On Demand Video Course

Goals and Outlines
At the end of the webinar, each participant will understand how to:

How does it all work?

This course is structured in monthly modules with small cohort sizes to maximise your learning experience. While having access to lectures and resources, the expectation is that you will spend 2-3 hours per week of self-study engaging in set activities to deepen your understanding of the material.

• At the beginning of each month, you will log into an online classroom that contains a lecture and handouts from a MAMPS tutor(s) about their experiences and treatment suggestions for a specific treatment topic.
• You then have three weeks to engage in this lecture along with extra reading material and forum activities in preparation for a live feedback Q&A session with your tutor(s) in the final week. This will be recorded for those unable to attend.
• Ongoing discussion of the classroom material is possible through forums. These forums provide community engagement and also provide the opportunity for you to submit questions and case histories from your clinical practice for group support and feedback.
• Additionally, forums provide you with the opportunities to post suggestions for topics you would like to see covered and start-up connections with others for projects you may like to work together on that can be supported by the MAMPS team.
• Optional additional resources will be provided for those who wish to explore topics in further depth, including understanding key research and how to utilise this for promoting acupuncture in maternity care.

At the end of the course and completion of forum activities, you will receive a MAMPS certificate for advanced practice and have the option of applying for distance CEU / PDA through Healthy Seminars included as part of your tuition. 

Goals and Outlines

Part 1: Acupuncture and Gua Sha therapy for adhesive capsulitis frozen shoulder
1.     Familiarize a participant on research sources for acupuncture and frozen shoulder
2.     Detail steps in classical interactive acupuncture therapy session including assessing ROM, palpation, needling and Gua sha, repeat ROM. 
3.     Assessing treatment progress within a session
4.     Responsive treatments over time with patient activation to ‘thaw’ frozen shoulder
 
Part 2: Neuro-anatomical acupuncture for rotator cuff & shoulder girdle dysfunction

1. Learn to analyze shoulder dysfunction based on trigger point, tendinopathy, hypertonicity and motor inhibition.  
2. Learn to translate each of the 8 possible movement problems to muscle groups and associated nerves, as well as associated points. 
3. Learn the needle technique, De Qi confirmation and electrical acupuncture strategy to target neuroanatomically precise points.
4. Be confident in assessing and treating complex shoulder dysfunction.

 
Part 3: The treatment of frozen shoulder using dr tan balance method acupuncture

1. Understand the basic of the balance method,
2. Learn how to diagnose frozen shoulder.
3. Transforming our diagnosis into a simple acupuncture treatment.
4. Understand the balance method approach for shoulder problems.
5. Know how to guide patients to do simple rehabilitation exercise.

 
Part 4: A Global Approach to Treating Shoulder Pain & Rotator Cuff Tears

1. Students will understand the principles of treating sports injuries and orthopedic conditions of the shoulder and rotator cuff.
2. Students will understand how and when to combine acupuncture tui na, herbal formulae (internal and external) and rehabilitative Qi Gong in treating sports injuries and orthopedic conditions of the shoulder and rotator cuff.
3. Student will learn and understand the importance of adjunctive herbal medicines for treating the shoulder and rotator cuff.

 
Part 5: Master Tung’s Magic Points: Five Different Ways to Address Shao Yang Neck and Shoulder Pain

1. Understand which points to choose for which type of Shao Yang neck and shoulder pain
2. Understand how to use gua sha and cupping techniques for releasing spasms in the neck, the top of the shoulder and the upper back.