Date/Time
Date(s) - 10/11/2025 - 10/12/2025
9:00 am - 6:00 pm
Location
Team Rehabilitation Altarum,3520 Green Ct, Suite 150,Ann Arbor, MI
Categories
The Dance of Diagnosis
and Treatment in Acupuncture:
Utilizing Tools from Manual Medicine
Drs. Jay Sandweiss, D.O. & Dan Bensky, D.O.
Photo of Drs. Jay Sandweiss, D.O. & Dan Bensky, D.O.
Ann Arbor, October 11-12, 2025
DON’T MISS THE EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT!
Sat 10.11.25 ~ 9 am to 6 pm (registration at 8:30)
Sun 10.12.25 ~ 8 am to 4 pm
15 HOURS OF TRAINING (Approved for CEU’s from NCCAOM)
Team Rehabilitation Altarum Institute
3520 Green Ct, Suite 150
Ann Arbor, MI 48105
$1,000.00 USD if registered before August 31, 2025
$1,250.00 USD if registered after August 31, 2025
Extensive handouts & delicious meals included!
To register:
Call Dr. Sandweiss at his office: 734-995-1880
Or, text him at: 734 276-7573
Workshop Description:
As the esteemed clinician (and mentor of Dr. Sandweiss) George Goodheart Jr., D.C. said, “Diagnose the need; supply the need, observe the result.” In this workshop, Drs. Sandweiss and Bensky will share approaches that do just that for acupuncture focused practices.
These will include: precise muscle testing as developed by Applied Kinesiology, the use of Counterstrain, Muscle Energy Technique, and Myofascial Release applied to acupuncture points.
Also, tools from Engaging Vitality such as Qi Signal Assessment and Channel Listening.
These techniques can be used in a wide variety of circumstances and are particularly helpful for subacute or chronic issues, particularly within the musculoskeletal system.
Extensive Course Outline:
GOALS & OBJECTIVES:
1. Learn how to think about acupuncture treatment as a “call and response” process with a
recurrent back and forth between diagnosis, treatment, and result.
2. Learn specific mental and physical techniques derived from manual medicine to aid with
this process, including muscle testing, qi signal assessment, and listening to the
channels.
3. Have a good sense of how these specific techniques will be of use in your own practice.
**All the above Learning Objectives are intended to enhance the diagnostic and
treatment skills of health professionals whose licenses allow them to practice
acupuncture.
Provide an overview and foundation for the course, including a brief
discussion and elaboration on:
1. Goodheart’s adage;
2. Applied Kinesiology and acupuncture;
3. OMT to treat/pretreat acupuncture points;
4. Engaging Vitality premises;
5. Basic skills that will be worked on during the course.
DAY 1 (Saturday, October 11, 2025) 9am – 6pm
9:00 – 10am Introduction to Qi Signal Assessment & the Three Burners (Lecture)
Introduce students to Qi Signal Assessment and use of QSA to assess
the three burners.
10 – 10:30am Practice Set: Qi Signal Assessment & the Three Burners (Supervised Practice)
Students will work in small groups to practice feeling QSA over the three
burners.
10:30 – 11:30am Introduction to Applied Kinesiology Approach to Acupuncture
(Lecture)
Introduce students to applied kinesiology and its approach to
acupuncture, including how to appropriately test muscles and integrate
findings into the acupuncture treatment.
11:30 – 12pm Practice Set: Basic Muscle Testing in Applied Kinesiology
(Supervised Practice)
Students will work in pairs to practice basic muscle testing on one
another.
12 – 12:30pm First Group of Muscle-Meridian Relationships (Lecture)
Introduce students to the first set of muscles (listed below) and their
relation to specific acupuncture channels. The lecture will include a
demonstration of how to test each individual muscle.
A. SUPRASPINATUS=CONCEPTION VESSEL
B. TERES MAJOR=GOVERNING VESSEL
C. DELTOID/ANTERIOR SERRATUS=LUNG
D. TENSOR FASCIA LATA= LARGE INTESTINE
12:30 – 1:30 pm LUNCH (provided & on site)
1:30 pm – 2pm Practice Set: Revisit Qi Signal Assessment of the Three Burners
(Supervised Practice)
Students will work in pairs to practice muscle testing for group 1 muscles
and evaluate effects on the QSA.
2 – 2:30 pm Introduction to Local Listening & Transient Opening (Lecture)
Introduce students to the Engaging Vitality techniques of Local Listening
and Transient Opening. The Lecture will include a description and
demonstration of each.
2:30 – 3 pm Practice Set: Local Listening & Transient Opening
(Supervised Practice)
Students will work in pairs to practice Channel Listening and Transient
Opening.
3 – 3:30 pm Second Group of Muscle-Meridian Relationships (Lecture)
Introduce students to the second set of muscles (listed below) and their
relation to specific acupuncture channels. The lecture will include a
demonstration of how to test each individual muscle.
A. PECTORALIS MAJOR CLAVICULAR= STOMACH
B. LATISSIMUS DORSI=PANCREAS
C. SUBSCAPULARIS=HEART
D. QUADRICEPS=SMALL INTESTINE
3:30 – 4 pm Practice Set: Revisit Qi Signal Assessment of the Three Burners
Local Listening (Supervised Practice)
Students will work in pairs to practice muscle testing for group 2 muscles
and evaluate effects on QSA and Local Listening.
4 – 4:30 pm Introduction to Channel Listening & tōng/bu tōng (Lecture)
Introduce students to the EV technique of channel listening, including
distinguishing channel from non-channel and assessing whether a
channel is tōng (open and connected) or not.
4:30 – 5 pm Practice Set: Channel Listening & tōng/bu tōng (Supervised Practice)
Students will work in pairs to practice channel listening, including finding
channels and assessing tōng vs. bu tōng.
5 – 5:30 pm Third Group of Muscle-Meridian Relationships (Lecture)
Introduce students to the third set of muscles (listed below) and their
relation to specific acupuncture channels. The lecture will include a
demonstration of how to test each individual muscle.
A. PERONEUS TERTIUS=BLADDER
B. PSOAS= KIDNEY
C. GLUTEUS MEDIUS=PERICARDIUM
D. TERES MINOR=TRIPLE BURNER
5:30 – 6 pm Practice Set: Revisit Qi Signal Assessment of the Three Burners,
Local Listening Channel Listening (Supervised Practice)
Students will work in pairs to practice muscle testing for group 3 muscles
and evaluate effects on QSA, Local Listening and Channel Listening.
DAY 2 (Sunday, October 12, 2025) 8am – 4pm
8 – 8:30 am Discussion/Q&A (Group Discussion)
During this discussion we will invite students to share questions or
insights related to content learned on day 1.
8:30 – 9 am Introduction to General Listening (Lecture)
Introduce students to the EV technique of Global Listening.
9 – 9:30 am Practice Set: General Listening (Supervised Practice)
Students will work in pairs to practice Global Listening.
9:30 – 10am Fourth Group of Muscle-Meridian Relationships (Lecture)
Introduce students to the fourth set of muscles (listed below) and their
relation to specific acupuncture channels. The lecture will include a
demonstration of how to test each individual muscle.
A. POPLITEUS= GALLBLADDER
B. PECTORALIS MAJOR STERNAL= LIVER
10 – 10:30 am Practice Set: Applying EV Techniques of Channel Listening; QSA
(Supervised Practice)
Students will work in pairs to practice muscle testing for group 4 muscles
and integration with QSA, Local Listening and Channel Listening to
localized 1-2 active points.
10:30 – 11am RONG 24-hour Muscle Sequence & Kinesiology Testing (Lecture)
Introduce students to the muscle dance sequence that follows the 24-
hour clock RONG cycle and demonstrate the kinesiology movements of
each muscle and the corresponding manual muscle test.
11 – 11:30am Practice Set: Testing RONG Muscle Sequence; Kinesiology
Movements
Students will work in pairs to practice manual muscle tests corresponding
to the RONG cycle muscles.
11:30 – 12pm Review of MU Points, SHU Points, and Pulse Points with Muscle
Testing (Lecture)
Review MU, SHU and Pulse point location and demonstrate the
corresponding muscle tests for these points.
12 – 12:30 pm Practice Set: MU Points, SHU Pints, Pulse Points with Muscle
Testing (Practice Set)
Students will work in pairs to practice muscle testing for the MU, SHU
and Pulse points.
12:30 – 1:30 pm Lunch (provided & brought on site)
1:30 – 2pm Practice Set: Revisit Global Listening, QSA of Three Burners, Local
Listening, Channel Listening (Practice Set)
Students will work in pairs to practice all EV techniques learned thus far
in order to identify active points.
2 – 2:30pm Special Applications of Muscle Testing for TMJ, Cranial, Emotional
Stress & Visual Disorders (Lecture)
Introduce & demonstrate special applications of muscle testing to screen
for TMJ, cranial, emotional stress, and visual disorders
2:30 – 3pm Osteopathic Manipulation Techniques for Releasing Acupuncture
Points & Channels (Lecture)
Introduce & demonstrate the application of several osteopathic
manipulation techniques for releasing specific acupuncture points and
their associated channels.
3 – 3:45pm Practice Set: Evaluating Osteopathic Manipulation Techniques with
EV (Practice Set)
Students will work in pairs to practice the application of osteopathic
manipulation techniques for releasing specific acupuncture points and
their associated channels, after which they will revisit GL,QSA of the
Three Burners, LL, and Channel Listening to see if the “active points”
identified previously are still present.
3:45 – 4pm Wrap Up (Q & A)
Wrap up the course and answer questions related to content learned and
integration of content into the clinic flow right away.
