Chapter
Chapter 1: Integrative Systemic Dry Needling: A New Modality for Athletes
Athletes Expect More Than Pain Relief
Chronic And Acute Stress Impede Physical Performance In Sports And Exercise
Limitations of Human Performance in Sports and Exercise
ISDN as an Effective Tool in Conventional Sports Medicine
ISDN versus Classical Chinese Acupuncture and Trigger-Point Medicine
Chapter 2: Homeostasis and Stress in Sports and Exercise
Homeostasis In Sports And Exercise
Stress In Sports And Exercise
Homeostatic Regulation In Sports And Exercise
Central Nervous System Integration of the Stress Response in Sports And Rehabilitation
Responses of the Autonomic Nervous System to Overtraining
Hormonal Responses to Overtraining
Immune Function And Overtraining
Chapter 3: Human Brain Plasticity, Sports, and Sports Injuries
The Brain And Physical Training
Chapter 4: Musculoskeletal Systems and Human Movement
General Review of The Mechanics of Major Human Joints
Musculoskeletal Responses to Stress
Chapter 5: Overtraining Syndrome and the Use of Muscle in Exercise
Types of Muscle Contraction
Physical Properties of Muscle: Tone, Tension, Contracture, Thixotropy, and Spasm
Posture And Muscle Imbalance
Fatigue In Muscle And The Central Nervous System During Exercise
Muscle Soreness: Delayed-Onset Muscle Soreness (Doms)
Exercise-Associated Muscle Cramps
Chapter 6: Clinical Mechanisms of Integrative Systemic Dry Needling
Why Patients Respond Differently to the Same Isdn Treatment
Needling is Soft Tissue Therapy
Types of Soft Tissue Injury
Pathologic Process of Soft Tissue Dysfunction and Injury
Histologic Features of Soft Tissue Injuries
Three Stages of Self-Healing of Soft Tissue After Injury
Osteofascial Compartment Syndrome
Pathologic Conditions of Human Organs Involve Chronic Soft Tissue Dysfunction
Bone Spurs And Soft Tissue Dysfunction
Local Skin Reaction And Cutaneous Microcurrent Mechanism
Needle Manipulation: Mechanical Signal Transduction Through Connective Tissue
Local Relief of Muscle Shortening And Contracture
Neurochemical Mechanisms of Acupuncture Analgesia
General Review of the Needling Reflex
Segmental Axon Reflex of the Spinal Cord
Blood Coagulation System and Immune Complement System
Chapter 7: Physiology of Acu-Reflex Points
Pathophysiologic Factors That Convert Latent Acu-Reflex Points to Passive Points
Dynamic Physiology of Acu-Reflex Points
Three Dynamic Phases of Acu-Reflex Points
Physical Properties of Acu-Reflex Points
Electrophysiology of Acu-Reflex Points
Needling Restores Normal Energy Metabolism in Soft Tissue Dysfunction
Ten Basic Anatomic Features of Acu-Reflex Points
Chapter 8: Neuroanatomy of Acu-Reflex
Points
Anatomic Survey of Homeostatic Acu-Reflex Points
Cutaneous and Muscular Acu-Reflex Points
Homeostatic Acu-Reflex Points on the Face: The Trigeminal Nerve and the Facial Nerve
Acu-Reflex Points Formed by the Cervical Plexus
Acu-Reflex Points Formed by the Brachial Plexus
Homeostatic Acu-Reflex Points on the Upper Limb
Homeostatic Acu-Reflex Points on the Lower Limb
Cutaneous Acu-Reflex Points of the Torso
Homeostatic Acu-Reflex Points Formed by the Posterior Rami of the Spinal Nerves
Symptomatic Acu-Reflex Points and Their Identification in Each Case
Principles of Using Spinal Segmentation in Acupuncture Therapy
How to Select Paravertebral Acu-Reflex Points
Chapter 9: Homeostatic Acu-Reflex Point System
Systemic Pattern of Acu-Reflex Point Sensitization
Symptomatic Pattern of Acu-Reflex Point Sensitization
The Integrative Neuromuscular Acu-Reflex Point System As A Clinical Guidance For Treatment
Charting the Acu-Reflex Point System
Abcd Grouping or Quantification of Patients: The 16-Point Method
Prediction of Treatment Outcome
Chapter 10: Trigger Points and the Integrative Neuromuscular Acu-Reflex
Point System
Etiology of Trigger Points
Interactions of Myofascial Trigger Points
Trigger-Point Nociceptors
Myofascial Trigger-Point Sites
Some Myofascial Pain Patterns Caused by Trigger Points
Chapter 11: Visceral Pain and Visceral-Somatic
Reflexes
Diffuse Spatial Localization
Uncertainty of Visceral Pathologic Processes
Uncertainty of Temporal Correlation
Peripheral Organization of Visceral Afferent Fibers
Primary Visceral Sensory Afferent Fibers
Central Terminations of Visceral Afferent Fibers
Interactions Between Visceral And Somatic Reflexes
Referred Or Reflex Zones Of Major Viscera
Chapter 12: Pathomechanics of the Musculoskeletal System and
Acu-Reflex Points
Functional Anatomy And Pathomechanics of The Lower Limb
Functional Anatomy And Biomechanics of The Trunk
Functional Anatomy And Pathomechanics of The Upper Limb
Chapter 13: Using Dry Needling Acupuncture for Preventing Injury and Enhancing Athletic Performance
Injury Prevention: Treating Asymptomatic Athletes
Clinical Procedure For Preventing Injury And Enhancing Performance
Chapter 14: General Principles of Treating
Soft Tissue Dysfunction
in Sports Injuries
Sports Injuries of The Skin
Sports Injuries of The Head And Neck
Sports Injuries of The Upper Limb
Sports Injuries of The Elbow
Sports Injuries of The Wrist And Forearm
Sports Injuries of The Hand And Fingers
Sports Injuries of The Back And Spine
Sports Injuries of The Hips, Pelvis, And Groin
Sports Injuries of The Thigh
Sports Injuries of The Knee
Sports Injuries Below The Knee
Chapter 15: Preventive and Therapeutic Treatment
of Injuries in Selected Sports
Chapter 16: Safety Issues in Dry Needling Acupuncture Practice
Short-Term Reactions After Treatment
Prevention of Adverse Effects
Prevention of Needling Accidents
Understanding of Incidents in Needling Therapy
Case Analysis: Pneumothorax
Injuries of the Nervous System
Injuries to the Peripheral Nerves
Biomedical Acupuncture for Sports and Trauma Rehabilitation
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