Shoulder Pain: Orthopedic Acupuncture Series

Treating Shoulder Muscular-Skeletal Injuries with Chinese Medicine

The orthopedic acupuncture series continues with this release on treating the shoulder. In this online course, Andrew lays out both theory and treatment strategies for successfully treating muscular related shoulder pain, as well as shows the needling methods used on patients.

• This course is included in the 2021 release of Tangible Acupuncture for Orthopedic Injuries. If you attended the TAOI course in Asheville, Zurich, Hamburg or London, you will have access to the new material once edited and posted.

• This course is approved for 5.5 CEUs by the NCCAOM. To receive continuing education credit, all videos must be watched completely and an 80% or greater passing score on end of course test achieved. Course completion certificate will be automatically generated and sent to the email address associated with your account.



Your Instructor


Andrew Nugent-Head
Andrew Nugent-Head

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.


Frequently Asked Questions


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