Postgraduate diploma in medical acupuncture

Postgraduate Diploma in Medical Acupuncture

The Postgraduate Diploma in Medical Acupuncture equips healthcare professionals, sports therapists, personal trainers and massage therapists with the essential skills and knowledge for a profession as a certified acupuncturist.

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Course curriculum

1. Welcome and course terms and conditions
2. Postgraduate Diploma in Medical Acupuncture Course Overview
3. How to navigate through the course
1. History of acupuncture and the five element theory
2. Introduction to Western medical acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine
3. History of acupuncture assessment
1. Health and safety issues in acupuncture
2. Needling technique and health and safety
3. Introduction to needling technique
4. Health and safety assessment
1. Local, segmental, and central response to acupuncture
2. Current understanding and mechanisms of acupuncture
3. Current understanding of the mechanism of acupuncture assessment
1. Introduction to myofacial trigger point therapy
2. Introduction to myofascial trigger point presentation
3. Types of trigger points
4. Assessment and treatment of trigger points
5. Myofascial trigger points assessment
1. Meridians and the principles of acupuncture point selection
2. Main meridians and their pathway
3. Meridian assessment
4. How to locate acupuncture points
5. How to locate acupuncture points
6. Meridians and principal of point selection assessment
1. Commonly used point along the Stomach meridian
2. Commonly used point along the Spleen meridian
3. Commonly used point along the Gall Bladder meridian
4. Commonly used point along the Liver meridian
5. Commonly used point along the Lung and Large Intestine meridians
6. Commonly used point along the Heart and Small Intestine meridians
7. Commonly used point along the Pericardium and Sanjioa meridians
8. Commonly used point along the Kidney meridian
9. Commonly used point along the Urinary Bladder meridian
1. Deqi what is it and is it required for successful treatment?
2. Responce of the autonomic nervous system to acupuncture
3. Treatment does
4. The repsonce of the nervous system to acupuncture
1. The Five Element Theory in the management of musculoskeletal disorders
2. How long should an acupuncture treatment be for?
3. How to formulate an acupuncture treatment plan
1. Health and safety issues in acupressure
2. History of acupressure, meridians and five elements
3. Local, segmental, and central effects of acupressure
4. Local, segmental and central responce of acupuncture and acupressure
5. Assessment
6. How to apply acupressure
7. How to apply acupressure
8. Acupressure assessment
1. Practical needling assessment
2. Acupuncture policy
3. Acupuncture consent form
4. Balens insurace document
5. Clinical reasoning for Western acupuncture
1. What is cupping therapy?
2. History of cupping therapy
3. Introduction of cupping therapy to Western countries
1. Introduction to catagorisation of cupping therapy
2. Technical types of cupping therapy
3. What is dry cupping therapy?
4. What is wet cupping therapy?
5. What is massage cupping therapy?
6. What is flash cupping therapy?
7. What is the optimum pressure in side the cup and the ideal duration of cupping therapy?
8. Light, medium and strong cupping therapy explained
9. Additional therapies to complement cupping therapy
10. Areas treated with cupping therapy
1. Indication and contraindication of cupping therapy
2. Adverse and preventable events of cupping therapy
3. Case reports on adverse events of cupping therapy
4. Systematic review investigating the safety of cupping therapy
1. Introduction to the underlying mechanism of cupping therapy
2. Conditioned pain modulation theory
3. Pain gait theory
4. Blood detoxification theory
5. Immune system theory
6. Reflex zone theory
7. Nitric Oxide theory
1. Introduction to applying cupping therapy
2. Which cupping therapy set should I buy?
1. Dynamic cupping of a patient with knee pain
2. Magnetic cupping and acupuncture for anterior knee pain
3. Cupping and acupuncture for idiopathic juvenile arthritis affecting the knee
4. Effect of cupping on osteoarthritic knees
5. Assessment
1. The effect of cupping on neck pain
2. The effect of cupping therapy on shoulder pain
3. Introduction to cupping over myofacial trigger points for shoulder disorders
4. Cupping therapy with active mobilisation of the shoulder
5. Cupping for neck and shoulder pain
6. Dynamic cupping for neck and shoulder pain
7. Assessment
1. Soft tissue massage, cupping and acupuncture for hip pain
1. The effect of cupping therapy on plantar fasciitis
2. Introduction to the use of cupping therapy for plantar fasciitis
3. Massage and cupping therapy for plantar fasciitis
4. Dry needling, acupuncture and cupping for Haglund's heel pain
5. Assessment
1. The effect of cupping on non specific lower back pain
2. Massage and cupping over acupuncture points for lower back pain
3. Assessment
1. Anatomy and function of the ankle joint
2. Assessment
1. Prevalance and nature of lateral ankle sprain
2. Assessment
1. Neuromuscular deficit following lateral ankle sprain
1. Assessment and diagnosis of lateral ankle sprain
2. Assessment
1. Introduction to acupuncture and trigger point selection in the management of lateral ankle sprain
2. Acupuncture to reduce swelling enhance muscle strength and nerve regeneration
3. Acupuncture point selection in the management of lateral ankle sprain
4. assessment
1. Introduction to the function of classical acupuncture points
1. LI-4 acupuncture point for the management of musculoskeletal pain pain
1. SI-3 for lower back, neck, and shoulder pain.
1. Locating and needling GB-30
2. Locating and needling GB-39
3. Locating and needling GB-41
4. Locating and needling GB-34
1. Locating and needling Liv-3
1. Locating and needling ST-41
2. Locating and needling ST-36
1. Locating and needling SP-6
1. Course of the Kidney meridian
2. General use of points along the Kidney meridian
3. Ki-1
4. Ki-2
5. Ki-3
6. Ki-4
7. Ki-5
8. Ki-6
9. Ki-7
10. Ki-8
11. Ki-9
12. Ki-10
13. Ki-15
14. Assessment
1. UB-40
1. Needling the four gates, Du-20 and Bafeng points
2. Bafeng points
3. N-UE-19 Yaotongxue for acute low back pain
4. Yintang
1. Nine steps to improve your acupuncture treatment outcome
2. is deqi required for optimum treatment outcome?
3. Is deqi required for optimum acupuncture treatment outcome?
4. What is the optimum treatment does
5. What is the difference between dry needling and acupuncture?
6. What is the difference between acupuncture and dry needling?
7. Improving you acupuncture treatment assessment
1. Introduction, incidence and aetiology of low back pain
2. Aetiology, prevalance and conservative management of LBP.
3. Assessment
1. Subjective assessment of the low back
2. Subjective and objective examination of the low back
3. Assessment
1. Dry needling in the management of LBP
2. Acupressure in the management of LBP
3. Manual and electroacupuncture for the management of LBP
4. How to selecting acupoints for the management of LBP
5. Assessment
1. Stretching exercises for low back pain
2. Best stretching exercises for low back pain
3. Strengthening exercises for low back pain
4. Assessment
1. An understanding of the effect of acupuncture on the pain pathways
2. The somatosensory cortex
3. The limbic system and pain
4. A modern understanding of mechanisms of acupuncture on pain pathways.
5. Assessment
1. Effect of insomnia on pain
2. Effect of anxiety on pain
3. Psychological impact on wound healing
4. The effect of emotions on of musculoskeletal pain disorders.
5. Effect of acupuncture on pain
6. Assessment
1. Introduction to the acupuncture and dry needling in the management of Achilles tendinopathy course
2. Aetiology signs and symptoms of Achilles tendinopathy
3. Assessment and diagnosis of Achilles tendinopathy
4. Palpation of the calf and Achilles tendon
5. Assessment of a ruptured Achilles tendon
1. Eccentric loading exercises for AT
2. How to do eccentric laoding exercise for Achilles tendinopathy
1. Acupuncture and dry needling in the management of Achilles tendinopathy
2. How to dry needle the Achilles tendon
3. How to apply soft tissue manipulation to the calf and Achilles tendon
4. Assessment
1. Epidemiology of plantar fasciitis
2. Heel pain introduction
3. Examination of the intrinic muscles of the feet
4. Examination of the foot and back in the management of plantar fasciitis
5. Assessment
1. Effect of footwear on plantar fasciitis
2. Effect of footwear on heel pain
3. Assessment
1. Effect of steroid injection and shockwave therapy in the management of plantar fasciitis
1. Effect of manual therapy in the management of plantar fasciitis
2. Soft tissue massage of the calf
3. Ischemic compression of the calf for the management of heel pain
4. Soft tissue massage, ischemic compression, and mobilisation of the foot and ankle
1. Orthotics and taping in the management of plantar fasciitis
2. Effect of orthoses on heel pain
3. How to apply low-dye-taping for plantar fasciitis and heel pain
4. Calcaneal taping for heel pain
5. Assessment
1. Foot stretch and strengthening exercises for plantar fasciitis
2. Effects of stretching exercise on heel pain
3. Strengthening of the intrinsic and extrinsic muscles of the foot
4. Assessment
1. Manual and electroacupuncture for Plantar fasciitis treatment
2. Application of electroacupuncture for chronic heel pain
3. SP-6 and ST-36 for bone and soft tissure repair
1. Treatment of non-union fracture of the fifth metatarsal with electroacupuncture and manual acupuncture AACP Spring 2019
2. Acupuncture in the management of the 5th metatarsal
3. Assessment
1. Introduction and aetiology of cuboid syndrome
2. Pathomechanics of cuboid syndrome
3. Symptoms and diagnosis of cuboid syndrome
4. Assessment of the cuboid
5. Differential diagnosis and treatment of cuboid syndrome
6. Therapeutic massage in the management of cuboid syndrome
7. Mobilisation techniques of the cuboid
8. Mobilisation of the cuboid part 1
9. Mobilisation of the cuboid part 2
10. Cuboid syndrome case studies
11. Cuboid syndrome: Acupuncture point selection
12. How to apply acupuncture in the management of cuboid syndrome
1. Assessment and diagnosis of hallux limitus
2. Hallux limitus and periosteal pecking
3. Acupuncture in the management of gout
4. Acupuncture and trigger points selection in the management of the hallux
5. Therapeutic massage and acupuncture in the management of the hallux limitus
1. Assessment, diagnosis and treatment of metatarsalgia (pre dislocation syndrome) with acupuncture
2. Assessment, diagnosis and treatment of metatarsalgia (pre dislocation syndrome) with acupuncture
1. Introduction, assessment and diagnosis of painful peripheral neuropathy
2. Prevalence, type, assessment and diagnosis of peripheral neuropathy
3. Pathophysiology of peripheral neuropathy
4. Pathophysiology of peripheral neuropathy
5. Acupuncture in the management of peripheral neuropathy - Evidence-based treatment
6. Acupuncture evidence based treatment of PN
7. Underlying mechanism of the effect of acupuncture on peripheral neuropathy
8. Underlying mechanism of acupuncture in the management of peripheral neuropathy
9. Clinical application of acupuncture for the management of peripheral neuropathy
10. Application of electro acupuncture for peripheral neuropathy
11. Assessment
1. Prevalence, diagnosis and symptoms of hay fever (allergic rhinitis)
2. Prevention and medication in the treatment of hay fever (allergic rhinitis)
3. Evidence to support the use of acupressure and acupuncture in the treatment of hay fever symptoms
4. What acupoints are effective for hay fever symptom relief
5. Self acupressure to get rid of hay fever symptoms
6. Assessment
7. Introduction to needling of the ear
1. Introduction to Auricular acupuncture
2. Introduction to history and anatomy of auricular acupuncture
3. Introduction to auricular acupuncture - anatomy of the ear
4. Effect of auricular acupuncture on anxiety and pain
5. Effect of auricular acupuncture on insomnia and pain
6. Auricular acupuncture assessment
1. Protocol for ADHD
2. Protocol for anxiety
3. Protocol for low back pain
4. Battlefield acupuncture protocol
5. Protocol for heel pain
6. Protocol for insomnia
7. Protocol for weight-loss
8. NADA protocol for substance abuse
1. Introduction to electroacupuncture
2. Introduction to electroacupuncture
3. Introduction to EA units for the management of MSK disorders
4. How to use an EA device
5. Introduction to the healing process
6. Electroacupuncture to optimise wound healing
7. Effects of electroacupuncture in the management of inflammation
8. Electroacupuncture in the management of fractures and bone healing
9. Effects of electroacupuncture in the management of fractures and bone healing
10. Assessment
1. Electroacupuncture in the management of tendinopathies
2. Dry Needling and Acupuncture for Achilles Tendonopathy
3. Electroacupuncture to optimise tendon healing
4. assessment
1. Case study: Treatment of non-union fracture of the 5th metatarsal with EA and MA
2. Case study EA in the management of stress fracture of the styloid process
3. Application of electroacupuncture for chronic heel pain
4. Assessment

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Introduction to the Postgraduate Diploma in Medical Acupuncture

Module 1: Foundations in acupuncture

Module 1.2: Health and safety and needling technique

Module 1.3: Current understanding and mechanism of acupuncture

Module 1.4: Introduction to myofascial trigger points

Module 1.5: Meridians acupuncture points

Module 1.6: Commonly used acupuncture point

Module 1.7: The repsonce of the nervous system to acupuncture

Module 1.8: How to formulate an acupuncture treatment plan

Module 1.9: Introduction to acupressure

Acupuncture Resource Library

Module 2.1: Introduction and history of cupping therapy

Module 2.2: Catagorisation of cupping therapy

Module 2.3: Indication, contraindication and adverse effects of cupping therapy

Module 2.4: Theories of the underlying mechanism of cupping therapy

Module 2.5: Cupping procedure

Module 2.6: Cupping therapy for knee pain

Module 2.7: Cupping for neck and shoulder pain

Module 2.8: Cupping for hip pain

Module 2.9: Cupping for heel pain

Module 2.10: Cupping therapy for lower back pain

Module 3.1: Anatomy and function of the ankle joint

Module 3.2: Prevalence and nature of lateral ankle sprains

Module 3.3: Neuromuscular deficit following lateral ankle sprain

Module 3.4: Assessment and diagnosis of lateral ankle sprain

Module 3.5: Acupuncture point selection in the management of lateral ankle sprain

Module 4.1: Function, location and needling method of classical acupuncture points

Module 4.3: Locating acupuncture points along the Large Intestine meridian

Module 4.4: Locating acupuncture along the Small Intestine meridian

Module 4.5 Locating acupuncture points along the Gall Bladder meridian

Module 4.6: Locating acupuncture points along the Liver meridian

Module 4.7: Locating and needling points along the Stomach meridian

Module 4.8: Locating and needling points along the Spleen meridian

Module 4.9: Locating and needling points along the Kidney meridian

Module 4.10: Locating and needling points along the Urinary Bladder Meridian

Module 4.11: Locating and needling Extraordinary points

Module 5.1: How to improve your needling technique

Module 6.1: Assessment, diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic lower back pain

Module 6.2: Subjective and objective assessment for lower back pain

Module 6.3: Dry needling, acupressure and acupuncture treatment for low back pain

Module 6.4: Stretching and strengthening exercises for LBP

Module 7: Pain and pain pathways

Module 7.1: The effect of poor sleep quality, anxiety and stress on wound healing and pain.

Module.8: How to assess diagnose and treat Achilles tendonopathy with acupuncture

Module 8.1: Eccentric loading exercises in the management of Achilles tendinopathy

Module 8.2: Acupuncture and dry needling in the management of Achilles tendinopathy

Module 9: Plantar fasciitis assessment, diagnosis and treatment

Module 9.1: Examination of the foot and back in the management of plantar fasciitis

Module 9.2: Effect of steroid injections and shockwave therapy in the management of plantar fasciitis

Module 9.3: Therapeutic massage and joint mobilisation in the management of plantar fasciitis

Module 9.4: Orthotic, insoles and taping in the management of plantar fasciitis

Module 9.5: Effect of exercise in the management of plantar fasciitis

Module 9.6: Acupuncture and dry needling in the management of plantar fasciitis

Module 10: Acupuncture in the management of stress fracture of the 5th metatarsal

Module 10.1: Acupuncture in the management of cuboid syndrome

Module 10.2: Acupuncture in the management of the hallux

Module 10.3: Acupuncture in the management of metatarsalgia (predislocation syndrome)

Module 11: Acupuncture in the management of neurological disorders

Module 12: Introduction to what are hay fever (allergic rhinitis) symptoms

Module 13: Auricular acupuncture

Module 13.1: Auricular acupuncture treatment protocols

Module 14: Electroacupuncture

Module 14.1: Electrocupuncture in the management of tendinopathies osteoarthritic knees

Module 14.2: Electroacupuncture case studies

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