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Acupuncture Learning & Integrated Educational Development

The Use of Acupuncture in the Management of Shoulder Dysfunction

Course Background

This Acupuncture up date course will provide the delegates with an integrated approach in order to manage the common shoulder conditions. The techniques discussed will incorporate the physiological processes of segmental, dorsal horn and descending neural inhibitory mechanisms. The course will address recent research advances in the field of neural inhibitory mechanisms, pain physiology and Acupuncture research, which will enhance delegates physiotherapy practice and manual skills. This course provides a theoretical explanation using an evidence-based structure to demonstrate the physiological mechanisms of Acupuncture analgesia incorporating Trigger point Acupuncture based upon the models of Travell and Simon (1999), Gerwin (1997).

Pre-Course Reading - Optional Acupuncture in Manual Therapy. Jennie Longbottom (2010) Elsevier

This course is based upon extensive clinical assessment and treatment of shoulder dysfunction. It will cover the following areas:

Shoulder Anatomy
Assessment
Pathology
Diagnosis
Acupuncture and Manual Therapy Treatment
Trigger Point needling and manual therapy Treatment
Evidence based treatment

Learning Objectives

To enhance and update the participant�s knowledge of Acupuncture skills
To compliment the theories and practical application learnt on the Foundation Acupuncture course
To enhance participants clinical reasoning skills and offer a wider range of clinical tools to manage pain levels
To enhance needling skills
To enhance anatomy and palpatory skills
To review safety, contraindications and precautions
To enhance medico-legal aspects of consent and documentation
To incorporate Acupuncture techniques within the more global picture of chronic pain management
To emphasise the emotional management of pain with Acupuncture skills

Principal Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course module, students should be able to:

Identify pathology
Carry out Diagnostic tests
Address the use of Acupuncture and trigger points within a manual therapy treatment plan
Manage shoulder dysfunction
Discuss the relationship between EBP and research
Generate exploratory, descriptive and explanatory research questions
Develop strategies to search for best evidence
Critically appraise evidence and methods in quantitative and qualitative research
Evaluate and use evidence to help make informed theoretical decisions about patient care
Use findings from research and other sources of evidence to inform clinical practice.

References

Lewis J, Green A, Reichard Z, Wright C (2002) Scapular position: The validity of skin surface palpation. Manual therapy. 7 (1): 26-30.

Guerra J, Bassas E, Andres M, Verdugo F, Gonzalez M Acupuncture for soft tissue shoulder disorders: a series of 201 cases. Acupuncture in Medicine 2003 Jun; 21(1-2): 18-22.

Gilbertson B, Wenner K, Russell LC Acupuncture and arthroscopic acromioplasty. Journal of Orthopaedic Research 2003 Jul; 21(4): 752-8.

Ceccheerelli F, Bordin M, Gagliardi G, Caravello M Comparison between superficial and deep acupuncture in the treatment of the shoulder's myofascial pain: a randomized and controlled study. Acupuncture and Electrotherapeutics Research 2001; 26(4): 229-38.

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