DISTANCE LEARNING This will involve the practice of the specific points learned over the weekend as well as reading specific outlined and provided articles and text on most recent research on acupuncture/needling and the neuroanatomical effects. The total hours required to fulfill on the distance learning will be 20 hours before course start date for Component 1, 49.5 hrs for Component 2 between 1st and 2nd weekend and 49.5 hrs for Component 3 between 2nd and 3rd weekend. In total, there will be 119 hrs of distance learning that will take place. Distance Learning Component 3 49.5 hrs: Effects of Acupuncture Stimulation on recovery ability of male elite basketball athletes Lin et al Evidence of Dry Needling in the Management of Myofascial Trigger points associated with low back pain Liu et al Time Effect for In-Situ Dry Needling on the ANS Sillevis et al Preliminary Report on the Role of Dry Needling vs Corticosteroid Injection Uygur et al Electroacupuncture: Mechanism and Clinical Application Ulett et al Acupuncture Effect and Central Autonomic Regulation Li et al Efficacy of Electrical Nerve Stimulation for Chronic MSK Pain Johnson et al The Effect of Dry Cupping treatment applied to Back-shu points on heANS through HRV Hwang et al Mechanoreceptive/Mechanosensitive Visceral Receptors Gebhart Uncovering the biochemical milieu of myofascial trigger points using in vivo mcirodialysis: An application of muscle pain concepts to myofascial pain syndrome Shah et al The Effect of Stimulation frequency on blood flow in rat fast skeletal muscles Hawker et al Myofascial Trigger Points Then and Now: A historical and scientific perspecitive Shah et al Painful Scar Neuropathy: principles of diagnosis and treatment Pierluigi et al Skin, Fascia and Scars Bordoni et al Dynamic Systems Theory Bernstein et al Practice of points learned in Weekend 2 Students will be examined with a test at the beginning of each weekend on the Friday morning. This test will be written and will contain 25 questions in length covering content of the previous weekend as well as the information from the articles that were selected for reading. There will be a practical test during the final weekend of the course where students will be tested on specific needle insertion sites. Students failing to pass the test will be re-tested on the final day of the course. Any student failing to pass the test will be asked to review the course for certification.
