In-Person Classes & Live Webinars
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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
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Virginia University of Integrative Medicine
1980 Gallows Road, Vienna VA
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Self-Paced Distance Learning
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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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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.
Questions? Please visit our FAQ page. Thank you for your purchase!
Contact us to request CAB CEUs
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
- Myofasicial trigger point needling: quadratus lumborum, iliopsoas, gluteals, hip external rotators, and abdominals
- Joint stabilization/mobilization aka prolo-acupuncture: iliolumbar, posterior sacroiliac, and sacrotuberous ligaments; lumbar facet and pubic symphysis joints, and spondylolisthesis
- Active cupping: suction + thoraco-lumbar AROM
- Gua sha and tui na to restore lumbo-sacroliac joint mechanics
- Electro-acupuncture for radiculopathies, cord compression and sciatica
- 3-edged, lancet and 7-star needle therapies
- Exercise therapy, sport and work ergonomics