Matt Callison's unique ability to blend Chinese medicine with sports medicine for over 27 years is demonstrated by his excellent reputation. This is particularly evident in his educational program, the "Sports Medicine Acupuncture Certification Program" (www.sportsmedicineacupuncture.com), which is attended by acupuncturists worldwide. He also has more than 20 years of experience in cadaver dissection, which has helped him to further broaden and deepen his educational program for the acupuncturist. Matt has published many articles in professional journals and is well-known for his work with professional athletes. He is also the creator of the Motor Point and Acupuncture Meridian Chart; and the author of three publications, the latest of which took him 25 years to complete: Sports Medicine Acupuncture: An integrated Approach to Combining Sports Medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Fertility acupuncture sometimes gets presented as a narrow protocol: a handful of reproductive points applied uniformly across patients. What this case reinforced for me: The most powerful work happens when we read the whole picture. The hormone data, the constitutional tendency, the sleep, the digestion, and the menstrual pattern, so we can treat the environment the ovaries live inside.
Mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS) affects more than 15% of the U.S. population but evades most practitioners’ radar. Just five years ago, it wasn’t even on my radar, despite already having 20 years of experience as a clinician at that time. The more I dug (similar to leaky gut and post-COVID syndrome), the more I found my patients were suffering from this disorder.
The motivation behind our practice of medicine is important, impacting not just our experience but also the experiences of those we treat. It is perhaps for this reason that the aspiration to help not just some, but all beings heal, has historically been an important part of the medical tradition. To explain this, we need to consider how medicine is interwoven with other social domains.