AM7301 Trigger/Motor Point Therapy Lecture/Lab
This course provides students with practical skills and necessary theory for the safe use of motor points and trigger points. Topics include the stories of discovery of these important muscular phenomena, their precise definitions, physiology, pathological appearances and idiosyncratic mapping. The course provides guidelines for locating these types of points and identifying the clinical conditions of which they are commonly a part. This involves discussion of the TCM diagnostic parameters of excess and deficiency relevant to motor points in muscular hypo-function and trigger points in persistent pain patterns. Electro-acupuncture, manual stimulation and adjunctive soft tissue techniques are practiced.