User talk:Herbxue/sandbox 9

I certainly don't mean to harass you and I believe in everyone's right to edit anonymously. I was outed by an aggressive editor when using a previous username 5 years ago. I have to say though that I don't see how your ip address is any safer than a made-up name in WP. A username does make you accountable for your edits, and it helps you hold others accountable (meaning, if you feel I am reverting you inappropriately, you are more likely to get support from admins if you show a history of engaging in dialogue and consensus building on the talk page). By not signing in or engaging in talk page discussions, or citing sources for controversial edits, it just looks like POV-pushing or vandalism. It will be difficult to get any progress made. Now back to content, I have to double check but I believe both the CCAOM and PT position papers we have as sources mention Sports Acupuncture, as an example of published materials showing acupuncturists using motor and trigger points, and the CCAOM source mentions Dr. Mark Seem's 1993 textbook on acupuncture treatment of so-called trigger points. Chan Gunn is an acupuncturist, and he explicitly said that acupuncturists needed to "repackage" acupuncture for westerners as dry needling. Yun Tao Ma actually does acupuncture for more than myofascial pain syndromes and calls the points "acu-reflex points". The CCAOM paper discusses the lack of distinction between Travell's "trigger points" and traditional "Ah Shi" points. Of the 255 trigger points in Travell's 1983 book, 92% correspond with known acupuncture points. Matt Callison, L.Ac, developed his system of motor point needling as an extension of "Ah Shi" needling methods, and is actually MORE anatomically-based than so-called trigger points, as they represent actual structures rather than temporal manifestations of imbalance. Put more concisely, the ONLY difference between what Travell did and what acupuncturists do is the use of hollow hypodermic needles. EVERY acupuncturist on the planet treats myofascial pain with so-called trigger points/acupuncture channel and extra points / ah shi points / motor points, and does so with knowledge of anatomy, physiology, kinesiology, and traumatology. Importantly, the vast majority of PT's and DC's that do "dry needling" (acupuncture) are using acupuncture needles, and using the weasel-wording of "solid filiform needles" AS IF that indicated anything other than the filiform needle used in acupuncture since at least the Han dynasty, probably earlier! They are not using hypodermic needles, and they do not utilize any knowledge or theory that wasn't already in use by licensed acupuncturists. So, it is a ABSOLUTE LIE to suggest that "dry needling" represents anything other than acupuncture with minimal training, rebranded with a different name, and it is no surprise that recently reported cases of pneumothorax have been the result of PT's and LMT's attending so-called "dry needling" seminars. If you want your edits to stick, stop attempting to perpetuate a BLATANT LIE and admit that what you are promoting is not distinct from what acupuncture already includes (unless you inject drugs through hypodermic needles, in which case you would actually be doing something modern and different from acupuncture).Herbxue (talk) 04:36, 12 June 2015 (UTC)