Low Back, Core & Pelvic Girdle

In-Person Classes & Live Webinars

Must be attended at the time/date offered for Live PDAs/CEUs

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Basics of Low Back

Live Webinar with Anthony Von der Muhll

Monday, January 27, 2025, 8:00-9:00 Eastern Time

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Low Back, Core, Pelvic Girdle:  History, Examination, Assessment & Treatment

with Anthony Von der Muhll

Saturday-Sunday, February 22-23, 2025, 8:30-5:30

In-person only at:

Virginia University of Integrative Medicine

1980 Gallows Road, Vienna VA 22182

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Low Back, Core, Pelvic Girdle: Review/Practicum Lab

with Anthony Von der Muhll

Monday, February 24, 2024, 8:30-5:30

In-person only at:

Virginia University of Integrative Medicine

1980 Gallows Road, Vienna VA

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Self-Paced Distance Learning

1-year on-demand access

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Low Back, Core & Pelvic Girdle:  History, Exam, Assessment, Treatment

Self-Paced Distance-Learning Module

with Anthony Von der Muhll

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--Ebooks are included with class purchase--please do not purchase both. When purchased separately, Ebooks are for informational purposes only--no PDAs/CEUs.

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Comments from Course Evaluations

"I always discover gems that are immediately useful in my practice from Anthony's teaching. Anthony really does a good job of providing relevant clinical examples (not just presenting the slide info)." -- Carolyn Cohen, Oakland CA

 

Clinical anatomy, kinesiology, and the jing-jin ("sinew meridians" or myofascial tracts)

  • Bones, muscles, discs and facet joints, and neurology
  • Postural and motion dysfunctions
  • The arthritic progression: strain/sprain, derangement, degeneration, from qi stagnation to bone bi/phlegm and blood stasis knotted together

History-taking: key diagnostic questions

  • "Red flag" symptoms of urgent/serious medical conditions potentially warranting referral to physician care: stenosis, tumors, infection, fractures, and radiculopathies
  • Differentiating symptoms of muscles, joint, disc, and spinal cord, and nerve root injuries
  • Neural hypersensitization and psycho-social factors
  • Functional capacity questionnaires for reporting to managed care insurance

Physical exam of the low back, core and pelvic girdle: how findings can guide acupuncture treatment

  • Observation, inspection and palpation
  • Joint exam: active range-of-motion and passive stress testing sacroiliac joint and pubic symphysis
  • Neurologic exam: upper motor neuron; leg reflex, sensory, and motor function; sciatic neuropathy
  • Manual strength testing and referred pain pattern charts for 10 key muscles of the low back, core and pelvic girdle
  • Special orthopedic tests for the lumbosacral spine
  • Documentation of physical exam findings
  • Measuring and reporting functional capacity baselines and treatment outcomes
  • Clinical flow charts to facilitate efficiency and accuracy in examination

Diagnosis and Pattern Identification

  • Lumbosacral sprains/strains, postural and motion dysfunctions, and myofascial pain of the iliopsoas, quadratus lumborum, paraspinals, abdominals and gluteals
  • True sciatica vs. radiculitis vs. piriformis myofascial pain
  • Radiculopathies and stenosis
  • Post-partum pain, insufficiency of the iliolumbar and sacrotuberous ligaments, and dysfunctions of the sacroiliac and pubic symphysis joints
  • Chronic lumbosacral pain, spondylosis, arthritis, degenerative disc disease, scoliosis
  • Spondylolisthesis and compression fractures
  • Failed low back surgery syndromes

Treatment

Build on your skills with the Review/Practicum Lab

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Essential Orthopedic Acupuncture Techniques and Modalities

Live Webinar -- Monday, Dec. 16, 5:00-6:30 p.m. Pacific Time

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--Ebooks are included with class purchase--please do not purchase both. When purchased separately, Ebooks are for informational purposes only--no PDAs/CEUs.

Questions? Please visit our FAQ page. Thank you for your purchase!

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First time user? Your account will be automatically be created after purchase. Please note:

--Webinars require continuous attendance on the date(s) offered to receive PDAs/CEUs. If you cannot attend, please consider a self-paced distance-learning version instead, if available, or another class that you will be able to attend.

--Ebooks are included with class purchase--please do not purchase both. When purchased separately, Ebooks are for informational purposes only--no PDAs/CEUs.

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Comments from Course Evaluations

 

"Anthony is an excellent teacher. His years of experience and clarity in presenting materials was really outstanding!"

--  Gabriella Jones, L.Ac., Santa Cruz, California

Does your clinical toolbox contain the essential modalities and techniques for treating orthopedic pain and disability? This class will help you round out your knowledge and sharpen your skill set!

Review indications, contraindications, cautions, safety considerations, best uses and limitations, and ways to develop the knowledge and skills needed for safe and effective applications of:

  • Electroacupuncture
  • Myofascial trigger and motor point needling
  • Joint stabilization/mobilization and ligamentous prolo-acupuncture
  • Neural acupuncture
  • 7-star, lancet and 3-edged needling
  • Optimizing classical distant, ear and scalp needling for orthopedics
  • Myofascial gua sha
  • Orthopedic cupping
  • Therapeutic exercise

Take home practical strategies for matching techniques and modalities to patients’ injuries, needs, goals and tolerance, and for sequencing and combining them for efficiency, comfort and efficacy.

This introductory class prepares students to get the most out of the 4-part Jing-Jin series and the 5-part Spine & Extremities series.

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