Dr. Anthony Lombardi
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A community for Acupuncturists to learn and receive support about physical assessment, electro-acupuncture, motor point acupuncture, orthopedics, case studies, and much more.
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December 03, 2020
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Monthly subscriptions now available on the Dr. Anthony Lombardi Community for only $12/month!

A monthly subscription gives you access to a TON of additional content.

Here are some of the exclusive benefits of being a subscriber on this community:
• Additional video clips on needling technique, treatments, clinical tips
• Live Open Lab and Q&A sessions with Anthony twice every month, 1-1 ½ hours in length (Open Lab is on a first come first serve basis and is limited to 15 people/session)
• Live meetings for discussions on various clinical and treatment matters
• eBook on Electro-Acupuncture (Available January or February 2021)
• Other recorded content not previously released
• New webinars every month – Webinars are approximately 40 minutes in length and include access to the recorded versions. Here are the webinars Anthony has planned so far, through June 2021:
o December: Differentiating When to Use 2 Needle Technique vs. In-Line Technique

o January: A Safety Webinar on How & When to Needle the Subscapularis Motor Point

o February: How to Differentiate Leg Length Discrepancy & Its Effect on the MSK System

o March: Learning Time & Place: Needling the Obturator Muscle

o April: Unlocking The Clinical Secrets of the Platysma Muscle

o May: Learning Entry Point of Energy in the Wrist: The Unconventional Way to Improve Shoulder ROM

o June: The Clinical Importance of the Iliolumbar Ligament in Low Back Pain Patients

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Cool Feature on the Locals Phone app

Thank you to @susan_beck for showing me this
Neat little feature on the Locals Phone app.

Bookmarks Help you save post and videos that you want to go back to later.

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March 09, 2026
Long Distance Running

Spring is coming… eventually. And when it does, runners will start emerging again, not just the die-hards who have been braving the cold all winter. I treat a whole spectrum of runners in clinic, from Ironman athletes to weekend joggers and everything in between. This webinar is an absolute goldmine, and I hope you get as much out of it as I have.

February 14, 2026
Calling EXSTORE Grads

5 patients on needles as i make this video….

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Pain under sit bone

Question about a patient - chronic low back pain, but also has pain under the left sit bone aggravated by sitting, which is worse and more noticeable than the back pain.
Bilateral TFL and psoas tested inhibited
SLR negative
First visit - treated bilateral internal oblique, TVA, glute max and glute med - saw 50% improvement
Repeated same treatment, came back and said pain was worse and back to where it was before starting treatment.
Treated her today face up - internal oblique, TVA, and TFL bilateral with stim.
Curious if you have any insights as to how else I could approach this? Thank you!

Vascular TOS, anyone? I have a good friend (male, 45 yo) who was developing blood clots in his arm and underwent 1st rib removal surgery 5 years ago. Recently he was hospitalized with another blood clot. MDs are divided as to what to do (re-route his jugular, for example). I'm wondering if there's anything I can offer him acupuncturally to help prevent clots regardless of whatever else he's doing. (He's now on blood thinners.) @Exstoreman have you ever treated a vascular form of TOS?

Location of Soft Tissue Release for Drop Foot

@Exstoreman I now have several patients with L4-L5 herniation and drop foot and/or leg-foot nerve pain. Some of them are making good progress, others not so much.

Should I be doing soft tissue work around L4-L5 and/or elsewhere?

And you previously mentioned there's a way to use gua sha effectively for this (since I have hand/wrist injury), can you describe that?

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