A Testament to Sports Medicine Acupuncture Education
I just wanted to take a moment and say “Thank you.” Here’s a testament for the power of sports medicine acupuncture education and a peek at how it helped us at San Diego Sports Acupuncture steer patients in the right clinical direction.
Below is a “Thank you” email I received from one of our patients who came in to see me over a year ago.
This 66 year old patient complained of debilitating pain in his lower ribs and abdomen. He told me that he saw over 13 different doctors and no one could figure it out.
He was put through all sorts of diagnostic procedures, such as ultrasounds, CT scans etc., all trying to figure out his problem at the organ level.
When I first saw him, I found severe scoliosis and, thanks to the teachings of the SMAC Program, it made a lot of sense to first check how likely are his symptoms to be coming from his spine.
With further assessment, it looked more and more like that was the case—a severe nerve impingement of T10/T11 exiting nerves, likely due to degenerative changes in his Thoracolumbar junction.
Here’s what he wrote to me a few days ago:
Hi Doc! I hope you remember me from about a year ago, but I am writing to let you know that your diagnosis of referred pain emanating from my spine was in fact the true source of my side and abdominal unrelenting and debilitating pain. You put me on the correct trail and with perseverance this past two years, using your diagnosis, the wonderful pain management doctor at Pacific Pain Management verified through MRI what the radiologist reported: Severe Central Spinal Canal Stenosis With Cord Compression and Concern for Myelopathy at T10-T11. They got me into surgery on April 28th of this year and after 6 months of recovery including 5 months of PT, my life is livable once again. I’ll never forget what you did by guiding me in the right direction so a big thanks and sincere gratitude to you, Doc. ❤️❤️ — John W.
This speaks loud and clear about the power of sports medicine acupuncture education!
More About Sports Medicine Acupuncture Education
AcuSport Education’s Sports Medicine Acupuncture Certification (SMAC) program is the most advanced training available to acupuncturists who want to excel at understanding and treating sports and orthopedic injuries.
This comprehensive sports medicine acupuncture education program includes over 270 hours of advanced Sports Medicine Acupuncture training, including many successful integrative Eastern and Western approaches, and is designed to provide the highest level of instruction in the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of musculoskeletal pain.
Our instructors are all practicing and licensed acupuncturists with experience teaching at the collegiate level. In addition, every class in the SMAC Program has qualified graduate assistants that are all C.SMA practitioners. The SMAC assistants have been specially trained to help provide a very unique learning experience that emphasizes more one-on-one practical supervision.
The SMAC program continues to evolve and change with ongoing research and development, enhanced assessment and treatment techniques and tested applications for the clinical practitioner.
Graduates of the program that have passed the final practical exam have the distinction of being a licensed practitioner of Sports Medicine Acupuncture®.
About the author(s):
Uzi Chen holds a Doctor degree in Acupuncture and Chinese medicine (DACM), is fully certified in Sports Medicine Acupuncture® (C. SMA), and has almost 10 years of solid clinical experience. He has been working alongside Dr Mario Mancini at the Center For Integrative Care, helping thousands of patients find relief and heal.
Uzi specializes in pain management and has a passion for applying evidence based medicine through the utilization of labs as well as refined orthopedic evaluation. He is also an adjunct Professor at the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine (PCOM), teaching the class "Treatment of Orthopedic Disorders" (TOD) where he enjoys sharing the powerful elements of Sports Medicine Acupuncture.
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About the author(s):
Uzi Chen holds a Doctor degree in Acupuncture and Chinese medicine (DACM), is fully certified in Sports Medicine Acupuncture® (C. SMA), and has almost 10 years of solid clinical experience. He has been working alongside Dr Mario Mancini at the Center For Integrative Care, helping thousands of patients find relief and heal.
Uzi specializes in pain management and has a passion for applying evidence based medicine through the utilization of labs as well as refined orthopedic evaluation. He is also an adjunct Professor at the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine (PCOM), teaching the class "Treatment of Orthopedic Disorders" (TOD) where he enjoys sharing the powerful elements of Sports Medicine Acupuncture.