4/2~3 Acupuncture Treatment of the Jing-Jin (“Sinew Meridians”): Low Back, Core and Pelvic Girdle 
Dr. Anthony Von der Muhll, L.Ac., DAOM, DNBAO, FAIPM
specializes in sports, orthopedic and neuro-musculoskeletal injuries and pain conditions. He became Licensed as an Acupuncturist in 2003, and was the first graduate of the Five Branches University’s’ Integrative Sports Medicine program. He has served as a Clinical Instructor and Associate Professor at the Five Branches since 2005, and as an Instructor in the Doctorate of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Program of the Academy of Chinese Culture and Health Sciences beginning in 2017. He is also a Diplomate of the National Board of Acupuncture Orthopedics, a Fellow of the American Academy of Pain Management, and certified as a Personal Trainer through the American College of Sports Medicine. He is also one of the few traditionally-trained acupuncturists who has also become certified as a Myofascial Trigger Point Therapist (dry needling) through Myopain Seminars. He has 20 years of clinical experience as a sports massage therapist, physical therapy aide, athletic training assistant, and licensed acupuncturist in multi-disciplinary clinics, including SpineMed Associates and the PRIME Pain Medicine Institute. He has also served as an Expert Witness for the California Acupuncture Board (CAB) and in civil malpractice litigation.
April 2, 2022-April 3, 2022 9:00 AM-5:30 PM
Room: 101
16 Category 1 CAB units available
Type: Online Via Livestream or Recorded Lectures
Description:
Clinical anatomy, kinesiology, and the jing-jin (“sinew meridians” or myofascial tracts)
- Bones, muscles, discs and facet joints, and neurology
- Posture and motion dysfunctions
- The arthritic progression: strain/sprain, derangement, degeneration
History-taking: key diagnostic questions
- “Red flag” symptoms of urgent/serious medical conditions potentially warranting referral to physician care: stenosis, tumors, infection, fractures, organ-referred pain and radiculopathies
- Differentiating symptoms of muscles, joint, disc, and spinal cord, and nerve root injuries
- Neural hypersensitization and psycho-social factors
- Functional capacity questionnaires for reporting to managed care insurance
Physical exam of the low back, core and pelvic girdle: how findings can guide treatment with acupuncture modalities
- Observation, inspection and palpation
- Joint exam: active range-of-motion and passive stress testing of the lumbar spine, sacroiliac joint and pubic symphysis
- Neurologic exam: upper motor neuron; leg reflex, sensory, and motor function; sciatic neuropathy
- Manual strength testing and referred pain pattern charts for 10 key muscles of the low back, core and pelvic girdle
- Special orthopedic tests for the lumbo-sacral spine
- Documentation of physical exam findings
- Measuring and reporting functional capacity baselines and treatment outcomes
- Clinical flow charts to facilitate efficiency and accuracy in examination
Diagnosis and Pattern Identification
- Acute lumbo-sacral sprains/strains, postural and motion dysfunctions, and myofascial pain involving the iliopsoas, quadratus lumborum, paraspinals, abdominals and gluteals
- Post-partum lumbosacral and pelvic pain and dysfunction
- Chronic lumbo-sacral arthritis, degeneration, scoliosis
- Radiculopathies and spinal cord stenosis
- Spondylolisthesis and compression fractures
- Failed low back surgery syndromes
- Sciatic neuropathy and the gluteal musculature
- Disorders of the sacroiliac joint and pubic symphysis
Treatment
- Myofasicial Trigger Needling: quadratus lumborum, iliopsoas, gluteals, hip external rotators, and abdominals
- Prolo-acupuncture:iliolumbar, posterior sacro-iliac, and sacro-tuberous ligaments, pubic symphysis, and spondylolisthesis
- Active Cupping: suction + thoraco-lumbar AROM
- Gua sha and tui nato restore lumbo-sacroliac joint mechanics
- Electro-acupuncturefor radiculopathies, cord compression and sciatica
- 3-edged, lancet and 7-star needle therapies
- Exercise therapy, sport and work ergonomics
Course Objectives:
Study Acupuncture Treatment of the Jing-Jin (“Sinew Meridians”): Low Back, Core and Pelvic Girdle