Course Overview

Mastering the Treatment of Injury and Pain is a webinar series for the serious practitioner of sports acupuncture. In these courses, Whitfield Reaves describes specific treatment protocols for common injury and pain syndromes. Emphasis is on diagnosis and assessment, including anatomical understanding of the numerous types of tissues involved, such as trigger points, motor points, tendons, and ligaments. Course 1 is an introduction to acupuncture sports medicine. We must understand what anatomical and orthopedic acupuncture is, and how it is used in a modern setting. This course continues with describing “anatomically significant points”. It is essential to understand how each of the different anatomical structures respond to needle insertion, electrical stimulation, and other approaches like moxa and cupping. For instance, needle insertion into a muscle belly will be quite different than tapping on a ligament. And if there is fibrosis, the point density increases. The concept of fibrosis brings clarity to what we call in traditional Chinese medicine stagnation of qi and stagnation of blood. And finally, the Four Steps, developed by the presenter, then becomes a guide to treatment. Each step has a specific role in the protocol, and as a whole, these Four Steps offer structure to the treatment of pain and injury. Understanding the Four Steps is a significant benefit for the practitioner, as it often assures that the proper treatment is not overlooked. This webinar series is designed to be viewed in sequential order. We strongly recommend that the practitioner complete the courses of this series from beginning to end. This series was introduced in 2021 and represents Whitfield’s most current material on sports acupuncture. The demonstration video is filmed in high definition HD. The nine courses include additional injuries not covered in the 2011 series, the Acupuncture Sports Medicine Webinar Series. Each course in this new series features more in-depth instruction on diagnosis, assessment, and treatment techniques. Whether or not you have already taken the older series, this new educational video is a must-have for deepening your clinical mastery in sports medicine.

Course Objectives

• To be able to describe Four Steps in treatment of pain and injury, as presented in this course.
• To be able to describe at least 6 different approaches to treatment of pain and injury, as presented in this course.
• To list at least 5 types of anatomically significant points.
• To be able to describe how point density can be used as a guide with needle insertion.

Course Outline

0 hrs - 30 minUnderstanding sports acupuncture and some important terms and distinctions.

30 min - 45 minUnderstanding anatomically significant points, and the many categories of acupuncture points that they include. Also includes the process of fibrosis, and how the tissues may be affected in the patient.

45 min - 1.25 hrsUsing the Four Steps to treatment, and how ten different treatment approaches may be useful to consider in the patient with pain and injury.

1.25 hrs - 1.5 hrsUsing the Four Steps to treatment, and how ten different treatment approaches may be useful to consider in the patient with pain and injury