Motor Point Acupuncture & Trigger Point Needling For Nerve Entrapments with Rich Hazel
Event recorded 29th March – 1st April 2025.
NOTE: Unfortunately the orginal day 1 footage was lost due to technical issues, we have however re-recorded a lecture with Rich and provided access to a needle demonstration from a previous event that covers the main points.
Course Overview
If you see pain in your clinic, you won’t want to miss this opportunity to level up your orthopaedic acupuncture game.
We’ve had Rich Hazel out to teach motor point acupuncture many times over the years, and this will be the first time he’s sharing his experience and protocols for nerve entrapment conditions in depth.
These are the kind of conditions that can have us scratching our heads or our patients racing off for imaging and surgery.
Save these patients from prolonged pain and enhance your reputation for more complicated pain referrals with this online course with Rich Hazel.
Course Outline
Day 1 Foundations
Neurogenic Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (NTOS)
Upper Crossed Neck Pain
Neck Protocol
NOTE: Unfortunately the orginal day 1 footage was lost due to technical issues, we have however re-recorded a lecture with Rich and provided access to a needle demonstration from a previous event that covers the main points.
Day 2 Upper Limb Entrapments & Pain
Radial Tunnel Syndrome
Posterior Interosseous Nerve Entrapment
Superficial Radial Nerve Entrapment
RTS protocol
Mistaken for Tennis Elbow and DeQuervains Protocol
Ulnar Nerve Entrapment or Cubital Tunnel Syndrome
Median Nerve Entrapment
Pronator Teres Syndrome
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Golfers Elbow Protocol
Day 3 Sciatica & Related Entrapments
Sciatica Protocol: Discogenic and non-discogenic sciatica
Pseudo Sciatica: Superior Cluneal Nerve Entrapment protocol and Superior Gluteal Nerve Entrapment protocol
Assessment and Differention from Sciatica
Dry Needling for Glutes and Deep Rotators
Day 4 Lower Limb Entrapments & Pain
Drop Foot : Common and Deep Peroneal Nerve Entrapment protocol
Dorsal Foot Numbness protocol
Superficial Peroneal Nerve Entrapment
Plantar Foot Numbness
Tarsal Tunnel plus intrinsic foot protocol
Tendinous Arch of the Soleus entrapment of Tibial Nerve protocol
Ilioinguinal iliohypogastric Nerve Entrapment (pelvic floor symptoms)
Obturator Nerve Entrapment (adductors weak and leg stays externally rotated when supine)
Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve Entrapment (Meralgia Parenthetica) protocol (upper thigh pain, burning, numbness)
Dry Needling of Adductor Magnus for pubic and pelvic pain
About the Presenter
Rich Hazel uses a unique style of acupuncture that relies heavily on knowledge of neurology and sports medicine. He was one of very few people to learn Motor Point Acupuncture at Pacific College of Oriental Medicine in New York where he completed his Master of Science in Acupuncture, Orthopedic & Sports Medicine. Rich has also studied Neurofunctional Acupuncture and Exstore Functional Muscle Assessment with some of the best orthopedic acupuncturists in North America and spent years studying trigger points and the treatment of myofascial pain from the works of Dr. Janet Travell and Dr. C Chan Gunn.
His unique style allows Rich to get excellent results for sports injuries, sports mobility and performance, and acute and chronic pain of all kinds. He now teaches this unique style of acupuncture to other acupuncturists in the US and abroad and is on the faculty at Pacific College of Oriental Medicine in New York.
What You Get After You Complete The Course
- Notes to keep
- 11 CPD Points
- CPD Certificate
- 5 year access
- Unlimited revisions during access period