Back Pain: Orthopedic Acupuncture Series
Learn Clinically Focused Techniques & Strategies to Effectively Treat Back Pain
This course has been approved by the NCCAOM for 5 continuing education credit hours. Completion of all course videos and an 80% or greater score on the end of course test will automatically generate a certificate of completion to be used toward licensure requirements.
Your Instructor
Andrew Nugent-Head is the founder of the Association for Traditional Studies (ATS), a 501c3 organization dedicated to the preservation, documentation and dissemination of China's traditional knowledge. Andrew moved to China in 1986 at the age of 18 to study Chinese medicine, martial arts, and internal cultivation. He spent 28 years in China dedicated to learning these arts and obtained the highest quality education possible in traditional, mentor-disciple relationships.
Andrew's studies and work have been featured on French and German television, the NBC Sunday Today Show, and on ABC News Special. He also worked on and appeared in the Mystery of Qi episode of the Bill Moyers PBS documentary series, Healing and the Mind. He has been featured in newspapers across the United States and written prolifically on Chinese Medicine, culture and the importance of preserving traditional knowledge worldwide.
Through his not for profit, Andrew has translated six books, produced over 400 educational videos and translated for and assisted practitioners of Chinese Medicine, Yin Style Bagua martial arts, Daoyin practices, and Calligraphy during more than 140 seminars between 1993 and 2003.
With the passing of his teachers, Andrew now dedicates himself to teaching the practice of Chinese medicine as he learned it to fellow practitioners through seminars around the world. He also runs a teaching clinic in Asheville, North Carolina where practitioners can observe him treating patients with herbs, acupuncture, bodywork, exercises and lifestyle advice.
Course Curriculum
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StartImportant Course Information
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StartBack Pain: Theory Part 01 (30:51)
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StartBack Pain: Theory Part 02 (34:11)
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StartYangming Tendochannel Discussion (24:51)
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StartYangming Tendochannel Demonstration (29:05)
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StartTaiyang Tendochannel Discussion & Demonstration (17:49)
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StartSoftening vs. Sparrow Pecking Technique (40:17)
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StartSoftening Technique Demonstration (18:07)
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StartShaoyang Tendochannel Discussion (15:41)
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StartShaoyang Tendochannel Demonstration (29:51)
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StartYin Tendochannels Discussion (8:51)
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StartYin Tendochannels Demonstration (19:54)
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StartTreating the Elderly & Infirm (31:27)
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StartDistal Needling & Hua Tuo Points (18:54)