Acknowledgements

Author’s Note
This text is dedicated to my very patient and understanding husband Regan Crocker, who is my unwitting guinea pig for all my endeavors.

LEAD AUTHOR
Nadine Crocker, PT., FCAMPT, IMS, Medical Acupuncture, MacEwan University, University of Alberta

COPY EDITOR
Carol Woo – MacEwan University, Centre for Teaching and Learning

REVIEWERS
Darren Tellier, B.A., D.TCM, Dr.Ac., MacEwan University

Devin McIssac, R. Ac  MacEwan University

Ian Dunsmuir, B.Sc. (Kin), R.Ac, C.SMA

Additional Thanks to…

Stewart Dorrance, Andrew Thomas and Keith Ross for volunteering for all the needling images and videos captured for this manual.

Media Credits

Most figures and videos were created by Nadine Crocker, licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0, except where otherwise noted in the figure captions.

Book cover designed by Abigail Graham, in association with MacEwan Open Books. Photo by Katherine Hanlon licensed under Unsplash license. Photo cropped.

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