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June 24, 2021
Treating Low Back and Hip Pain
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Treating Low Back and Hip Pain is designed for the orthopedic and sports acupuncturist. This course emphasizes diagnosis and assessment, with all treatment plans and choice of points based upon anatomical factors. Included is the location and palpation of trigger points, motor points, and other anatomically significant zones. Easy-to-understand treatment plans that features the "triad of the low back" are presented, resulting in increased clinical clarity and precision. The following structures are covered in this three-hour course:
(1) The quadratus lumborum with points Pigen and Yaoyan.
(2) The gluteus medius and gluteus minimus. Features the extraordinary point Jiankua.
(3) The sacral-iliac joint. The zone of Bl 27 & Bl 28.
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June 24, 2021 - 12pm PDT, 3pm EDT (3 hrs)
Presentation of didactic material.Video Demonstration.Summary. Question and answer
Your Teacher
Whitfield Reaves
In practice for over 30 years, Whitfield Reaves, OMD, L.Ac., specializes in the field of sports medicine. Being in the forefront of the acupuncture sports medicine field, Whitfield's experience includes working with athletes at the 1984 LA Olympic Games and other sport competitions; an author, he teaches internationally as well.
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June 26-27, 2021
The Spinal Column - Anatomy & Cadaver Lab
Module I - Sports Medicine Acupuncture Certification Webinar Program
The Spinal Column - Anatomy & Cadaver Lab
Module I - Sports Medicine Acupuncture Certification Webinar Program
with Matt Callison and Brian Lau
June 26-27, 2021
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This 2-day anatomy and cadaver webinar is an amazing integration of sports medicine functional anatomy and TCM channel sinews (jingjin) theory. Each day of this workshop is divided into distinct morning and afternoon sessions. The morning session consists of didactic presentations on Functional Anatomy and Anatomy of the Sinew Channels that are integrated to focus on the functional relationship between neuromuscular anatomy and the myofascial jingjin tissues and their relationship to the spinal column. This information is followed by the afternoon session that consists of: 1) Assessment, 2) Motor Point Location and Protocols, 3) Cadaver Presentations.
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June 26, 2021 - 8am PDT, 11am EDT (4 hrs)
Introduction and Functional Anatomy: The Spinal Column. Anatomy and functional movement of the spinal column.Introduction to Anatomy of the Sinew Channels. Topography and tissues involved of the associated jingjin and functional anatomy. -
June 27, 2021 - 8am PDT, 11am EDT (4 hrs)
Functional Anatomy: The Spinal Column. Anatomy and functional movement of the spinal column.Anatomy of the Sinew Channels. Topography and tissues involved of the associated jingjin and functional anatomy. -
June 26, 2021 - 1pm PDT, 4pm EDT (4 hrs)
Instruction for assessing areas that the practitioner will need to understand that are directly associated with the spinal column.Motor point location Lab-instruction for acupuncture and motor points that the practitioner will need to understand that is directly associated with the spinal column and vertebral fixations.Cadaver Lab- Cadaver specimen views are presented relevant and directly associated with the spinal column and vertebral fixations. -
June 27, 2021 - 1pm PDT, 4pm EDT (4 hrs)
Instruction for assessing areas that the practitioner will need to understand that are directly associated with the spinal column.Motor Point Location Lab-Motor point location instruction for acupuncture and motor points that the practitioner will need to understand that is directly associated with the spinal column and vertebral fixations.Cadaver Lab Cadaver specimen views are presented relevant and directly associated with the spinal column and vertebral fixations.
Your Teachers
Matt Callison
Matt Callison is a renowned instructor and published author of the Motor Points and Acupuncture Meridians Chart and quintessential texts such as the Motor Point Index (MPI) Reference Guide and Sports Medicine Acupuncture: An Integrated Approach Combining Sports Medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine. He has over 27 years of experience in sports medicine and acupuncture.
Brian Lau
Brian Lau, AP, CSMA, is certified in both Sports Medicine Acupuncture and Structural Integration. He has been on faculty since 2013 with the Sports Medicine Acupuncture Certification (SMAC) program, where he teaches anatomy and physiology, assessment and treatment of the channel sinews (jingjin), and myofascial release.
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July 8, 2021
HIPAA Best Practices for Your Online Presence
Free
HIPAA Best Practices for Your Online Presence
with Marla Moss
July 8, 2021
5pm PDT, 8pm EDT
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As acupuncture gains mainstream traction, practitioners are subject to increasing scrutiny regarding HIPAA. Achieving compliance in the online space is no easy feat, as information technology is developing continuously and very little of it even existed when HIPAA came into effect. The scope of this course is to make federal patient privacy laws, as applied to websites, email, scheduling, telehealth, social media and digital marketing, as simple and as accessible as possible. This course will outline the necessary steps for evaluating online platforms and tools for potential use in a practice. Additionally, attendees will learn their role as practitioners in HIPAA-compliant use of various online technologies.
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July 8, 2021 - 5pm PDT, 8pm EDT (2 hrs)
Live Webinar
Your Teacher
Marla Moss
Marla Moss is the Owner and Founder of Raging River Media, specializing in HIPAA-compliant digital marketing for acupuncturists. She helps practitioners build thriving, sustainable practices with custom automation technology that protects patient privacy while liberating busy healers from the grind.
July 20, 2021
Treating Knee Injury and Pain
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Treating Knee Injuries and Pain is designed for the orthopedic and sports acupuncturist. This course emphasizes diagnosis and assessment, with all treatment plans and choice of points based upon anatomical factors. Included are trigger points, motor points, and treating the synovial joint. Easy-to-understand treatment plans are presented, resulting in increased clinical effectiveness. The following structures are covered in this three-hour course:
(1) The patello-femoral joint. Highlights: Xiyan into the sub patellar space.
(2) The medial compartment of the knee. Highlights: Threading the joint line.
(3) The ilio-tibial band. Highlights: Threading the ilio-tibial tract at GB 33.
(4) The pes anserine. Highlights: The region of Sp 9.
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July 20, 2021 - 12pm PDT, 3pm EDT (3 hrs)
Presentation of didactic material.Video of Demonstration.Summary. Question and answer
Your Teacher
Whitfield Reaves
In practice for over 30 years, Whitfield Reaves, OMD, L.Ac., specializes in the field of sports medicine. Being in the forefront of the acupuncture sports medicine field, Whitfield's experience includes working with athletes at the 1984 LA Olympic Games and other sport competitions; an author, he teaches internationally as well.
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July 24-25, 2021
SMAC - The Spinal Column - Postural Assessment & Corrective Exercise (PACE I)
SMAC - The Spinal Column - Postural Assessment & Corrective Exercise (PACE I)
with Ian Armstrong, Matt Callison, and Brian Lau
July 24-25, 2021
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This 2-day cutting-edge course will teach the practitioner how to assess postural dysfunction and prescribe therapeutic exercises for muscle and channel imbalances that have directly contributed to the patient's injury. This course will teach important skills to prescribe exercises in the management of their patient’s health care. Exercising different body parts simultaneously in specific and coordinated motions activates the myofascial jingjin so that form and function can align. The practitioner will learn to integrate acupuncture protocols with exercise prescription, including intra-dermal needle prescriptions on the Extraordinary Vessel master points to alleviate discomfort, increase proprioception and enhance clinical outcomes.
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July 24, 2021 - 8am PDT, 11am EDT (4 hrs)
Introduction to PACE I. Triplanar approach.Discussion of spinal bends, offsets and vertebral fixations affecting functional movement. -
July 24, 2021 - 1pm PDT, 4pm EDT (4 hrs)
Discussion of spinal bends, offsets and vertebral fixations affecting functional movement.Exercises for the spinal imbalances. Extraordinary vessel points to enhance treatment. -
July 25, 2021 - 8am PDT, 11am EDT (4 hrs)
Review of Day 1. Introduction of lateral view of spinal functional movementLateral view of spinal functional movement. Sinew channels affected. -
July 25, 2021 - 1pm PDT, 4pm EDT (4 hrs)
Exercises for the spinal imbalances. Extraordinary vessel points to enhance treatment.Exercises for the spinal imbalances. Extraordinary vessel points to enhance treatment. Question and answer
Your Teachers
Ian Armstrong
Ian is an experienced teacher of both the Treatment of Orthopedic Disorders (TOD) and Advanced TOD classes at the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine and current supervisor at the RIMAC center at the University of California San Diego where he supervises acupuncture students in treatment of UCSD collegiate athletes working alongside the athletic trainers.
Matt Callison
Matt Callison is a renowned instructor and published author of the Motor Points and Acupuncture Meridians Chart and quintessential texts such as the Motor Point Index (MPI) Reference Guide and Sports Medicine Acupuncture: An Integrated Approach Combining Sports Medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine. He has over 27 years of experience in sports medicine and acupuncture.
Brian Lau
Brian Lau, AP, CSMA, is certified in both Sports Medicine Acupuncture and Structural Integration. He has been on faculty since 2013 with the Sports Medicine Acupuncture Certification (SMAC) program, where he teaches anatomy and physiology, assessment and treatment of the channel sinews (jingjin), and myofascial release.
July 27, 2021
Embodying Life: Therapeutic Strategies in Person-Centered Collaborative Care
Embodying Life: Therapeutic Strategies in Person-Centered Collaborative Care
with Mitch Stargrove
July 27, 2021
7pm PDT, 10pm EDT
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In Embodying Life we look at contrasting worldviews and approaches in medicine from historical and clinical perspectives. In particular, the three worlds mythophysiology of Chinese medicine provides a guide to observing living systems and sets the stage for understanding modern systems theory and its clinical application. The Therapeutic Strategy Map and the 4Cs Collaborative Care system offer operative models for cultivating the therapeutic relationship, facilitating self-healing in patients, and framing relationships within multidisciplinary medical interventions.
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July 27, 2021 - 7pm PDT, 10pm EDT (2 hrs)
Contrasting traditions of healing and medicine in the WestChinese physiology and Systems Analysis of Meta-PhysiologyTherapeutic Strategy Maps: 3x3 Map of frames and levelsPerson-Centered Collaborative Care
Your Teacher
Mitch Stargrove
Mitchell Stargrove is an acupuncturist and naturopathic physician in Oregon and practices with Dr. Lori Beth Stargrove at A WellSpring of Natural Health. Drs. Mitch and Lori teach therapeutic strategies in person-centered collaborative care, host the GaiaStar Temple, and coordinate The Blue Lotus Mystery School as they explore embodied methods of self-healing, cocreativity and respectful living.
August 12, 2021
Introduction To The Miraculous Auricular Medicine
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Introduction To The Miraculous Auricular Medicine
with TruthSayer
August 12, 2021
5pm PDT, 8pm EDT
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This is a one hour lecture to introduce Auricular Medicine. The lecture will discuss Auricular Medicine History, Development, Description of Auricular Medicine Diagnosis, description of Auricular Medicine Treatment, Treatment Application and Efficacy and Cases.
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August 12, 2021 - 5pm PDT, 8pm EDT (2 hrs)
Live Webinar
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TruthSayer
Dr. TruthSayer, DAOM, Dip.OM, LAc, LMFT, is a President Emeritus of the California State Oriental Medical Association, and a former faculty member of the American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in San Francisco. She is Founder and Chief Faculty of the Institute of Auricular and Transcendental Medicine and has lectured around the world on auricular topics.
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August 13-15, 2021
FSOMA Conference 2021
In-Person & Virtual
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This year's Florida State Oriental Medical Association Conference will be available in two formats: In-Person in Florida and one Online/Virtual track through Net of Knowledge.
The FSOMA conference is known for bringing you high quality Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine classes with immediately usable clinical information. In addition, there are some exceptional rates available for State Association Members.
If you are interested in attending Online only, check out the "Live or Virtual Option" in the schedule.
Visit the conference website for more information and registration!
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August 13, 2021 - 6am PDT, 9am EDT (3 hrs)
Healing the Brain: Chinese Medicine's Neurology Tradition (Brendan Kelly) -
August 13, 2021 - 11am PDT, 2pm EDT (2 hrs)
Treating the Emotions with 5-Elements (Michael Kowalski) -
August 14, 2021 - 6am PDT, 9am EDT (3 hrs)
Compounding Custom Formulas Effectively - Part I (Christine Chang) -
August 14, 2021 - 11am PDT, 2pm EDT (2 hrs)
Compounding Custom Formulas Effectively - Part II (Christine Chang) -
August 15, 2021 - 6am PDT, 9am EDT (3 hrs)
Mitigating Food Allergies (Xiu Min Li) -
August 15, 2021 - 10am PDT, 1pm EDT (2 hrs)
Diving Medicine Acupuncture EENT (Janneke Vermuelen)
August 18, 2021
Treating Foot Injury and Pain
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Treating Foot Injury and Pain is designed for the orthopedic and sports acupuncturist. This course emphasizes diagnosis and assessment along with creative treatment plans and choice of points based upon anatomical factors. While emphasizing only the most common foot injuries and pain syndromes, these easy-to-understand approaches result in increased clinical effectiveness and confidence. The following structures are covered in this three-hour course:
(1) The achilles tendon. Highlights: Threading the achilles tendon.
(2) The achilles bursae.
(3) Plantar fasciitis and fasciiosis. With the important addition of the abductor hallucis muscle.
(4) The talar joint and sprained ankle. Highlights:Treating the ankle at the talar sinus at GB 40.
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August 18, 2021 - 12pm PDT, 3pm EDT (3 hrs)
Presentation of didactic material.Video of demonstrationSummary. Question and Answer
Your Teacher
Whitfield Reaves
In practice for over 30 years, Whitfield Reaves, OMD, L.Ac., specializes in the field of sports medicine. Being in the forefront of the acupuncture sports medicine field, Whitfield's experience includes working with athletes at the 1984 LA Olympic Games and other sport competitions; an author, he teaches internationally as well.
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September 17, 2021 - August 21, 2022
The Classical Five-Element Acupuncture Program
A Part-Time Year Long Journey into the Heart and Soul of the Five Elements
The Classical Five-Element Acupuncture Program
A Part-Time Year Long Journey into the Heart and Soul of the Five Elements
with Neil Gumenick
September 17, 2021 - August 21, 2022
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Classical Five-Element Acupuncture is one of the most profound and complete systems of medicine in the world. Practiced in accord with timeless natural laws, this system addresses the needs of the patient as a whole: at the levels of body, mind, and spirit.
The Classical Five-Element Acupuncture Program offers Acupuncturists and other licensed medical professionals the opportunity to become certified as Classical Five-Element practitioners. The program is taught by Neil R. Gumenick, M.Ac. (UK), C.T. (Adv.), L.Ac., Dipl.Ac. (NCCAOM), and a team of faculty and guest faculty approved by the Director.
Now, this part-time 10 session program is available for you online through Net of Knowledge across 2021-2022, including two practical sessions in California (if situations permit).
The Causative Factor:
Rather than palliating symptoms, which like warning lights on the dashboard of a car, are only signals of deeper imbalance, Classical Five-Element Acupuncture diagnoses and treats at the level of cause.
Every human being is born with, or develops early in life, a primary imbalance in one of the Five Elements (Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, or Water) and its associated organs and functions. This is known as the Causative Factor and is the source of the myriad symptoms a person develops over a lifetime. Once identified and properly treated, unless the condition is truly beyond the reach of Nature to reverse, Nature will throw the disease out, regardless of its label.
Diagnosis, Treatment, Patient Management:
Each of the Elements has a corresponding odor, color, vocal sound, and emotion. In imbalance, these correspondences will manifest inappropriately in the patient and reveal the Causative Factor. In this Program, you will learn to reawaken your innate senses: to smell, see, hear, and feel.
Become the practitioner you always wanted to be—join us for this deep learning journey!
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September 17, 2021 - 12am PDT, 3am EDT (0 mins)
Session 1 - September 17-19, 2021 -
May 7, 2021 - 6:17pm PDT, 9:17pm EDT (0 mins)
Session 2 - October 16-17, 2021 -
May 7, 2021 - 6:17pm PDT, 9:17pm EDT (0 mins)
Session 3 - November 20-21, 2021 -
May 7, 2021 - 6:17pm PDT, 9:17pm EDT (0 mins)
Session 4 - December 18-19, 2021 -
May 7, 2021 - 6:17pm PDT, 9:17pm EDT (0 mins)
Session 5 - January 14-16, 2022 -
May 7, 2021 - 6:17pm PDT, 9:17pm EDT (0 mins)
Session 6 - February 19-20, 2022 -
May 7, 2021 - 6:17pm PDT, 9:17pm EDT (0 mins)
Session 7 - March 19-20, 2022 -
May 7, 2021 - 6:17pm PDT, 9:17pm EDT (0 mins)
Session 8 - April 23-24, 2022 -
May 7, 2021 - 6:18pm PDT, 9:18pm EDT (0 mins)
Session 9 - May 22-23, 2022 -
August 21, 2022 - 12am PDT, 3am EDT (0 mins)
Session 10 - August 19-21, 2022
Your Teacher
Neil Gumenick
In practice for 40 years, Professor Neil R. Gumenick, M.Ac. (UK), L.Ac., Dipl.Ac. is Founder and Chief Instructor of The Institute of Classical Five-Element Acupuncture. An accomplished author and international lecturer, he has taught at Yo San University, Emperor's College and SAMRA University.
Latest Courses
Shen Series - Course 3
Emotions: How to Address the Jumbled Movements of Qi
with Elisa Rossi
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To us westerners it looks as a reductive over-simplification that in Chinese medical tradition there are only 5 or 7 emotions and that they do not seem to consider all the other sentiments, as hate, envy, jealousy, attachment, aggressiveness, shame, fault, regret, avarice, etc.
It is the result of recognizing the essential, of going to the root, to the core, into the heart of the primary emotions.
Chinese Medicine sees emotions as physiological events, a response of our qi and shen to what comes from the outside world. But excessive emotions are harmful: “Desires without limits and worries without end consume jing, coagulate ying qi and expel wei qi; then the shen leaves and the disease is not curable” (Suwen, ch.14) and “When euphoria and anger are not regulated, they will injure the organs, when organs are injured, illness originates in the yin” (Lingshu, ch.66).
Emotions, internal movements, affect qi. If qi does not move properly we can have qi stagnation, blood stasis, accumulation of dampness and phlegm, transformation into Fire and internal Wind, etc. Yin, blood, and jing are injured.
Sadness consumes qi, euphoria scatters the shen, thought and worry knot the flow of qi, anger rises it up, fear does not contain it.
How to recognize the single emotions in patients and in the therapeutic encounter.
Detailed clinical examples help to recognize different patterns and how to use the “shen-axis” points combination.
Learning Objectives
- How to recognize emotions in patients and in the therapeutic encounter.
- Possible use of the “shen-axis” points combination in clinical cases.
- How Chinese Medicine considers emotions.
- When emotions may become pathological and what disorders in the qi system may happen.
Your Teacher
Elisa Rossi
Elisa Rossi PhD, MD, is a Psychiatrist, Acupuncturist, and Licensed Psychotherapist. In 1994 Elisa co-founded the School of TCM “MediCina” and from 2006 she is member of Milan Medical Board for Non-Conventional Medicine. Elisa has written numerous books and has lectured extensively around the world.
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This course looks at how to do a proper chart and examines some of the common mistakes made when charting. Based on the instructors experience with medical charting and over 12 years of clinical supervising, seeing all the mistakes and studying what makes a great chart. In addition, this course will discuss medicolegal aspects of SOAP notes as well as the SOAPE note. This course is a must take for anyone who wishes to protect themselves legally as well give the best care to their patients.
Learning Objectives
- Understand how to employ the SOAP and SOAPE style of charting.
- Understand how to avoid common errors in charting.
- Be able to identify medicolegal aspects of proper charting and the consequences of improper charting.
Your Teacher
Greg Sperber
Dr. Greg Sperber is an author and also holds a Masters and Doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine from Pacific College of Oriental Medicine. He is a professor at PCOM and speaks internationally on TCM business and drug-herb interactions.
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Medicinal Mushrooms and the Immune System
Functional Applications of Medicinal Mushrooms with the Immune System
with Mason Bresett
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Medicinal mushroom extracts are becoming a popular treatment strategy in today’s health and wellness industry. This webinar will present an overview on the impact of medicinal mushrooms on the immune system. A thorough look at the different physiological impacts mushrooms have on different immune cells and systems relating to the immune system will be a focal point.
The webinar will also focus on dosing, safety and the importance of quality.
Medicinal mushrooms have a reuptation for being key immune-modulators when working with acute, chronic and even autoimmune illnesses. Like plants, different species of mushrooms have different applications, active compounds, uses and contraindications. Because medicinal mushroom extracts are formed from food, there therapeutic index is quite large compared to other nutraceuticals and medications.
Some of the most common medicinal mushrooms such as: lions mane, cordyceps, reishi, turkey tail, chaga, oyster, shiitake and maitake will be covered. Active compounds like ergothioneine, beta-glucans, triterpenes and ergosterol will be introduced.
Mycological part (mycelium, mushroom and spore) classification will be covered. This mycological classification system is an important discussion point which will be touched on multiple times throughout the webinar.
If you are curious about the modern advances and functional ways to include medicinal mushrooms into your practice, this is a great webinar for you.
Learning Objectives
- Participants will be briefed about dosing, safety, drug interactions and contraindications.
- Participants will learn about the most important compounds and mechanisms of actions for these compounds found in medicinal mushrooms
- Participants will learn about the different areas of the immune system that are impacted by medicinal mushrooms
- Participants will learn about the different forms and parts of medicinal mushrooms and the importance of quality.
- Participants will learn about the different species of mushrooms and their inherent differences and applications
Your Teacher
Mason Bresett
Mason is a naturopathic doctor and co-founder of The Health Creation Lab , a naturopathic primary care clinic in Sarnia, Ontario. Mason has extra training in herbal medicine and mycology. Mason has a deep respect for medicines from our earth (fungi, herbs, plants, and trees).
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Modern Illness, Chronic Inflammation & Our Future Patients
TCM Principles of Immunology & Post Vaccine Syndromes
with Toni Krehel
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Modern illness is the phenomena of chronic inflammation manifested in many zang fu pathologies. It presents unique challenges for our health care system because it is often misdiagnosed and is always difficult to treat due to the nature of internal disease.
This course reviews Concepts of Immunology in Chinese Medicine as related to patterns associated with chronic inflammatory diseases specifically as they relate to the significance of foreign antigens leading to chronic inflammation, the consequences of prolonged sympathetic nervous system engagement and the pathogenesis of deep-lying infection.
The course presents an objective overview of infection by injection and the concept of guest pathogens as a possible pathway to chronic inflammation and persistent illness: from the initial allergic reaction and histamine response through the post-infection evolvement process to the pathogenic states of modern illnesses. Within the context of TCM, the immune reaction and functional disturbances caused by infection by injection are analyzed according to pattern differentiation, stages of disease and zang fu pathologies.
The concepts of Connective Tissue Integrity and a Five Element Core Constitution Analysis are introduced as a means of assessing susceptibility factors for adverse events and possible post vaccine syndrome outcomes for individual patients.
Learning Objectives
- Understand the TCM biomechanics of immune function as it relates to infection by injection
- Recognize post vaccine evolvement elements of chronic illnesses and identify TCM patterns commonly associated with post vaccine syndromes
- Recognize signs/symptoms of allergic reactions associated with vaccination
- Be able to articulate a basic understanding of vaccines, including types of vaccines and the use of adjuvants, new gene expansion & nanotechnology vaccines, and current public health trends
- Understand the TCM biomechanics of immune function as it relates to chronic inflammation
Your Teacher
Toni Krehel
In practice for over 20 years, Dr. Toni Krehel, AP specializes in the treatment of persistent illnesses & chronic inflammation in both children and adults (Acupuncture, Chinese Medicine, Homeopathy and Microcurrent Therapy).
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Introduction to Chinese Astrology
An introduction to the basic components of Bā Zì 八字 Chinese Astrology and Feng Shui.
with Sonia Tan
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Open the door and scratch the surface into the world of Chinese metaphysics, and the harmony of nature and humankind. Get your feet wet with these pivotal and essential basics of Chinese Astrology and Feng Shui, two important tools for living in the Sān Cái 三才 - Three Essences harmony. Refine and elevate your Five Phase and Yin / Yang knowledge. Set in motion your learning of the language of the Chinese metaphysical world!
This course is an introduction to the basic foundational components of Bā Zì 八字 (Eight Characters) Chinese Astrology, as well as the Five Phases - Wǔ Xíng 五行 basics utilized in both Chinese Astrology and Feng Shui. Learn and explore:
(1) The origins and characteristics of the Five Phases.
(2) The Chinese characters utilized to represent the original segments of time and phases: The 10 Heavenly Stems - Tiān Gān 天干 and the 12 Earthly Branches - Dì Zhī 地支.
(3) Refinement of your knowledge of Yin / Yang theory.
These basics will be practiced, and contextualized in the concept and integration of the Sān Cái 三才 - Three Essences - the unity and harmony of humankind and natural law. Explore these special foundational tools, its application to Astrology and life flow, destiny, and harmony, and learn basic management of these elements.
Take your first step on the journey of Chinese metaphysics, Astrology, Feng Shui, and seeing the world with a new language of integration and harmony!
NOTE: This is not a regular CEU course and course trajectory. The information of Chinese Astrology is sacred and karmic, and must be treated as such. In order to preserve the sacred integrity of the information, knowledge and the Tan lineage, Dr. Sonia Tan will be requiring some homework in order to move on to the higher levels. There is no proper singular reference book, nor are notes given. Students will be asked to take hand-written notes to encourage muscle memory when learning to write the Chinese characters. This is a brief introduction into the language of Chinese Astrology and advanced metaphysical learning. After this course, in true Astrology fashion, students should be determining if the timing is aligned with themselves and their goals.
Learning Objectives
- Outline the Five Phases and Yin-Yang theory, and its various relationships.
- Translate and explain the basic components in a Chinese Astrology Birth (Natal) chart.
- Contextualize Astrology within the theory of the Three Essences and Chinese Metaphysics field.
- Describe and differentiate the characteristics of the Tiān Gān 天干 and Dì Zhī 地支.
- Identify the name, Chinese character, polarity, and five phases of the 10 Heavenly Stems (Tiān Gān 天干) and 12 Earthly Branches (Dì Zhī 地支).
Your Teacher
Sonia Tan
Dr. Sonia F Tan, DAOM, RAc, RTCMP, licensed since 2006, is a Doctor of Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine (DAOM degree), a Registered Acupuncturist, and a Registered Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Practitioner. She is one of few certified Gold Level practitioners of the late Dr. Richard Tehfu Tan.
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SMAC Webinar Program - Module III (Lower Extremity) - Course 4
Postural Assessment and Corrective Exercise
with Ian Armstrong, Brian Lau, and Matt Callison
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* You can normally get a discount when you buy a series whole!
Overview
Instructor: Ian Armstrong
Assisted by Brian Lau and Matt Callison
This 2-day cutting-edge course will teach the practitioner how to assess postural dysfunction and prescribe therapeutic exercises for postural, muscle and channel imbalances that have directly contributed to the patient's musculoskeletal injury. This course will teach the acupuncturist important skills to prescribe specific exercises in the management of their patient’s health care. Exercising different body parts simultaneously in specific and coordinated motions activates the myofascial sinew channels so that form and function can align. The practitioner will learn to integrate acupuncture protocols with exercise prescription, including how to use intra-dermal needle point prescriptions on the Extraordinary Vessel master points to alleviate discomfort, increase proprioception and enhance clinical outcomes.
This PACE course will build from what was taught in PACE (Module II) that focused on the lumbo-pelvic-hip complex and its relationship to the lower extremity and foot/ankle complex.
The remainder of this class will get the practitioner ready for information taught in Module IV: The Neck, Shoulder and Upper Extremity. The practitioner will learn to assess, through static and functional assessment techniques, postural disparities and associated muscle imbalances that can cause injury to these regions of the body.
Participants will learn how to effectively prescribe therapeutic exercises that will help balance ribcage, neck, shoulder and upper extremity imbalances.
Learning Objectives
- The practitioner will learn to integrate acupuncture protocols with exercise, including intra-dermal needle prescriptions on the Extraordinary Vessel master points to alleviate discomfort, increase proprioception and enhance clinical outcomes.
- The practitioner will learn visual assessment skills for postural imbalances.
- Participants will learn how to effectively prescribe therapeutic exercises that will help balance the foot and ankle disparities such as pes planus and neck shoulder imbalances such as forward head, forward shoulder, cervical rotation.
Your Teachers
Ian Armstrong
Ian is an experienced teacher of both the Treatment of Orthopedic Disorders (TOD) and Advanced TOD classes at the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine and current supervisor at the RIMAC center at the University of California San Diego where he supervises acupuncture students in treatment of UCSD collegiate athletes working alongside the athletic trainers.
Matt Callison
Matt Callison is a renowned instructor and published author of the Motor Points and Acupuncture Meridians Chart and quintessential texts such as the Motor Point Index (MPI) Reference Guide and Sports Medicine Acupuncture: An Integrated Approach Combining Sports Medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine. He has over 27 years of experience in sports medicine and acupuncture.
Brian Lau
Brian Lau, AP, CSMA, is certified in both Sports Medicine Acupuncture and Structural Integration. He has been on faculty since 2013 with the Sports Medicine Acupuncture Certification (SMAC) program, where he teaches anatomy and physiology, assessment and treatment of the channel sinews (jingjin), and myofascial release.
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SMAC Webinar Program - Module III (Lower Extremity) - Course 3
Assessment & Treatment of the Channel Sinews
with Matt Callison, and Brian Lau
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* You can normally get a discount when you buy a series whole!
Overview
Instructors: Brian Lau and Matt Callison
This 2-day workshop developed by Brian Lau and Matt Callison highlights how the myofascial channel sinews (jingjin) contribute to efficient movement patterns and balance major joint structures of the lower extremity. Focus is on understanding how these channels are involved in postural and myofascial imbalances that can contribute to lower extremity and foot injuries.
Practitioners will learn to accurately assess knee, ankle and foot imbalances with functional movement examinations, orthopedic examinations and manual muscle testing. “Acupuncture as an Assessment” strategies are used to build treatment protocols using innovative acupuncture strategies in combination with very effective myofascial release techniques that help to align the musculoskeletal system, decrease tension, reduce pain and enhance healing of the injured tissue.
Brian Lau has been practicing structural integration techniques for over 20+ years and brings his experience into teaching the acupuncturist effective myofascial release techniques that can be applied immediately after the practitioner’s acupuncture treatment. These incredible and easy to learn structural integration techniques strongly reinforce the practitioner’s treatment protocol and helps to reduce needle soreness. Your patients will notice a difference in their movement immediately after the treatment! This class sets up the Assessment and Treatment of the Lower Extremity Injuries course, which is taught live in-person.
Learning Objectives
- Learn normal and abnormal movement patterns of the lower extremity, ankle/foot complex and its relationship to the sinew channels.
- Learn the tissues belonging to each sinew channel and their functional anatomy relationship.
- Learn lower extremity myofascial pathways correlate with functional anatomy.
- Learn in theory how to determine which my myofascial sinew channels need to be assessed and treated for musculoskeletal injury.
Your Teachers
Matt Callison
Matt Callison is a renowned instructor and published author of the Motor Points and Acupuncture Meridians Chart and quintessential texts such as the Motor Point Index (MPI) Reference Guide and Sports Medicine Acupuncture: An Integrated Approach Combining Sports Medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine. He has over 27 years of experience in sports medicine and acupuncture.
Brian Lau
Brian Lau, AP, CSMA, is certified in both Sports Medicine Acupuncture and Structural Integration. He has been on faculty since 2013 with the Sports Medicine Acupuncture Certification (SMAC) program, where he teaches anatomy and physiology, assessment and treatment of the channel sinews (jingjin), and myofascial release.
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SMAC Webinar Program - Module III (Lower Extremity) - Course 2
Motor Point Needle Protocols for Lower Extremity Muscles
with Matt Callison
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Overview
This video presentation discusses the latest research on muscle motor entry point (MEP) locations, how to find the MEP location and effective needle protocols for these points. This presentation discusses over 33 muscle entry points of the lower extremity and foot.
Matt Callison is a pioneer in motor point acupuncture and has spent over 30 years researching, refining and treating muscle motor entry points through the lens of western biomedicine and traditional Chinese medicine. Using surface electrical stimulation, research articles and documenting the locations of muscle motor entry points through his own cadaver dissections has been a career long endeavor. Matt Callison is a master in needling and is well known for designing very effective and innovative treatment protocols that includes MEP’s with traditional acupuncture points.
Understanding where the motor nerve enters the muscle is very useful for the TCM practitioner to understand and can provide insight into needle depth and obtaining "de qi" sensation.
Motor entry point locations are found through cun measurements and not X and Y coordinates. The locations of the motor entry points in this presenation are found using cun measurements, anatomical landmarks and traditional acupuncture points.
This presentation has many cadaver specimen videos showing the motor entry point into the muscle. A cadaver warning announcement will be presented just prior to the video commencing.
Learning Objectives
- Understand the depth of the motor entry point for precision.
- Learn to locate the motor entry points for most muscles of the lower extremity.
- Learn updated and refined needle angles and depths for the motor entry points of the lower extremity.
Your Teacher
Matt Callison
Matt Callison is a renowned instructor and published author of the Motor Points and Acupuncture Meridians Chart and quintessential texts such as the Motor Point Index (MPI) Reference Guide and Sports Medicine Acupuncture: An Integrated Approach Combining Sports Medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine. He has over 27 years of experience in sports medicine and acupuncture.
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SMAC Webinar Program - Module III (Lower Extremity) - Course 1
Anatomy & Cadaver Lab
with Brian Lau, and Matt Callison
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Instructors: Matt Callison and Brian Lau
Each day of this webinar workshop is divided into distinct morning and afternoon sessions. The morning session consists of presentations on Functional Anatomy and Anatomy of the Sinew Channels. These lectures are integrated to focus on the functional relationship between neuromuscular anatomy and the myofascial jingjin tissues and their relationship to the lower extremity. This information is followed by the afternoon session that consists of: 1) Assessment Guidelines 2) Motor Point Location and Protocols, 3) Cadaver dissection presentation.
The information presented in this 2-day workshop will help the TCM practitioner to build a good foundation and to better understand the information presented in subsequent classes in this Module: Assessment and Treatment of the Channel Sinews and also Postural Assessment and Corrective Exercise (PACE) courses.
Learning Objectives
- The practitioner will learn postural, functional and muscle imbalances that can lead to pain and dysfunction based on TCM theory.
- Learn in theory how to determine which my myofascial sinew channels need to be assessed and treated for musculoskeletal injury.
- The practitioner will learn nerve pathways, dermatomal distributions and muscle myotomes in relationship to channel topography.
- Learn lower extremity myofascial pathways that correlate with the classical sinew channels of TCM and the tissues belonging to each sinew channel with their functional anatomy relationship.
- Learn normal and abnormal movement patterns of the lower extremity, ankle/foot complex and its relationship to the lumbo-pelvic-hip complex.
Your Teachers
Matt Callison
Matt Callison is a renowned instructor and published author of the Motor Points and Acupuncture Meridians Chart and quintessential texts such as the Motor Point Index (MPI) Reference Guide and Sports Medicine Acupuncture: An Integrated Approach Combining Sports Medicine and Traditional Chinese Medicine. He has over 27 years of experience in sports medicine and acupuncture.
Brian Lau
Brian Lau, AP, CSMA, is certified in both Sports Medicine Acupuncture and Structural Integration. He has been on faculty since 2013 with the Sports Medicine Acupuncture Certification (SMAC) program, where he teaches anatomy and physiology, assessment and treatment of the channel sinews (jingjin), and myofascial release.
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The historical and philosophical roots of medicine are founded on racist and colonialist principles and therefore cannot provide better health for communities.
Domination of the ‘Other’ ( marginalised groups of colour) for profit continue in everyday medical practice and biomedical interventions till the present day.
Learning Objectives
- Individuals will comprehend how medical surveillance techniques may be used for control and profit of patients’ bodies.
- Individuals will understand the historical development of the philososphy of medicine and its ideas and why it came about.
- Individuals will understand medical ‘progress’ as more subtle and insidious forms of surveillance, control and profit of bodies of colour
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Imran Mohammed
Imran has over 20 years experience as a Clinician, Teacher, Herbalist and Acupuncturist. His Biomedical degree informs his practice and teaching. Imran is passionate about supporting fellow practitioners to understand and critically apply both Biomedical and Chinese medical systems
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Mind, Money and Marketing
Things that work in a crisis and beyond.
with Ward Willison
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Are you prepared for a crisis such as a worldwide pandemic in your clinic? This video will show you ways to succeed now and in the future. This course is brought to you free and with a free CEU.
Mental toughness, grit, and resilience are key components to hanging in long enough to win. Learn how to maintain perspective and get it back once lost. Adrenal response can take over with negative stress. Ward has extensive knowledge and training in these subjects and will walk you through how to work with and manage them.
Businesses that run out of money have to shut. Ward has experience as a financial planner and he teaches the building blocks of a financial plan, leading to financial independence.
Peek into Ward's well-received “Practice Management Series”. Classify your clinic and what you need to focus on.
Long game marketing is the key. Many focus on the short game, which is a reason most clinics close. Examples of both are taught.
Learn how to take your clinic online from scripts, what you can do; web services to use and what not to say.
Ward’s shows his clinical numbers for the past few years and what a Covid-19 lockdown did to his clinic once it reopened, what changes he made and why, and thoughts of how his practice changed post Covid-19 lockdown.
Ward is joined by Dr. John Stan for a discussion on new practitioners, the value of Toastmasters, things he did to stay in business, and much more.
Join Ward in helping you to success in your life and practice.
Learning Objectives
- Learn Marketing strategies during stressful events and how to connect to patients and win them for life.
- Understand the basic financial building blocks to financial independence and how to build a simple financial plan.
- Manage and understand some of the emotions and cognition drives in stressful times (why do we freak out and what to do about it).
- What has worked since returning to work and what to avoid at all cost.
Your Teacher
Ward Willison
Success in Life and Practice—join Ward on a trip to your success: a business career, a near death accident, and apprenticing for 10 years with a master. His clinic does 2500+ clients with 3 months off a year, since 2008. Learn the processes that work!
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Management of Headaches in Clinical Practice
Acupuncture for Headaches
with Hamid Montakab
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Headaches constitute one of the most common patient complaints as about 70% of people have experienced headaches and about 15-20% suffer regularly from migraines. Although acupuncture has been proven one of the best therapy methods, still the Chinese diagnosis and treatment remains at times a dilemma for the practitioner, as it involves, quite frequently a combination of patterns.
Learning Objectives
- External headaches: classification, diagnosis and treatment.
- Treatment principles.
- Physio-pathology and diagnosis of headaches.
- The energetics of the head: overview of channels; head and neck points.
- Internal headaches: classification, diagnosis and treatment.
Your Teacher
Hamid Montakab
Hamid Montakab graduated from the Medical School of Paris, completed an education in acupuncture in France and in China. He practiced in the US and later founded the Academy of Chinese Healing Arts in Switzerland and was co-founder and president of the Swiss Professional Organization for TCM.
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Paediatric Masterclass: Non-Needle Methods for Paediatric Mental Health
A deep dive into non-invasive protocols that really work in the paediatric clinic
with Rebecca Avern
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Mental health issues are the most common reason that children and teenagers come for acupuncture treatment. Many of these children are vulnerable and sensitive and are therefore not ready to accept needles. It is essential to have a wide-ranging tool kit so that we can deliver the treatment they need in other ways. In this four part webinar series, we will explore in detail the use of the following non-needle protocols and how they can be used in clinic to support a child’s mental health:
- Moxa
- Cupping
- Gua sha
- Low level laser therapy
- Shonishin
- E-stim
You may be familiar with the use of modalities such as moxibustion and cupping in your adult practice, but unaware of the ways they can effectively be applied in the treatment of paediatric conditions, specifically mental/emotional problems such as anxiety and depression.
This webinar has a practical focus, and will enable you to immediately start applying what you have learned effectively in your paediatric clinic. There will be a chance to ask questions, have discussion and bring case histories.
Learning Objectives
- Understand the key pathologies seen in paediatric mental health conditions
- Understand the basic theory behind the use of a wide range of non-invasive methods in the treatment of paediatric mental health conditions
- Learn how to safely and effectively use a wide range of non-invasive methods in the treatment of paediatric mental health conditions
Your Teacher
Rebecca Avern
Rebecca Avern is a senior lecturer, clinical supervisor and teaching clinic director at the College of Integrated Chinese Medicine in Reading, UK. In 2012, she founded an acupuncture centre for the treatment of children in Oxford – the Panda Clinic - and her clinical work is now entirely with children. She teaches paediatrics online and at undergraduate and post-graduate level.
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Drug-Herb Interactions - Course 2
Drug-Herb Interactions and the Matrix
with Greg Sperber
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We can predict potential drug-herb interactions. This course takes the basic pharmacology principles discussed in the Basics of Pharmacology course, including the ADME scheme and the therapeutic index, and applies them to understanding and predicting drug-herb interactions. In addition, recent areas of research related to interactions, such as p-glycoprotein and other transporters, will be discussed. The emphasis is on both the theoretical prediction and real world application of strategies for preventing and dealing with interactions. This includes a discussion about creating a Drug-Herb Interaction Matrix for determining an individual patient's risk. The template for the matrix will be provided as part of the course.
Learning Objectives
- Identify the risks involved with combining drugs and herbs
- Create a Drug-Herb Interaction Matrix for assessing individual patient risk and as a tool for communication
- Understand how the basics of pharmacokinetics, including the ADME scheme, and pharmacodynamics can be used to predict drug-herb interactions
Your Teacher
Greg Sperber
Dr. Greg Sperber is an author and also holds a Masters and Doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine from Pacific College of Oriental Medicine. He is a professor at PCOM and speaks internationally on TCM business and drug-herb interactions.
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Shen Series - Course 2
Shen, Hun, Po: Classical Texts and their Contemporary Clinical Application
with Elisa Rossi
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The course focuses on what may be puzzling concepts, starting from accurate references to the Classics, to the exploring of contemporary clinical use.
We explore shen in many contexts: Shen as extra-ordinary, that which is beyond yin and yang, does not belong to this world of the ten thousands—the world of differentiation, of shapes, of transformation; Shen as the most subtle of the three treasure (shen-qi-jing); Shen as vitality/life (in eyes, pulse, tongue, etc); Its functions (cognitive functions, consciousness, wisdom and intuitive knowledge, integration of the emotions, perception); Its significance in individuals and its relation with the psycho-emotional disorders.
We also explore the Hun and the Po, a couple whose meaning and functions may be vague and confusing. We explore their relation with jing and shen and what is meant by: “hun enters po and po holds hun”, “they are the light and the dark side of the moon”, “hun is the flame of po; po is the root of hun”, “po as remembering on the inside, hun as governing movement and action”.
We also examine their clinical use by looking at disorders in which patients suffer of conditions as a lost contact with reality, anorexia, obsessive thought, somatic disorders, violent behavior, etc. Clinical examples will be discussed.
Learning Objectives
- Possible interpretations in contemporary practice, recognizing their clinical use in different categories of disorders
- How hun and po are described in the Classics and understand their significance in individuals
- How shen is described in the Classics and its function in individuals
Your Teacher
Elisa Rossi
Elisa Rossi PhD, MD, is a Psychiatrist, Acupuncturist, and Licensed Psychotherapist. In 1994 Elisa co-founded the School of TCM “MediCina” and from 2006 she is member of Milan Medical Board for Non-Conventional Medicine. Elisa has written numerous books and has lectured extensively around the world.
