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Class	Notes/E-books
Acupuncture Orthopedics Essentials I: Fundamentals	View Notes/E-book
Acupuncture Orthopedics Essentials II: Physical Exam, Diagnosis, and Treatment Principles	View Notes/E-book
Acupuncture Orthopedics Essentials III: Myofascial Trigger Point and Joint Stabilization/Mobilization Needling	View Notes/E-book
Acupuncture Treatment of the Jing-Jin (“Sinew Meridians”): Introduction	View Notes/E-book
Acupuncture Treatment of the Shaoyang Jing-Jin (“Sinew Meridian”): the Lateral Tract	View Notes/E-book
Acupuncture Treatment of the Taiyang Jing-Jin (“Sinew Meridian”): the Posterior Tract	View Notes/E-book
Acupuncture Treatment of the Yangming Jing-Jin (“Sinew Meridian”): the Anterior Tract	View Notes/E-book
Acupuncture Treatment of the 3 Yin Jing-Jin (“Sinew Meridians”): the Medial and Axial Tracts	View Notes/E-book
Advanced Cupping for Orthopedic Conditions	View Notes/E-book
Building Your AOM Practice	View Notes/E-book
Calf, Ankle, Foot	View Notes/E-book
Clinical Applications of AOM Research	View Notes/E-book
Complex and Chronic Pain	View Notes/E-book
Electroacupuncture for Orthopedic Conditions	View Notes/E-book
Exercise Therapy for Acupuncturists	View Notes/E-book
Head, Neck, Thorax	View Notes/E-book
Hip, Thigh, Knee	View Notes/E-book
Low Back, Core and Pelvic Girdle	View Notes/E-book
Medical Documentation: Essential Best Practices	View Notes/E-book
Myofascial Gua Sha for Orthopedic Conditions	View Notes/E-book
Overview of Acupuncture Orthopedics: Road Maps to Clinical Success	View Notes/E-book
Professional Ethics and Risk Management	View Notes/E-book
Report-Writing for Managed Care: HMO, Personal Injury & Workers Compensation	View Notes/E-book
Shoulder, Arm, Hand	View Notes/E-book
Starting Your AOM Practice	View Notes/E-book

Calf, Ankle & Foot — Review and Practicum Lab

Mon July 29, 2024, 9:00-6:00 p.m. at 1600 Broadway, Oakland CA

8 NCCAOM PDAs approved; CAB CEUs Category 1 available on request received prior to June 29, 2024

Course Content

Practice, apply, re-inforce and expand upon physical examination and treatment techniques taught in the associated didactic module.
Labs focus on areas of technical difficulty, and provide an opportunity for presentation, demonstration treatment and discussion of challenging cases.
Note: Practicum/Review Labs are opens only to participants who have completed the prior associated didactic module: Calf, Ankle and Foot.

Calf, Ankle & Foot Physical Exam

Ankle, foot, and toe joint review:
- AROM assessment
- Joint play and end-fee testingl
- Joint stabilization prolo-acupuncture
Calf muscle review: manual strength testing, trigger point needling, gua sha and tui na therapies
- Plantarflexors + invertors
- Plantarflexors + evertors
- Dorsiflexors + invertors
- Dorsiflexors + evertors
Ankle and foot protective and corrective therapies review
- Taping techniques
- Ankle stability and control exercises
- Calf strengthening and stretching

Case presentation/treatment demonstration and discussion

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Exercise Therapy for Acupuncturists

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"Is there anything I can do on my own to treat this?

"Should I do this exercise my fitness trainer showed me, even though it hurts?"

"I want to get more cardio and lose weight. Should I run, swim, or bike?"

"When can I go back to my gym workout/yoga class/marathon training?"

How often do we hear our patients ask questions like this? Now you'll have some better answers...

Easy-to-teach exercises can improve clinical outcomes by actively involving patients in self-care, and can complement AOM modalities. Drawing from qi gong, yoga, Pilates, and other techniques, we will discuss exercises for specific injuries to help patients to:

Reduce stress, muscle tension, pain, anxiety and depression
Accelerate healing and reduce chronicity of sprain/strain injuries
Re-stabilize hypermobile joints, and restore normal joint tracking and biomechanics
Slow and allow for reversal of joint degeneration that leads to osteoarthrosis
Enhance the treatment of muscles, nerves, and other tissues and systems that contribute to chronic pain
Maintain bone density, muscle strength and flexibility, coordination, and balance to reduce the risk of falls and injuries
Support the patient in an active lifestyle and meeting their goals for health, fitness, work, sports and recreation
Improve health of internal organs; the cardiovascular, lymphatic, endocrine & immune systems; mind, mood, & sleep; & overall quality & quantity of life.

Topics include:

When to prescribe--or "un-prescribe" exercises: post-injury/surgery, chronic pain, and health maintenance
How best to co-manage patients with physical therapists and surgical rehabilitation teams
Which exercises can patients safely and effectively perform at home, for what body regions, systems, and injuries
Analyzing common qi gong, yoga, Pilates, gym workouts, etc. for their risks and benefits, from an integrative East-West orthopedic and neurologic perspective
Adapting exercises for specific conditions and patients
How to integrate exercise therapy into the flow of a busy acupuncture clinic
Scope-of-practice, coding, billing and malpractice considerations

And what's good for our patients is good for us--we'll review self-care exercises and ergonomics for acupuncturists!

General considerations in exercise therapy

Review of L.Ac. scope-of-practice issues
Risks and benefits: when to prescribe, un-prescribe, or refer out for co-management
Co-managing with physical therapists: phases, benchmarks and goals of post-injury/surgery rehabilitation
Exercise cautions and contraindications
Differentiating exercise-induced injury vs. therapeutic delayed onset muscle soreness
Prescription essentials: timing, sequence, repetitions, sets, duration, intensity, frequency

Roles of and indications for specific exercise techniques and styles:

Functional re-training: activities of daily living, work ergonomics, recreation and sports
Stress reduction: qi gong and breathing exercises
Flexibility: passive and active stretching, static and flow yoga styles
Neurologic re-training and coordination
Strengthening and stabilization exercises
Joint loosening warm-ups, reciprocal inhibition, and abdominal bracing to improve safety and efficacy across all exercise styles
Cardiovascular exercise for general health
Assessing exercise prescription from the viewpoint of jing-jin and zang-fu imbalances

Exercise prescription for specific body regions, injuries and pain

Spinal exercise prescription: upper body
- Cervical stabilization
- Thoracic mobilization
Upper extremity exercise prescription
- Scapular stabilization and shoulder strengthening
- Elbow, forearm and wrist exercise therapy
Spinal exercise prescription: lower body
- Core/lumbar stabilization
Lower extremity exercise prescription
- Hip strengthening and mobilization
- Knee stabilization
- Calf, ankle and foot rehabilitation
Putting it all together: posture, gait and ergonomics

Integrating exercise prescription into an acupuncture clinic

Combining exercise with manual therapy and cupping in the same visit
Tools, supplies, and space considerations
Documentation, coding and billing for therapeutic exercise
Stand-alone exercise classes: insurance, scope of practice and malpractice considerations
Exercise knowledge and skill development for acupuncturists

Coaching patients on health maintenance through exercise

Working with patient’s exercise readiness, compliance, tolerance and goals
Home programs and telemedicine consults
Group classes vs. individualized training
Cardiovascular exercise options and prescription
Recognizing limits and injuries; managing exercise-induced delayed-onset muscle soreness

To get the most out of this class, please wear workout clothes and shoes, and bring the following exercise tools, which you will be able to use later in your clinic. Exercise equipment will not be provided.

One or more pairs of dumbbells in the 2-10 lb. range (a pair of 8-oz soup cans will do)
Resistance tubing/bands of light-moderate gauge; also, squeeze balls, rings
A wobble cushion/disc (e.g. “dynadisc”)
6” diameter rigid foam roller
Yoga/exercise mat + straps or belts

Links are for informational purposes only and do not represent product endorsements. Anthony Von der Muhll does not have any financial relationship with exercise equipment makers or vendors.

Starting Your AOM Practice

Course Content

Many acupuncture practices struggle, not for lack of medical training, but for inadequate planning, development and management of a health-care enterprise. This class will help participants plan for and implement success!

Workshop Topics:

Start-up essentials, options and strategies
Further education, training and specialization
Securing locations and rental/employment agreement terms that work for you and your patients
Business planning essentials: financing, fee-setting, and appointment schedules

Who should take these classes:

AOM students planning their future practice
Recently-licensed acupuncturists
Those transitioning to a new practice model or location
Those re-entering the profession
Anyone who wants support in starting and building a safe, sustainable and satisfying practice!

Participants receive:

A “starter kit” of sample spreadsheets, clinic operating procedures, and marketing and educational materials
On-going access to class notes and discussion forums

The topics in this class are continued in the afternoon 2:00-6:00 p.m., with Building Your AOM Practice:

Key metrics to track for business development.
Insurance billing basics, and whether to join–or quit–managed care networks
Practice and risk management essentials
Customer service: keys to success!
No-cost, efficient marketing and referral-building strategies.
The golden parachute: planning and selling your practice for maximum value

Take both classes for -10% off each!

Anthony Von der Muhll L.Ac., DNBAO, FAAPM specializes in sports injuries and orthopedic and pain conditions. He became Licensed as an Acupuncturist in 2003, and was the first graduate of the Five Branches University’s’ Integrative Sports Medicine program. He has served as a Clinical Instructor and Associate Professor at the Five Branches since 2005, and as a Doctoral Program Instructor in Integrative Acupuncture Orthopedics at the Academy of Chinese Culture and Health Sciences. He is also a Diplomate of the National Board of Acupuncture Orthopedics, a Fellow of the American Academy of Pain Management, and certified as a Myofascial Trigger Point Therapist (“dry needling”) through Myopain Seminars . He has over 20 years of clinical experience as a sports massage therapist, physical therapy aide, athletic training assistant, and licensed acupuncturist in multi-disciplinary clinics, including SpineMed Associates and the PRIME Pain Medicine Institute. He has also served as an Expert Witness for the California Acupuncture Board (CAB) and in malpractice litigation, and a practice manager and consultant to numerous acupuncturists. He is an approved by the CAB as a provider for Continuing Education (Provider #1225)

For more information:
Email: info@aomprofessional.com
Phone: 1-800-499-1438

Shoulder, Arm, Hand

Shoulder Arm Hand Distance-Learning Module

with Anthony Von der Muhll

16 distance-learning NCCAOM PDAs and CAB CEUs Category approved

History-taking for the shoulder: key diagnostic questions

"Red flag" symptoms of urgent/serious medical conditions warranting referral to physician care: fractures, dislocations and complete tears; neuropathies; tumors
Differentiating symptoms of muscle, tendon, ligament, labral, capsular, and nerve injuries
Neural hypersensitization and psycho-social factors
Functional capacity questionnaires for reporting to managed care insurance

Physical exam of the shoulder: how findings can guide treatment with acupuncture modalities

Observation, inspection and palpation
Joint active range-of-motion and tracking exam: taking measurements and diagnostic significance
Assessment of joint stability through end-feel testing
Muscle length and manual strength testing and referred pain patterns charts for 18 key muscles of the shoulder girdle
Special orthopedic tests
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, pattern identification and treatment for shoulder girdle pain, injuries and disability

Gleno-humeral joint
- Non-capsular patterns: AMBRI and SLAP (labral) tears
- Capsular patterns: osteoarthorosis, capsulitis, and "frozen shoulder"
Acromio- and sterno-clavicular joint sprains/separations and hypermobility
Rotator cuff tendonitis/tendonosus, impingement, and bursitis
Bicipital tendinopathies

Arm, Wrist, and Hand

Clinical anatomy, kinesiology, and the jing-jin:

Elbow joints: ulnar-humeral, radio-humeral and -capitellar
Wrist joints: ulnar-carpal, radio-carpal, and distal radio-ulnar
Muscles and tendons of the upper- and fore- arm and hand

History-taking for the arm, wrist, and hand: key diagnostic questions

"Red flag" symptoms of urgent/serious medical conditions potentially warranting referral to physician care: fractures, neuropathies, complex regional pain syndrome
Differentiating symptoms of muscle, tendon, ligament, joint, and nerve injuries
Neural hypersensitization and psycho-social factors
Functional capacity questionnaires for reporting to managed care insurance

Physical exam of the arm, wrist and hand

Observation, inspection and palpation
Active and passive range-of-motion examination of the elbow, wrist, and finger joints: measurements and diagnostic significance
Assessment of joint stability through end-feel testing of the elbow, wrist and finger
Peripheral nerve sensory and motor exams
Manual and dynamometer strength testing, muscle length testing, and referred pain pattern charts for 20 key muscles of the arm, wrist and hand
Special orthopedic, neurologic and vascular tests
Documentation of physical exam findings
Measuring and reporting functional capacity baselines and treatment outcomes
Algorithmic flow charts to facilitate efficiency and accuracy in examination

Diagnosis, pattern identification and treatment for arm, wrist and hand pain, injuries and disability

Posterior & radial tracts: yangming and shaoyang

Tennis elbow, extensor strains, tendinosus, radial tunnel compression neuritis and palsy
Radial styloid stenosing tenosynovitis
Radial collateral ligament sprains and hypermobility

Ulnar tract: taiyang and shaoyin

Ulnar neuritis/neuropathy
- Ulnar groove compression
- Canal of Guyon compression
Acute sprains and chronic laxity of the ulnar-carpal joint
Acute tendonitis and chronic tendonosus
- Golfer’s elbow & “medial epicondylitis”
- Extensor carpi ulnaris
- Flexor carpi ulnaris
- Abductor digiti minimi
- Ulnar collateral ligament laxity & “Little league elbow”

Anterior tract: taiyin, shaoyin, jueyin

Biceps, supinator and forearm flexor tendonitis and tendonosus
Median neuritis/neuropathy
- Pronator teres syndrome
- Carpal tunnel syndrome

Intrinsic wrist conditions

1st CMC joint pain: sprains, DJD
Triangular fibrocartilage complex tears

Intrinsic hand conditions

MCP and inter-phalangeal joints
- Sprains and laxity of finger collateral ligaments
- Degenerative joint disease
Finger extensor tendonitis

Ergonomics, postural correction and exercise therapy for shoulder, arm and hand conditions:

Scapular stabilization
Rotator cuff strengthening
Forearm exercises
Wrist stabilization
Keyboard ergonomics

Alphabetized & Searcheable

With Instructor Anthony Von der Muhll, L.Ac., DAOM, DNBAO, FAIPM

Course Content

Calf, Ankle & Foot Physical Exam

Case presentation/treatment demonstration and discussion

"Is there anything I can do on my own to treat this?

"Should I do this exercise my fitness trainer showed me, even though it hurts?"

"I want to get more cardio and lose weight. Should I run, swim, or bike?"

"When can I go back to my gym workout/yoga class/marathon training?"

How often do we hear our patients ask questions like this? Now you'll have some better answers...

Easy-to-teach exercises can improve clinical outcomes by actively involving patients in self-care, and can complement AOM modalities. Drawing from qi gong, yoga, Pilates, and other techniques, we will discuss exercises for specific injuries to help patients to:

Topics include:

And what's good for our patients is good for us--we'll review self-care exercises and ergonomics for acupuncturists!

General considerations in exercise therapy

Roles of and indications for specific exercise techniques and styles:

Exercise prescription for specific body regions, injuries and pain

Integrating exercise prescription into an acupuncture clinic

Coaching patients on health maintenance through exercise

To get the most out of this class, please wear workout clothes and shoes, and bring the following exercise tools, which you will be able to use later in your clinic. Exercise equipment will not be provided.

With Instructor Anthony Von der Muhll, L.Ac., DAOM, DNBAO, FAIPM

Course Content

Workshop Topics:

Who should take these classes:

Participants receive:

The topics in this class are continued in the afternoon 2:00-6:00 p.m., with Building Your AOM Practice:

Take both classes for -10% off each!

Next offering: TBA. Please let us know of your interest in a distance-learning class.

With Instructors Anthony Von der Muhll, L.Ac., DAOM, DNBAO, FAIPM

Shoulder Arm Hand Distance-Learning Module

with Anthony Von der Muhll

The Shoulder Girdle

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

History-taking for the shoulder: key diagnostic questions

Physical exam of the shoulder: how findings can guide treatment with acupuncture modalities

Diagnosis, pattern identification and treatment for shoulder girdle pain, injuries and disability

Arm, Wrist, and Hand

Clinical anatomy, kinesiology, and the jing-jin:

History-taking for the arm, wrist, and hand: key diagnostic questions

Physical exam of the arm, wrist and hand

Diagnosis, pattern identification and treatment for arm, wrist and hand pain, injuries and disability

Posterior & radial tracts: yangming and shaoyang

Ulnar tract: taiyang and shaoyin

Anterior tract: taiyin, shaoyin, jueyin

Intrinsic wrist conditions

Intrinsic hand conditions

Ergonomics, postural correction and exercise therapy for shoulder, arm and hand conditions:

Build on your skills with the Review/Practicum Lab