Acupuncture Orthopedics Essentials I: Fundamentals

Neck and shoulder injuries and pain serve as a clinical example to demonstrate theory, principles, modalities and techniques of acupuncture orthopedics.

• Overview of acupuncture orthopedics: integrating Eastern and Western understandings of injuries, pain and disability
  • From acute injury to chronic pain and disability: bi syndromes and the degenerative cascade
  • Challenges, standards and goals for treating injuries, pain and disability
  • Moving beyond passive symptom relief to active restoration of functional capacity
  • Resources for developing essential knowledge, skills and abilities
• Pain psychology and neural hypersensitivity: recognizing and treating hidden mind-body pathomechanisms of chronic pain and disability
• Optimal treatment of orthopedic tissues
  • Bones, joints, muscles, tendons, ligaments: selecting the best AOM treatment modalities
• Kinesiology and the jing-jin (“sinew channels”): understanding posture and motion disorders
• The orthopedic interview: taking an effective history
  • Objectives, challenges, priorities, structure and flow
  • Key questions for assessing severity/urgency and focusing physical exam
  • Essential inquiry for diagnosis and pattern recognition
  • Interview techniques to build patient rapport and a strong therapeutic alliance

Student Ratings and Comments

from evaluations as required by California Acupuncture Board, prior live class offerings in 2016 and 2017.

Respondents: 29 of 37 enrolled

Average rating: 98/100

“Excellent teacher”  –Anonymous

“Thank you. Instructor is outstanding.”  –Anonymous

“Anthony is a gem! He is very clear and organized.”  –Anonymous

“Good choice for a teacher.”  –Anonymous