Short Biography:

• 40 years of clinical needling experience.
• 30 years of research experience. (neuroscience and pain management ) Including research at the National Institute of Health (NIH).
• Publications in Journal of Neuroscience (1998), Brain Research ( 2000), and Max Plank Institute (2005).
• Dr Ma’s textbooks were published by Elsevier, USA 2005 and 2010; in Germany 2007; in China 2000, 2007; in Brazil, 2007.
• Former instructor / researcher in the Postgraduate physical therapy program at the University of Iowa and in the Department of Experimental Therapeutics at University of Maryland, Medical School.
• Visiting Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Nantong Medical School, China.
• Visiting Professor, Medical Faculty, Paris IX (Orsay) University, France.
• Dr. Ma’s textbook on Dry Needling for sports was published in 2010 by Elsevier.
• Dr. Ma’s new textbook will be published in 2016.
• Dr. Ma presently conducts Dry Needling courses in the USA and worldwide.