Myofascial Gua Sha for Orthopedic Conditions 
Dr. Anthony Von der Muhll, L.Ac., DAOM, DNBAO, FAIPM
Introduction to Acupuncture Physical Medicine
The Academy of Chinese Culture and Health Science
Category 1 CA CEU’s: 8 CEUs (pending)
Instructor: Dr. Anthony Von der Muhll, L.Ac., DAOM, DNBAO, FAIPM
Dr. Anthony Von der Muhll 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.
December 13, 2021-December 13, 2021 9:00 AM-11:00 AM
2 Category 1 CAB units available
Type: Prerecorded Lecture – Distance Education CEU to be granted
Description:
Overview of Myofascial Gua Sha for orthopedic conditions
- Tools and techniques
- Safety and standards of care
- Cautions and contraindications
- Patient education and informed consent
- Safety protocols and management of adverse events
- Tool disinfection
- Post-Myofascial gua sha protocols Protocols for specific body regions
- Cervical and thoracic spine
- Shoulder girdle
- Forearm
- Gluteals
- Quadriceps, IT band and hamstrings
- Calves and Achilles tendon
- Hands and feet
Integrating Myofascial Gua Sha into acupuncture clinic flow
- Combining gua sha with other therapies
- Coding and billing
- Documentation for malpractice defense and to support insurance billing
Course Objectives:
Myofascial gua sha requires more skill and training than conventional wei qi gua sha in order to safely and effectively treat the muscles, tendons, and aponeuroses of the jing-jin (“sinew meridians”), while avoiding destabilization of adjacent joints or trauma to nerves:
- Break up painful myofascial trigger points and relieve myalgia
- Stretch and loosen adhesions in muscles and connective tissue, which can relieve pain at sites distal to where the gua sha is applied • Flush capillary beds and lymphatic ducts and increase local micro-circulation • Stimulate tissue healing through release of growth factors
- Assist recovery of muscle strength and function