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Workshop: The Dance of Diagnosis and Treatment in Acupuncture: Utilizing Tools from Manual Medicine

Course Instructors:

Daniel Bensky D.O. and Jay Sandweiss D.O.

Workshop Dates:

Friday: October 2, 2026 6:00pm-9:00pm
Saturday: October 3, 2026 9:00am – 6:00pm (Registration at 8:30am)
Sunday: October 4, 2026 8:00am - 4:00pm

Pending approval, attendees will be able to receive up to 20 hours of CA acupuncture Cat 1 CEU credits, provider #975. CA CEUs count 1:1 for NCCAOM PDAs Pending approval, MDs and DOs will receive 18 Cat 1 credit hours

Location:

Hyatt Regency Sonoma Wine Country 170 Railroad Street, Santa Rosa, CA 95401

Intended Audience:

Licensed Health Professionals including: Licensed Acupuncturists, Osteopathic Physicians, Medical Doctors, and any other health professionals licensed to perform acupuncture treatment

Course 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, and 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.

Registration and Pricing:

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$1000 USD: If registered on or before August 15, 2026.
$1250 USD: If registered on or after August 16, 2026.

Course Objectives:

  • Learn how to think about acupuncture treatment as a “call and response” process with a recurrent back and forth between diagnosis, treatment, and result.
  • 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.
  • 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.

  • Understand the fundamental principles of diagnosis and multiple techniques used to perform osteopathic manipulative treatment that directly influence acupuncture points and channels.
  • Appreciate the role of manual muscle testing to diagnose dysfunctions of the neuromusculoskeletal system that cause patients’ conditions and complaints
  • Practice these manual tests for all regions presented in the course
  • Practice a series of palpation techniques that specifically identify where the patient needs treatment
  • Learn a variety of nutritional pearls that correlate synergistically with patient conditions and manual treatment protocols presented during this course

Hope to see you in California October, 2026! Register now as class spaces are limited.