Author: Matt Callison

  • Pronator Teres Motor Point and Its Multiple Functions

    Pronator Teres Motor Point and Its Multiple Functions
    Matt Callison
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    The pronator teres (PT) muscle is located on the ventral aspect of the forearm connecting the radius and ulna. Its length runs obliquely across the forearm and is thicker on the proximal half of the muscle and then becomes a thin, broad tendon in close proximity to its attachment point on the radius. The Latin…

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  • Diagnostic Ashi Points: A Focus on Muscle Motor Points

    Diagnostic Ashi Points: A Focus on Muscle Motor Points
    Matt Callison
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    This article is an excerpt from the soon-to-be-published textbook Sports Medicine Acupuncture: An Integrated Approach to Combining Sports Medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine. The Chinese term ashi, translated as “that’s the point” or sometimes as another expletive, indicates pain upon palpation of the tissue. Ashi points were first mentioned in the Tang Dynasty text Thousand…

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