Recognizing symptoms of peripheral nerve entrapment is critical for chronic pain patients who have gotten no relief from the usual standard of care and diagnostic exams.    When you know the symptoms, you can rule in or out a peripheral nerve entrapment and then palpate the typical entrapment zones to confirm you are on the right track.    If you are an acupuncturist and are wanting to learn motor points, come to Amsterdam in June: https://integrative-acu-seminars.com/2nd-european-orthopaedic-and-sports-acupuncture-congress/   My online courses are here: https://richar ..read more

People often ask questions about how to use electric stimulation of an acupuncture needle in the motor point of a muscle. They want to know why and how and for how long.  I attempt to give some answers based on what I have seen. There are so many opinions about it that I thought it would be best to give you the basic explanation that has worked well for me. If you're happy with your results, that's what you should do.  I leave it to others to dispute the minutiae of frequencies and points and length of treatment.  If you are an acupuncturist and are wanting to learn motor points ..read more

Some updates about Amsterdam and the recordings on Podia and the Mentorship Membership on Podia.   Here's the registration link for Amsterdam in June: https://integrative-acu-seminars.com/2nd-european-orthopaedic-and-sports-acupuncture-congress/   Here's the Podia link: https://richardhazel.podia.com   This episode is about a recent patient with SIJ pain and it was due to the psoas being tight.      ..read more

I had a rough week trying to sleep with terrible neck pain that was giving me a right-sided headache almost like a migraine.     https://chinesemedicineeducation.com/event/motor-point-acupuncture-mastery-using-jandas-crossed-syndromes-as-a-roadmap-to-success-plus-advanced-treatments-for-nerve-entrapment-syndrome/   https://integrative-acu-seminars.com/2nd-european-orthopaedic-and-sports-acupuncture-congress/   For the month of March 2024 everything on Podia is 20% off with the discount code MARCH20 at checkout. You can use it as many times as you want. https://richardhazel ..read more

Know the signs of issues with these intrinsic foot muscles. They will help with plantar fasciitis and other foot pain.   Also, here are the live seminar links I mentioned:   https://chinesemedicineeducation.com/event/motor-point-acupuncture-mastery-using-jandas-crossed-syndromes-as-a-roadmap-to-success-plus-advanced-treatments-for-nerve-entrapment-syndrome/   https://integrative-acu-seminars.com/2nd-european-orthopaedic-and-sports-acupuncture-congress/   For the month of March 2024 everything on Podia is 20% off with the discount code MARCH20 at checkout. You can use it as ..read more

Sometimes that low leg pain and numbness is an entrapment of the superficial peroneal nerve. It's not always an L5-S1 radiculopathy.  Pain on plantar flexion and inversion can be a sign of superficial peroneal nerve entrapment. https://linktr.ee/richhazel   Everything on Podia is 20% off until the end of March. Use the discount code MARCH20 as many times as you want until March 31.  ..read more

Everyone who uses motor points and trigger points in their acupuncture treatments owes their thanks to these MDs.   ..read more

Why should we care about the Upper and Lower Crossed Patterns? How does it help to know the difference between a tonic and a phasic muscle?         https://richardhazel.podia.com https://www.richhazel.com   ..read more

Some people say that posture has no connection to pain. I disagree.    Happy New Year!!      https://richardhazel.podia.com ..read more

Dr. Vladimir Janda and Karel Lewit were pioneers of musculoskeletal medicine who have given us a roadmap to understand assessment and treatment of pain.   Assessment and Treatment of Muscle Imbalance: The Janda Approach https://a.co/d/0JCe9vt     https://richardhazel.podia.com     ..read more