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Myofascial Gua Sha for Orthopedic Conditions

Myofascial gua sha requires more skill and training than conventional wei qi gua sha in order to safely and effectively treat the muscles, tendons, and aponeuroses of the jing-jin ("sinew meridians") or myofascial tracts, while avoiding destabilization of adjacent joints or trauma to nerves. Learn how to:

Class topics

Overview of Myofascial Gua Sha for orthopedic conditions

  • Tools and techniques
  • Safety and standards of care
    • Cautions and contraindications
    • Patient education and informed consent
    • Safety protocols and management of adverse events
    • Tool disinfection
  • Post-Myofascial gua sha protocols

Protocols for specific body regions

  • Cervical and thoracic spine
  • Shoulder girdle
  • Forearm
  • Gluteals
  • Quadriceps, IT band and hamstrings
  • Calves and Achilles tendon
  • Hands and feet

Integrating Myofascial Gua Sha into acupuncture clinic flow

  • Combining gua sha with other therapies
  • Coding and billing
  • Documentation for malpractice defense and to support insurance billing

"Another great class! Thank you."

-- Lisa Zeppegno, L.Ac., Petaluma, CA

Electroacupuncture for Orthopedic Conditions

Why Electroacupuncture (EA)? EA has unique therapeutic effects, and complements manual acupuncture:

  • Provokes strong pain control responses through release of the brain’s own opioid neurotransmitters (including endorphins, dynorphins, enkephalins), as well as up-regulation of serotonin, a critical mood stabilizing biomolecule.
  • Interrupts pain/spasm cycles, and can facilitate the gains in joint range-of-motion crucial to physical rehabilitation.
  • Stimulates proprioceptive nerve fibers, resulting in muscle re-balancing and re-education of hypo-functioning or injured muscles.
  • Normalizes local blood flow and lymphatic drainage.
  • Speeds up cell metabolism, thus stimulating tissue repair and regeneration.

Electroacupuncture is safe for long-term use and without known side-effects. Properly-applied, electroacupuncture is no more uncomfortable, and is better tolerated by some patients, than manual stimulation of needles to bring about pain relief.

Electroacupuncture safety:

  • Cautions and contraindications
  • Patient education and informed consent
  • Safety protocols and management of adverse events

Electroacupuncture parameters and settings:

  • Amplitude: milli- and micro-
  • Frequency
  • Mode
  • Duration
  • Polarity and lead placement

Integrating electroacupuncture into acupuncture clinic flow:

  • Combining electroacupuncture with other therapies
  • Documentation for malpractice defense and to support insurance billing

Student Comments:

  • "I really appreciated the straightforward and science based education on how to properly apply e-stim. I understand it so much better now!" -- Elizabeth Angiello, Richmond, CA

 

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Advanced Cupping for Orthopedic Conditions

including passive mobilization, active movement, and "wet" cupping

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

Cupping has unique benefits for musculo-skeletal pain that cannot be obtained any other way. Cupping decompresses and stretches myofascial tissues away from the underlying structures (instead of pushing them into bones, like massage).

Beyond "set and forget" static cups, advanced orthopedic cupping can provide more powerful therapeutic effects for neuro-musculoskeletal pain and disability, including:

  • Precisely and actively engaging, stretching and mobilizing the underlying muscles, tendons, fascia and joints
  • Reducing painful trigger points and adhesions
  • Triggering muscle relaxation reflexes
  • Draining areas of inflammation and lymphatic congestion (heat, qi and blood stagnation, and damp-phlegm accumulations)
  • Drawing fresh blood through tight, adhered or restricted muscles, removing wastes and bringing new oxygen and nutrients to injured area
  • Decreasing pain-inhibition to movement
  • And restoring normal muscle-tendon strength and flexibility, and joint range-of-motion

Passive cupping

Beyond "sliding," passive cupping employs specific mobilization techniques using both directed suction, and passive movement of the affected limbs.

Active cupping

Guiding patients through precise movements with cups in place over specific myofascial tissues combines therapeutic exercise with suction for synergistic benefits.

Passive and active cupping requires the acupuncturist to understand the optimal types and directions of myofascial tissue mobilization for specific body regions and injuries.

"Wet" cupping

involves cups applied to body regions following the use of a 7-star, lancet or 3-edged needle, in order to enhance the movement of stagnant body fluids that trap heat, dampness and phlegm (inflammation) and obstruct the inflow of new, fresh blood.

Class Topics:

Safety and standards of care

  • Cautions and contraindications
  • Patient education and informed consent
  • Manual pump vs. fire cupping
  • Risk reduction protocols and management of adverse events
  • Cup disinfection and re-use
  • Post-cupping protocols

Passive and active cupping: therapeutic mechanisms, indications and protocols for specific body regions

  • Regional muscle hypertonicity/spasticity
  • Paraspinals
  • Forearm
  • Shoulder girdle
  • Gluteals
  • Quadriceps, IT band and hamstrings
  • Calves

“Wet” cupping: therapeutic mechanisms, indications and protocols for specific conditions

  • Acute sprain/strain injuries
  • Bursitis (shoulder, hip, knee, calcaneal)
  • Adhesive capsulitis
  • Tendinitis and tendinosis
  • Chronic myofascial pain and blood stasis

Integrating advanced orthopedic cupping into acupuncture clinic flow.

  • Combining cupping with other therapies
  • Billing and coding
  • Documentation for malpractice defense and to support insurance billing

Student Comments:

  • "Can't wait to apply these new techniques in my practice! I already have a few patients in mind." -- Elizabeth Angiello, Richmond, CA

Distance Learning/Self-Study Courses

Includes lifetime access to pre-recorded live webinar videos, slideshows, & course notes

Please click the blue purchase button(s) for the classes you want below, then go to your shopping cart to complete your purchase. If you are a first-time student, an account will automatically be created for you during the checkout--no need to create one in advance. (If you are a return student, log in to your account to have your information populated into the checkout page).

 

TopicsClasses are pending or approved by NCCAOM &/or CAB, as stated below***
Contact your state licensing board for information about any limitations on the number of distance-learning class hours that may be applied towards license renewal.
Free Introductory Courses
Acupuncture Treatment of the Jing-Jin (“Sinew Meridians”): Introduction1 Distance-learning NCCAOM PDA & CAB CEU Category 1 approved
Basics of Neck1 Distance-learning NCCAOM PDA approved
Essential Orthopedic Acupuncture Techniques & Modalities1 Distance-learning NCCAOM PDA & CAB CEU Category 1 approved
Contact
Overview of Acupuncture Orthopedics: Road Maps to Clinical Success1 Distance-learning NCCAOM PDA & CAB CEU Category 1 approved
Acupuncture Orthopedics Essentials
Acupuncture Orthopedics Essentials I: Fundamentals8 distance-learning NCCAOM PDAs & CAB CEUs approved
Acupuncture Orthopedics Essentials II: Exam, Diagnosis, and Treatment Principles8 distance-learning NCCAOM PDAs & CAB CEUs approved
Acupuncture Orthopedics Essentials III: Myofascial Trigger Point and Joint Stabilization/Mobilization Needling8 distance-learning NCCAOM PDAs & CAB CEUs approved
Treating the Jing-Jin ("Sinew Meridians")
Acupuncture Treatment of the Taiyang Jing-Jin (“Sinew Meridian”): the Posterior Tract7 Distance-learning NCCAOM PDAs approved; CAB CEUs available on request
Acupuncture Treatment of the Shaoyang Jing-Jin (“Sinew Meridian”): the Lateral Tract8 Distance-learning NCCAOM PDAs approved; CAB CEUs available on request
Acupuncture Treatment of the Yangming Jing-Jin (“Sinew Meridian”): the Anterior Tract8 Distance-learning NCCAOM PDAs approved; CAB CEUs available on request
Acupuncture Treatment of the 3 Yin Jing-Jin (“Sinew Meridians”): the Medial and Axial Tracts8 Distance-learning NCCAOM PDAs approved; CAB CEUs available on request
Acupuncture Orthopedics: Modalities
Advanced Cupping for Orthopedic Conditions3 Distance-learning NCCAOM PDAs; CAB CEUs available on request
Electroacupuncture for Orthopedic Conditions3 Distance-learning NCCAOM PDAs; CAB CEUs available on request
Exercise Therapy for Acupuncturists8 Distance-learning NCCAOM PDAs; CAB CEUs available on request
Myofascial Gua Sha for Orthopedic Conditions2 Distance-learning NCCAOM PDAs; CAB CEUs available on request
Spine & Extremities
Calf, Ankle, Foot16 Distance-learning NCCAOM PDAs & CAB CEUs approved
Head, Neck, Thorax16 Distance-learning NCCAOM PDAs approved; CAB CEUs available on request
Hip, Thigh, Knee16 Distance-learning NCCAOM PDAs & CAB CEUs approved
Low Back, Core, Pelvic Girdle16 Distance-learning NCCAOM PDAs approved; CAB CEUs available on request
Shoulder Arm Hand16 Distance-learning NCCAOM PDAs & CAB CEUs approved
Practice Building & Risk Management
Avoiding Lawsuits I: Essential Principles & Practices2 Distance-learning NCCAOM Safety & CAB Category 1 CEUs approved
Avoiding Lawsuits II: Clarifying Gray Areas in Scope of Practice & Consent2 Live NCCAOM Safety PDAs & CAB Category 1 CEUs approved
Avoiding Lawsuits III: Standards of Care, Safety & Documentation2 Live NCCAOM Safety PDAs & CAB Category 1 CEUs approved
Avoiding Lawsuits IV: Ethics & Laws in Marketing and Billing 2 Distance-learning NCCAOM Ethics PDAs & CAB Category 1 CEUs approved
California Scope of Practice Laws: Clarifying the Gray Areas 2 Distance-learning CAB Category 1 Law & Ethics CEUs &
NCCAOM Bio PDAs approved
Medical Documentation: Essential Best Practices5 Distance-learning NCCAOM Safety PDAs & CAB CEUs Category 1 approved
Report-Writing for Managed Care: HMO, Personal Injury, Workers Compensation5 Distance-learning NCCAOM Safety PDAs & CAB CEUs Category 1 approved

Terms of Enrollment

**Refund Policies.

  • All Live Classes (except non-refundable Cadaver Labs):
    • Tuition refund requests must be made in writing
    • A $40 cancellation fee, or 40% of tuition for live classes under $100, will be deducted from the amount refunded.
    • As an alternative, purchasers may request a credit for tuition, minus a $15 processing fee. Credits may be applied towards any other class or product.
    • Refunds will not be issued after the date of live classes or webinars that are missed, commenced, or completed.
  • Live In-person/Hands-on Classes:
    • Refunds and credits will only be issued for requests received more than 14 days in advance of a module date.
    • Purchasers may request credit towards future classes instead of refunds, however, due to enrollment caps, no guarantee is made that tuition paid in advance for one module can be transferred towards registration for a specific different module.
  • Live Webinars:
    • Live webinars will be broadcast using Zoom. No tuition refunds or compensation payments will be issued for any liabilities or damages resulting from the downloading the Zoom app and/or usage of Zoom, nor for any difficulties or inability to access the class with Zoom. We will assist with, but cannot guarantee access to the class meeting from devices. We cannot assist with or guarantee internet or cellular connectivity, device functionality, or Zoom-device compatibility.
  • Non-refundable classes and products:
    • Distance-learning/Self-study classes may not be refunded once purchased. We will consider on a case-by-case basis issuing credit in the event of an accidental If purchase of a distance-learning class when a an in-person or live webinar version was desired instead. For consideration of credit, you must let us know immediately of your accidental purchase before commencing to review the course content.
    • Interactive E-Books are non-refundable.

 Termination of Enrollment

AOM Professional and instructors Anthony Von der Muhll, L.Ac. and Guest Instructors reserve the right to terminate the participation of any class student at any time in event that the instructor determines:

  • The participant is not performing class techniques in a safe and professional manner or is otherwise endangering other participants.
  • The participant does not follow course instructions or instructor's teaching methods, or engages in disruptive, harassing, threatening or other behavior that interferes with the educational process, environment, or experience of other participants.
  • The participant’s state license or malpractice insurance expires or is revoked, placed on probation or otherwise subject to limitations as a result of investigation of potential malfeasance.
  • The participant engages in unauthorized duplication, reproduction or distribution of course notes, materials, or audio or video recordings.

In the event of instructor termination of enrollment, refunds will not be issued for classes previously taken or in progress. Refunds will only be issued for any pre-paid courses that have not yet been taken, subject to fees and deductions as stated in AOM Professional’s Refund Policies as stated above.

Course Cancellation Policies

  • Every effort will be made to adhere to the course schedule as outlined above, however AOM Professional reserves the right to cancel or re-schedule courses or change program faculty, locations, and tuition, due to under-enrollment or other circumstances which prevent the instruction of the course as planned. AOM Professional is not responsible for any expenses incurred by registrants due to class adjustments or cancellations.
  • In the event of cancellation of a course, refunds or account credits will be issued in full.
  • In the event of class re-scheduling or changes in location or program faculty, students may opt for either refunds in full, or application of any tuition paid towards future classes, without administrative processing fees or any loss of discounts applied.

***PDAs and Continuing Education Units are listed for informational purposes only and are pending approval, until indicated as approved by the NCCAOM and/or California Acupuncture Board. Not all classes are approved for both PDAs and CEUs. Please read class sales pages carefully to ensure that the classes you are interested in are pending or approved for the type of continuing education units and issuing agency that you are interested in. All CEUs are Category 1 CEUs, unless otherwise stated. PDA recertification category depends on the individual course--please contact NCCAOM or instructor as needed for more information. No guarantee is made, express or implied, that classes will be accepted by licensing boards or other regulatory agencies for renewal of licenses or certificates.

For more information, please contact us:

Email: info@aomprofessional.com

Phone: (800) 499-1438 x 2