8:30am – 12:30pm

Upper extremity

Neuro anatomy / Acupuncture point location / Nerve palpating

Identification brachial plexus, radial nerve, medial nerve, ulnar nerve, axillary nerve

Key Fascia inter relationships (into the neck)

Shoulder, elbow, carpal bones, inter-phalangeal joint joint mobilization , biomechanics

Understanding the 1st rib (palpating)

Acupuncture Safety for Upper Extremity

• Avoiding cephalic vein (LI5, 7)
• Avoiding radial artery (LU8, LU9)
• Brachial Artery / Vein (PC3)
• See points avoiding the lung

Neuro Integrative Acupucture

• Prone
  • Suprascapular Fossa (SI12, LI16)
  • Infrascapular Fossa (SI11)
  • Axillary Nerve (Quadrangular Space SI9)
  • Radial Nerve (Triangular Interval TE13)
• Supine
  • Brachial Plexus
    • Supraclavicular (ST12)
    • Under Subclavius (ST13)
    • Scalenes (classical LI17)
    • Axilla (HT1)
  • Medial Arm
    • Ulnar Nerve (SI8)
    • Median nerve (PC3)
    • Musculocutaneous Nerve
      • LU3 Bicep Branch
      • LU4 Brachialis Branch
    • Medial Brachial Cutaneous Nerve (HT2, HT3)
  • Forearm
    • Median Nerve (PC5-PC9)
    • Radial Nerve (LU7, LU8, LI4)
    • Lateral Antebrachial Cutaneous
      • Musculocutaneous Nerve (LU5-LI6)
    • Ulnar Nerve (SI8, HT4-HT9)

9:30am – 12:30pm
1:00pm – 4:30pm

• 3 layers of thoracolumbar fascia
• Lumbar interfascial triangle / lateral raphe of the lumbar region

Visceral organ and fascia palpation / identification

Vascular anatomy

Spinal anatomy / biomechanics

Thoracic and lumbar joint mobilization techniques 

Peritoneal and infra peritoneal cavities

Palpation / needling techniques of the sacral foramen

Femoral nerve needling

Identification of ilioinguinal nerve, lateral cutaneous of thigh, femoral nerve, obturnator nerve (anterior and posterior division), posterior cutaneous nerves of the thigh, sciatic nerve, needling the anterior ramus of L1, L2, L3

• Avoiding the Kidney (BL 22, 23, 51, 52)
• Avoiding peritoneal cavity
  • Ren Meridian (REN 3-13, 14, 15)
  • SP13-16, ST 22-30, GB25, 26
  • KI11-13 (bladder), KI14-21 (Peritoneal cavity)
  • Bladder – KI11-13, ST28, 39, Ren 2-4
  • Avoiding liver and spleen (LV13)
• Avoiding the bladder and (KI11-13)

9:30am – 12:30pm
1:00pm – 4:30pm

• Pleural attachments
• Pericardium palpating
• Vascularization of the neck
• 1st rib biomechanics and adjustment
• Thoracic and cervical joint adjustments and biomechanics Acupuncture point location on the thorax and neck
• Safety measures for Abdomen / Throax
  • Avoiding the lung (PC1, SJ15, LI16, SI12, SI13, SI 14,SI15, SP17-SP21, LU1, LU2, HT1, LV14, BL 41-BL50, KI23-27, ST14-18, GB21-24)
  • Avoiding Carotid Artery (LI17, LI18, SI17)
  • Avoiding the spinal cord (Du 15, Du 16) @ C0C1, C1C2
  • Subclavian Artery (ST11-13)
• Identification of: phrenic nerve, accessory nerve, Anterior rami forming roots of brachial plexus, Stellate ganglions, long thoracic nerve

9:30am – 12:30pm
1:00pm – 4:30pm

• Foramen review
• Acupuncture point location
• Dural attachments
• Vascularization of the Head
• Cranial nerve palpation
• Origins and functions of the 12 pairs of cranial nerves, including foramina that transmit them to the neurocranium
• Identify major gyri and sulci of the cerebral cortex (visual, somatosensory, motor, auditory, speech and olfactory cortices)
• Identify major descending motor systems, including corticospinal, rubrospinal, reticulospinal and vestibulospinal pathways
• Acupuncture Safety
  • Avoiding carotid artery (SI17, ST9, ST10)
  • Aviding Temporal Artery SJ22
  • Eye (ST1, 2 – infraorbital nerve, BL1)
  • Facial Artery / Vein – ST5
  • Vertebral Artery (GB20 Targets)
  • BL10 Target
  • Avoiding the spinal cord (Du 15, Du 16) @ C0C1, C1C2