Motor Points vs Trigger Points – Rich Hazel
Preview of Rich Hazel’s Motor Point Acupuncture Mastery: motor points versus trigger points, crossed syndromes and muscle inhibition, building on Janda, Lewit, Travell and Gunn.
A Beginner’s Guide to Motor Point Acupuncture – Rich Hazel
Preview of Rich Hazel’s beginner course: why pain often comes from dysfunctional movement patterns, and how treating muscle inhibition at motor points restores function.
The Acupuncture Handbook of Sports Injuries and Pain – Whitfield Reaves
A classic clinical manual for orthopedic and sports acupuncture: assessment and a four-step treatment approach for 25 common injuries, including motor and trigger points.
Functional Acupuncture – Dr. Richard Hazel on YouTube
Videos on assessment, motor points, trigger points and treatment strategies for orthopedic and sports acupuncture.
The Acupuncture Outsider Podcast
Dr. Richard Hazel on functional acupuncture: motor point electroacupuncture, trigger points, dry needling, movement patterns and real clinical cases.
Motor entry point acupuncture for shoulder abduction dysfunction after stroke: a randomized controlled feasibility trial
Feasibility trial comparing motor entry point acupuncture with standard acupuncture for impaired shoulder abduction after stroke.
Dry needling of muscle motor points for chronic low-back pain: a randomized clinical trial with long-term follow-up
A landmark early trial of motor point needling for chronic low back pain, often cited as the starting point of this approach.