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Assignment 5 due the week of 10/21

The reading assignment is the same as last week's, so if you already did it, there's nothing to read.

Reading Assignment:
Clinical Concepts, Diagnosis, Therapy (p.173-177); Visual Inspection, General Situation, Tongue Inspection (p.300 - 308); Palpation, Pulse Palpation (p.313 - 326)
Optional Reading: p. 291-299, 308-313, 326 - 327
Recommended Book: p.8, p.73-77, Manifestation of Disease (p.247), Clinical Presentation (p.250 - 255)

Writing Assignment:
0)  WRITE YOUR SID ON YOUR PAPER.  

1) (at least 250 words)  Test the range of motion of your arms and legs.  Which muscles are the tightest?  Which meridians do those muscles correspond to?  Based on the 5 Phase notes, what sort of emotional/psychological effects could this have on you?  Try Bob's stretching technique on the tightest muscle group of each of your arms and legs (that's 2-4 stretches, depending on if your arms and legs are tight in the same places)  Tell me which muscle groups you chose to stretch, how you stretched them, and how you felt 1) while you were doing it 2) just after doing it 3) 10 minutes after doing it.