This NCCAOM approved 8 hour and 16 hour courses will satisfy the WA DOH 24 hour PIT training requirement by giving participants an online interactive learning class followed in one week by an in person class. Participants will be proficient in PIT theory, safety, proper patient selection, anesthetic, vitamin and homeopathic injectates. You will be introduced to techniques and state scopes This is a pre-requisite for the 16 hour in person course.
Even if you are credentialed or are practicing PIT, you don't want to miss this course. We will address some of the most missed sources for chronic neck and low back, hip and shoulder pain and how to treat them with injections.
9 states– AZ, CO, FL, NM, NV, MT, SC, UT, WA – include PIT in their acupuncture scopes. The techniques taught in this course can be used in all 9 states.
Space is limited. Total $1550 early registration. After September 17, 2025, total is $1650 No refund policy.
INSTRUCTORS:
Susan Shultz, DC, LAc., AEMP is a dual licensed practitioner. She has been using Point Injection therapy in her primarily orthopedic practice since 1994 and has worked extensively with her state association, WAEMA, to pass legislation making Washington State Acupuncture and Eastern Medicine scope what it is today.
Jessica Gallegos-White, LAc., DAHM utilizes PIT in her family practice daily to treat pain management, infertility, PTSD, neuropathy, and vitamin deficiencies. She is passionate about contributing to the growth and competency of licensed acupuncturists through evidence-informed injection therapies.
Dave Flater has been practicing Point Injection Therapy (PIT) since 2005 and is licensed to practice in both Utah and Montana. He earned his Doctor of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine from Pacific College in San Diego in 2020. In addition to his clinical work, David has served as a teaching assistant for PIT courses in Utah and Washington, bringing his extensive knowledge and hands-on experience to support student learning.
Enhance Your Skills & Your Practice
This seminar is available only to licensed acupuncturists.
Curriculum will include the following topics.
ASSESSMENT
Who will benefit from Point Injection Therapy? We will discuss selection of patients who most often benefit from injection therapy for pain management. Additionally, we will address a variety of other conditions that benefit from this technique. Assessment includes palpation and hands-on techniques of assessment of patient's muscles, soft tissue, and joint Issues.
DEMONSTRATIONS
Anatomy review, identification of trigger points, motor points and superficial points where perineural techniques are employed. Safety protocols will be emphasized and addressed. Demonstrations will identify Ahshi and Trigger points and will be followed by performing and receiving injections.
RESOURCES
Resources include the acquisition of materials–what are they? and where to get them. We will discuss and utilize injectable homeopathics, vitamins, minerals, local anesthetics and other nutritional substances, along with the supplies needed to execute these procedures in your practice. An extensive list will be provided with resources of where to acquire medical products and injectable solutions. We will be offering starter kits and items for purchase at the seminar so you will be able to start using these techniques when you return to your office.
Susan Shultz, D.C. LAc
Dr. Shultz has over thirty years experience in Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine including Acupuncture Point Injection Therapy and Chiropractic. She has received advanced injection training in Canada and Utah and holds Acupuncture licenses in Washington, Colorado, and Utah, and a Chiropractic license in Washington.
A Personal Note from Dr. To Dr.
After I sent you an email about my upcoming Point Injection Therapy seminar, I felt compelled to share why I am so excited about this class and why I've been committed to presenting it since 2017.
I have been a health care practitioner since 1983. First as a chiropractor, and then in 1994, when I got my master's degree in Acupuncture from the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine. Getting that second degree was important because I saw how powerful acupuncture was, and wanted to add it to my repertoire of tools.
Initially, injecting homeopathics and vitamins was helpful, mostly for acute conditions. But in 2017, I took a course and learned a different treatment protocol and since then; I have been effectively using mostly 5% dextrose combined with vitamin B12 and the local anesthetic procaine to treat patients with chronic conditions. The kinds of patients we all have. The ones that come to you because they get relief for a time, but the pain returns. These patients have tried many techniques, but with only temporary relief.
If you are a practitioner looking for a way to treat the cause of these chronic conditions, please join me and learn this technique to add to your repertoire of tools.
Acupuncturists are uniquely qualified to learn and perform injection therapy. Why? Because we understand needle insertion better than other health care professionals and we understand where the level of the condition is located. You will learn simple techniques to treat peripheral nerve entrapment. These nerves are strongly linked to pain perception, joint inflammation, inflammatory bowel disease, neuropathic pain, and other inflammatory conditions.
I thought this technique was too good to be true. When I returned to my practice, I contacted six patients who I'd been treating for years for their chronic conditions. I told each of them I would do 3 treatments, 21 days apart, and afterwards evaluate. Not one of those patients was unhappy with the results. After this experiment, I dove into learning everything I could about injection therapy.
And now I am sharing it with you. If you have questions, please contact me by replying to this email or calling (360) 771-9402. Otherwise, I look forward to seeing you in Vancouver, WA.
Sincerely,
Susan K. Shultz, D.C. LAc