective exercise classes. The jingjin are an important part of
Figure 1. The practitioner places both hands over the highest point of each ilium and observes the relative hand placement to determine if there is an elevated ilium. Rehabilitative exercise is a comprehensive science based on a
The following is an excerpt from the author’s textbook, Sports Medicine Acupuncture: An Integrated Approach Combining Sports Medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine. Among all the different tools of acupuncture, press needles, also known as intra-dermal needles, provide the practitioner with a unique and effective
The video for this blog post is of an Extraordinary Vessel treatment protocol using inter-dermal needles to increase shoulder range of motion in an individual that has not had complete range in shoulder abduction for over 24 years. In 1995, Autum Kirgan, L.Ac., was
