Richard Clark and the ACU-Track team talk through the challenges with treating plantar heel pain and the state of the current evidence base. Richard's website is a community resource for those who are suffering from or attempting to treat plantar heel pain.  The website has a variety of invaluable information from Richard's methodology, point protocols and research and reference materials: https://podac.info/ Richard refers to various diagrams, articles and his book!  Links are below including some interesting further reading ... Richard's article discussing medical acupuncture short courses James, R, 1998, There is more to acupuncture than the weekend course. Complementary Therapies in Medicine 6 (4),203-207. http://www.integrativehealthcare.co.uk/timtatwc%200709.pdf Systematic Review Clark, RJ & Tighe, M, 2012, “The effectiveness of acupuncture for plantar heel pain: a systematic review” Acupunct Med 30: 298-306 published online doi: 10.1136/acupmed-2012-010183. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1136/acupmed-2012-010183 Critical Interpretive Synthesis Clark MT, Clark RJ, Toohey S, et al.(2016) “Rationales and treatment approaches underpinning the use of acupuncture and related techniques for plantar heel pain - a critical interpretive synthesis”. Acupuncture in Medicine. Published Online First:9/7/16. doi:10.1136/acupmed-2015-011042. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1136/acupmed-2015-011042 Richard's book Advances in acupuncture for heel pain: towards integrative practice and research https://www.amazon.co.uk/Advances-acupuncture-heel-pain-integrative/dp/B08PJK8WXN Richard's Blog page that refers to multiple uses of KI3 https://podac.info/the-many-facets-of-taixi-ki3 Images DO points https://podac.info/the-do-points Patchwork model https://podac.info/elementor-768 Space-Time image (scroll down) https://podac.info/elementor-768 Further reading Maura Flannery’s article giving the feminist perspective Flannery, M. C. (2001). Quilting: A Feminist Metaphor for Scientific Inquiry. Qualitative Inquiry, 7(5), 628–645. https://doi.org/10.1177/107780040100700507 Richard's article elaborating on Refractive Practice Clark, RJ. Reflective and Refractive Practice: Lessons from Reviewing Acupuncture for Plantar Heel Pain.  Journal of Chinese Medicine 2022 130 17-28. https://www.jcm.co.uk/reflective-and-refractive-practice-lessons-from-reviewing-acupuncture-for-plantar-heel-pain.html Full text versions of the SR and CIS, plus a list of Richard's other publications are available on his ResearchGate page https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Richard-Clark-5