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Page iii A New America Acupuncture Acupuncture Osteopathy The Myofascial Release of the Bodymind's Holding Patterns by Mark Seem O BLU E POPP Y PRES S *
Page iv Published by: Blue Poppy Press 1775 Linden Ave. Boulder, CO 80304 (303) 447-8372 First Edition May 1993 Second Printing, October 1993 Third Printing, June 1994 Fourth Printing, October 1995 Fifth Printing, August 1996 Sixth Printing, Sepetember 1997 ISBN 0-936185-44-9 Library of Congress #93-71097 Copyright © Mark Seem All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transcribed in any form, by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or other means, or translated into any other language without prior written permission of the publisher. The information in this book is given in good faith. However, the translators and the publishers cannot be held responsible for any error or omission. Nor can they be held' in any way responsible for treatment given on the basis of information contained in this book. The publishers make this information available to English readers for scholarly and research purposes only. The publishers do not advocate nor endorse self-medication by laypersons. Chinese medicine is a professional medicine. Laypersons interested in availing themselves of the treatments described in this book should seek out a qualified professional practitioner of Chinese medicine. COMP Designation: Original work Printed at BookCrafters, Chelsea, MI 10,9,8,7
Page v PREFACE Acupuncture pain management should be a routine part of any acupuncture student's training, and the public at large should be right in assuming, as they do, that acupuncturists are highly effective in the treatment of pain and its various dysfunctions. The American Medical Association itself has listed acupuncture as an appropriate adjunctive therapy for pain management, and the treatment of recurrent and chronic pain has been discussed in the medical literature as one of our most pressing and costly health care concerns. Yet many acupuncturists freely admit that, while they can treat acute pain effectively and rapidly, chronic pain more often than not fails to improve in any significant fashion using the currently dominant acupuncture methodology. When teaching at various schools and conferences from the West Coast to England, one of the most frequent questions I am asked revolves around the treatment of chronic pain, and I am often struck by the lack of training in this area at most Western acupuncture schools. This even began to happen at the school I founded and still direct, the Tri-State Institute of Traditional Chinese Acupuncture. Several years ago, I stepped back from regular clinical supervision of my students. At that time, I was preoccupied with my work for the National Council of Acupuncture Schools and Colleges ( NCASC) and the National Commission for the Certification of Acupuncturists (NCCA). The chief clinical supervisor to whom I turned over my clinical duties had recently returned from extensive post-graduate training in the People's Republic of China ( PRC). Therefore, I naively felt I was leaving our third -year clinical interns in good hands. Nonetheless, I scheduled myself to do clinical supervision