Neuromuscular Acupuncture
Neuromuscular Acupuncture is distinctly different from traditional Western Acupuncture. The INMAS (Integrative Neuromuscular Acupoint System) system presents a neuroanatomically defined system of acupoints that is based on the integration of conventional Western medicine and traditional Oriental medicine bridging the gap of traditional acupuncture pain management with the Western model of pain management medicine.
INMAS combines laboratory research and practical clinical experience; it is derived from two great traditions - 300 years of Western analytical science and 2500 years of Oriental empiricism; and it succeeds in providing both the standardized treatment protocol that Western scientific medicine demands and the adjustable personalizable approach of Oriental medicine.
The goals of the INMAS system is to utilize the modern biomedical principles and the major principles of Oriental medicine: 
1. restore physiological homeostasis
2. maximize self-healing without side-effects
3. Treat both ben (the root of the disease, the whole body) and biao (the symptoms of the disease)
This system was innovated by Dr. Yun-tao Ma, a PhD neuroscientist. He has conducted research on neuronal rehabilitation and pain mechanisms for the past 22 years and has practiced acupuncture since 1970. Dr Ma has authored several texts that have helped to revolutionize medical acupuncture and is the director of the Biomedical Acupuncture Institute (BAI). www.biomedacupuncture.com
Dr Waerlop first met the world renowned Dr. Ma in Boulder in Spring of 2006 and was one of the 1st chiropractors to be accepted into the Biomedical Acupuncture program.
"Our studies under Dr. Ma proved to exceed all of our expectations and have helped us to integrate this new method of neuroanatomical neuromuscular acupuncture into our pain management programs in treating patients whom other attempts at pain treatment have failed."
Dr Waerlop and Dr Asthalter have both trained directly under Dr Ma in Boulder, Colorado. Dr Waerlop lectures with Dr Ma for the Advanced Neuromuscular Acupuncture Program and is currently authoring a neuroanatomical atlas with Dr Ma and Dr Allen, scheduled for publication in 2008.