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Clinical Acupunctureby Dr. Michal Richter, MD
The Chain™ · Sinew Meridian Therapy

Sometimes acupuncture creates change during the treatment. The Chain™ makes it repeatable — two points, and a re-test that tells you, same visit, whether it worked.

Most acupuncturists know the moment: one needle, and the shoulder suddenly lifts further. The problem? It feels random — you can't predict it or repeat it. The Chain™ is a sinew-meridian therapy that makes the instant result systematic: test a movement, needle 2 points, re-test minutes later — in front of your patient.

An original therapy — found nowhere else · 25 years of daily clinical practice · 500+ practitioners · 17 countries

01
Test
One painful or restricted movement
→
02
Needle 2 points
1–3 minutes of stimulation, not 30 of retention
→
03
Re-test
You see whether it worked — same session
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Watch two cases from my clinic

Same method each time: test, two points, re-test — and a change you can watch.

Elbow pain · loading test · Yang Ming · full first visit

Shoulder pain · combing test · Shao Yin · 8/10 → 4/10

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You've probably said one of these yourself

Practitioners talking to each other online. None of this is marketing copy.

"Why did that one particular treatment work so well — as opposed to the ones before it and after it?"

— acupuncturist, practice forum

"Are we all just guessing until the next seminar?"

— acupuncturist, online discussion

"Physios take objective measurements in range of motion… then they can gauge if patients are getting better."

— acupuncturist, comparing professions

Here's the truth behind all three: school taught you what to do. Almost nobody taught you how to verify that it worked. So when a treatment fails, it feels like a verdict on you. It isn't. It's not a competence problem — it's a verification problem. And that one has a solution.

The problem isn't your skill. It's what you're treating.

Pain is usually chased where it hurts. The Chain™ works one level up — on the movement that produces it.

×  the place that hurts
→
✓  the movement that produces the pain
×  one structure at a time
→
✓  the whole chain, from origin to end
×  a muscle
→
✓  a sinew meridian — the line that steers the movement

Why the change can be that fast

Movement

Which of the six phases is blocked — the movement tells you before the patient says a word.

Tension

How it is distributed along the chain — not stored in one muscle.

Pathway

Where the pain shows up, and why exactly there.

Change the pathway and the nervous system reorganises the movement on its own. That is why the re-test can show a difference minutes after the needle — and why the re-test, not the theory, is what tells you whether it worked.

Here's what's going to change

From your first session with the method:

✓

Two points. That's the whole prescription. The sinew meridian chain tells you exactly which two — no more crowded protocols.

✓

1–3 minutes of stimulation instead of 30 minutes of retention. Your treatment time drops; your schedule opens up.

✓

You re-test immediately — range of motion changes in front of the patient. They see it. You see it. No waiting a week to find out.

✓

You can finally explain it — to your patients, to their doctors, and to yourself. The mechanism is neurological, and you'll know it cold.

✓

Patients talk about what they watched happen. Nothing they've experienced in a clinic compares to seeing their own range of motion change on the table — and that is what they repeat to other people.

經筋
jīng jīn · the sinew meridians

The diagnosis is classical. The therapy didn't exist.

The sinew meridians appear in the Ling Shu, and the diagnostic framework — which chain is involved, and why — was preserved in the classical lineage. That part exists. What didn't exist was the treatment: a protocol that turns a chain diagnosis into exactly 2 points, 1–3 minutes of stimulation instead of 30 minutes of retention — and proves the result with an immediate re-test, in front of the patient.

Why that fast? The nervous system responds to the needle instantly; the musculoskeletal system follows within a minute — three at the most. We only wait for the functional change, and the re-test shows it. I built this myself, patient by patient, over 25 years of daily practice. You won't find this treatment anywhere else — not because it's hidden, but because it didn't exist before.

Is it one hundred percent? No. No one has invented such a method — neither have I. But it is repeatable, and the re-test tells you immediately whether it worked. That's the difference between treating and guessing.

Dr. Michal Richter, MD
Dr. Michal Richter, MD
Physician & acupuncturist · 25 years in the clinic
Katowice, Poland · About me →
"I built this over 25 years of treating 20–30 patients a day — patient by patient, re-test by re-test. I teach only what I use in my own clinic. Every day."
— Dr. Michal Richter, MD · physician & acupuncturist

What practitioners say after using it

Comments from practitioners who took the course in Polish — translated, first names only at their request.

"I do this with 90% of patients on the first visit."

"Often around 50% improvement, sometimes — like today — 100% resolution of L-S pain on bending, straightening and rotation. I chose one point and even the neck pain eased, with better rotation range."
Marcin — practitioner, Poland · translated from Polish

"I still find myself picking my jaw up off the floor."

"Since the training, to this day, I still find myself picking my jaw up off the floor after applying it. A clear, effective tool for working with pain — and, importantly, it doesn't rule out combining it with other manual approaches."
Rafał — practitioner, Poland · translated from Polish

"Thirteen minutes instead of the hour I had planned."

"Great method! Yesterday I saw a patient… only 13 minutes instead of the planned hour, thanks to the sinew-meridian points."
Urszula — practitioner, Poland · translated from Polish

"If you're going to know one 'magic' technique from acupuncture — it's this one."

"Years after stepping back from daily acupuncture practice, this is still the piece of knowledge I use most often and most regularly."
Łukasz — physician & acupuncturist, Poland · translated from Polish
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Three ways to use it — and none of them replace what you do

You don't have to give up your style. Most practitioners run The Chain™ in one of three ways:

1

As the whole treatment. Test, two points, re-test — for the MSK patient who came in for one thing, that is often the entire visit. 10–15 minutes.

2

As the first step of a session. Resolve the movement chain in the first minutes, then continue with your usual approach — TCM, five element, Japanese style, whatever you practice. The re-test gives the rest of the session a baseline.

3

As the check when something isn't working. A patient who "should" be better and isn't — run the six movements, find the chain you missed, correct it, re-test. It's a diagnostic net as much as a therapy.

Nothing in the method conflicts with any acupuncture style or with a dry-needling background. It adds a verification step — it doesn't take anything away.

Skip it if

×  you want theory to read, not a procedure to use on Monday

×  you don't needle — this is for acupuncturists, TCM practitioners and TCM students

×  you're looking for one protocol "for everything" without a diagnosis

What's inside the method

~70 minutes · 16 HD video lessons · English subtitles · structured so you can treat the next day

The Chain Map

How the six sinew meridian chains organize the body — and how to see them in 30 seconds of observation.

The Movement Test

One test per chain. You'll know exactly which chain is involved before you open a needle pack.

The 2-Point Selection

The rule that turns a chain diagnosis into precisely two points — the core of the method.

Stimulation Technique

1–3 minutes of stimulation, no retention. Exact angle, depth and manipulation, shown on camera.

The Re-Test Protocol

How to demonstrate change so the patient sees it — the moment that builds compliance and referrals.

Full Case Demonstrations

Complete treatments on real patients: shoulder, sciatica, elbow, neck, lower back.

70 minutes is deliberate. Knowledge you can't use in practice is just a ball and chain. You're paying for a protocol it took 25 years to distill — watch it in one evening, run it on Monday morning.

Acupuncture is simple and logical. Don't complicate it.

Included ✦

Three clinical bonuses — built into the course

Nothing here needs to be claimed separately. All three bonuses are already inside the course — you'll find them in your lessons the moment you log in.

Bonus 1 — Region-by-Region Diagnosis Demonstrations
Video walkthroughs: how I diagnose the lower limb, upper limb, head movements and trunk — step by step, on camera
$49
Bonus 2 — The Treatment-Room Workbook
A print-ready cheat sheet you keep at the table — every test, every chain, every point pair, at a glance
$29
Bonus 3 — Yin & Yang in Practice
What yin and yang actually mean at the treatment table — the working logic behind every chain decision
$19

For context: an orthopedic acupuncture certification runs $1,200–4,400. A weekend seminar costs $400–600, plus flights, plus two days of your clinic standing closed. The Chain™ is $169 and one evening — and your schedule stays open. It's a protocol, not a pile of hours — the price reflects what it does in a clinic, not how many minutes of video it contains.

The Chain™ — complete method (16 lessons)$269
Region-by-Region Diagnosis Demonstrations$49
Treatment-Room Workbook$29
Yin & Yang in Practice$19
Total value$366
Your price$169
All three built into the course — you save $197
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In most clinics, $169 is the price of two sessions. One MSK patient who stays because they watched their own re-test covers the entire method.

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What happens after you enrol

1.  Checkout takes about 2 minutes — $169, all taxes included, and nothing else is added at checkout.

2.  Your login details arrive by email right away, and everything is unlocked from the first minute — all the lessons, with the three bonuses already inside. No drip, no waiting.

3.  Watch tonight (~70 minutes), print the Workbook, and run your first Test → Treat → Re-test on tomorrow's patient.

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The 14-Day Clinical Guarantee

Watch the method. Use it on a real patient. If you don't see a measurable change in the re-test — or if the course simply isn't what you expected — write one email and you get 100% back. No forms. No questions. And the email goes to me — not to a support system.

Common questions

Is the price I see the price I pay?

Yes. $169 is the total wherever you are — all taxes, including EU VAT, are already included, so the amount on this page is the amount on your card. One payment, lifetime access, 14-day guarantee.

Can a needling method really be learned online?

It may seem strange — we hear that hands-on skills need a live teacher, for years. Yes, practice makes perfect. But first you have to be a beginner at something. The lessons show the exact test, the exact two points, the angle and the stimulation — close to the camera, on real patients. Then the re-test on your own patient tells you within days whether you've learned it. That's a kind of feedback most live seminars never give you.

English isn't my first language — will I be able to follow?

Yes. Every lesson has English subtitles, and the method itself is shown, not just spoken — the test, the two points, the angle and the stimulation are all demonstrated close to the camera on real patients. You can pause and re-watch any step. Practitioners from 17 countries have taken the course, most of them non-native speakers.

Does it come with CEU/PDA credits or a certificate?

No. The Chain is a clinical skill, not credit hours. If what you need this quarter is PDAs, there are cheaper ways to get them. If what you need is a repeatable result on Monday morning — that's what this is for.

What actually happens if I ask for the refund?

You write one email within 14 days — to me, not to a support system. You get 100% back. No forms to fill in, no questions to answer, no "are you sure?" offers. I built it this way on purpose: the method is verified by your re-test on a real patient, not by how hard it is to leave. And the guarantee stays exactly this simple whatever your reason.

How fast can I use it on a patient?

The course is ~70 minutes. Most practitioners watch it in one evening and run their first Test → Treat → Re-test the next day. The 14-day guarantee exists precisely so you can verify it on a real case.

I've taken courses that promised a lot and changed nothing. Why would this be different?

Fair — after a few disappointing seminars, no course description should convince you. So I won't try. The diagnostic framework here is classical; the therapy — 2 points, 1–3 minutes of stimulation, immediate re-test — is my original method, taught nowhere else. But the real answer is the re-test: use the method on one patient within 14 days, and your own re-test — not my marketing — tells you whether this course was different. If it wasn't, one email returns 100%. That test costs you nothing.