Road Maps to Clinical Success
With Instructor Anthony Von der Muhll, L.Ac., DAOM, DNBAO, FAIPM
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Chart your path to success in acupuncture orthopedics, sports medicine, and pain management! If you are considering specialization in this rapidly-growing arena, or Certification in Acupuncture Orthopedics through AOM Professional, this class is a great place to start! Gain an overview of ways to build the essential knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as immediately-applicable take-home strategies and techniques.
Overview of Orthopedic Pain and Disability
- Pain as a subjective perception of past, current or potential tissue damage
- Integrating Eastern and Western understandings of pain and disability
- Chronic pain mechanisms and the degenerative cascade
- The jingjin (“sinew meridians” or myofascial tracts) and progression of bi syndromes in Traditional East Asian medicine
- Challenges, standards and goals: paradigm shift from passive pain relief to pro-active functional restoration
Building Clinical Skills in Acupuncture Orthopedics
- Taking effective histories of orthopedic conditions
- Integrating Easter and Western orthopedic physical exam
- Orthopedic pattern recognition, diagnosis, and functional capacity evaluation
- Case management and treatment planning for orthopedic conditions
- Selecting, combining, and sequencing AOM modalities for optimal therapeutic responses, including:
- Myofascial trigger point acupuncture
- Myofascial gua sha
- Electroacupuncture
- Advanced cupping for orthopedics: passive mobilization, active movement, and "wet" cupping
- Lancet, 3-edged and 7-star needling
- Joint stabilization/mobilization ("prolo-") acupuncture
- Making distant needling work for orthopedic conditions
Enhancing Abilities to Work in Orthopedics, Sports and Physical Medicine, and Pain Management Clinics
- Medical documentation & report-writing for managed care (HMO, Personal Injury & Work Comp)
- Making and building effective referrals and collaborative relationships
Resources for further education and training
- Texts, online resources
- Tools and equipment
- Volunteer work and apprenticeships
- Educational coursework
- Effective study methods
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