I am developing a series of informative videos called 'Anatomy for Acupuncturists'. The purpose of these videos is to educate people about the anatomy of a muscle, and how it relates to acupuncture channel theory. They can be used by acupuncture students learning anatomy, and channel theory; but also established practitioners who want to refresh their knowledge of musculo-skeletal acupuncture theory. Even someone with no acupuncture training at all may find them interesting and useful. Each...

How a patient describes their pain is valuable diagnostic information. In this post, I will discuss what this information can tell us from a more mechanical/biomedical standpoint, and how we use it from a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Acupuncture point of view. I'll also look at when the nature of someone's pain can throw up a red flag, prompting investigation for more serious conditions. Different Types of Pain: What they tell us from Biomedical and TCM Acupuncture perspectives Type of...

The Bio-Medical terms myotomes and dermatomes provide links, though not always direct parallels, to the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) channel system. In this post, I will investigate these links and explore where they are most usefully used in acupuncture practice.