• The practitioner taking this course will learn meridian
topography and how it relates to the brachial plexus
and nerve pathways of the upper extremity.

• Discussion of nerve entrapment sites at the spine and
from soft tissue indurations creates regions of Qi and
Blood stagnation (Qi Zhi Xue Yu) producing excess (shi)
and deficient (xu) pain and paresthesia patterns distal
from the entrapment site.

• Common nerve entrapment syndromes will be reviewed
including cervical degeneration, thoracic outlet syndrome,
ulnar nerve entrapment at the elbow and wrist, supinator
and pronator teres syndromes as well as carpal tunnel
syndrome.