Description

Intensive Sports Acupuncture: Motor Point Lower Extremity Assessment and Treatment Strategies – Foundations (Recording)

Course Content

Day 1

Theory 

Tonic Phasic
Lower Crossed Syndrome
Proprioception
Fascia
Balance strategies
BOS COG
Lateral Stabilization Subsystem
Anterior Oblique Subsystem
Posterior Oblique Subsystem
Intrinsic Stabilization Subsystem
Breathing Patterns and Dysfunction
Gluteal Amnesia
Knee Valgus
Foot Pronation
IT Band Syndrome
Quad Dominance
Importance of Dorsiflexion

 

Motor Points – Location

Transverse Abs
Internal Obliques
External Obliques
Rectus abdominals
Gluteus Maximus
Gluteus Medius
Gluteus Minimus
Piriformis
Obturator Internus
TFL
QL
Psoas
Iliocostalis lumborum
Semispinalis thoracis
Multifidi
Latissimus dorsi
Thoracolumbar fascia

 

Day 2 

Motor Points – Location

Rectus Femoris
Sartorius
Vastus lateralis
Vastus medialis
Gracilis
Adductor longus
Adductor brevis
Adductor Magnus
Biceps femoris long head
Biceps femoris short head
Semitendinosus
Semimembranosus
Gastrocnemius
Soleus
Flexor Digitorum Longus
Flexor Digitorum Brevis
Extensor Digitorum Longus
Extensor Digitorum Brevis
Flexor Hallucis Longus
Flexor Hallucis Brevis
Extensor Hallucis Longus
Abductor Hallucis
Tibialis Posterior
Tibialis Anterior
Peroneus Longus
Peroneus Brevis
Peroneus Tertius
Interosseous foot

 

The course will include lectures and treatment demonstrations.

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
• 8 CPD Points
• CPD Certificate 
• 5 year access
• Unlimited revisions during access period