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.
Biomedical Acupuncture for Sports and Trauma Rehabilitation – Yun-tao Ma
Dry needling from a biomedical perspective: Integrative Systemic Dry Needling for performance, recovery and rehabilitation after sports injuries and trauma.
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.
Segmental Anatomy – Ingrid Wancura-Kampik
The standard reference for segmental acupuncture: how each spinal segment links skin, muscles, bones and organs, and why that matters for point selection.
Functional Acupuncture – Dr. Richard Hazel on YouTube
Videos on assessment, motor points, trigger points and treatment strategies for orthopedic and sports acupuncture.
Er ist der Geheim-Doktor, dem Harry Kane dankte
After winning the Ballon d’Or, Harry Kane thanked his personal doctor, the acupuncture specialist Dr. Alejandro Elorriaga Claraco.
The man Harry Kane wanted to honour when he received the Ballon d’Or
The story of Dr. Alejandro Elorriaga Claraco, who has led the contemporary medical acupuncture programme at McMaster University since 1998.
The Acupuncture Outsider Podcast
Dr. Richard Hazel on functional acupuncture: motor point electroacupuncture, trigger points, dry needling, movement patterns and real clinical cases.
Most Systematic Reviews of Dry Needling for Musculoskeletal Pain Have High Risk of Bias: A Systematic Review of Systematic Reviews
Most published reviews on dry needling carry a high risk of bias, so firm recommendations are not yet possible and harms are reported inconsistently.