Programme 2013 CPDA

FULL-DAY AND WEEKEND COURSES EVENING

Dates / Title / Lecturer / Cost / Deposit / CPD hours
20-21 April / Contemporary acupuncture in Women’s Health / Jennie Longbottom / £265 / £150 / 14
15 June / The lower quadrant: integration of acupuncture within physical therapy management / Jennie Longbottom / £135 / 7
7 Sept / Acupuncture in the management of tendinopathies / Moira Tunstall / £135 / 7
21-22 Sept, 28-29 Sept, 9-10 Nov / Foundation course in acupuncture
(3 weekend certificate course) / Jennie Longbottom / £665 / £350 / 42
7 Dec / Safe acupuncture in pregnancy / Justine Munur / £135 / 7
EVENING WORKSHOPS & LECTURES(18.30 - 20.30 h)
13 June / The role of acupuncture in pain alleviation / Jennie Longbottom / £20 / 2
24 Oct / Introduction to auricular acupuncture / Jennie Longbottom / £45 / 2
21 Nov / Incorporating electro-acupuncture in manual and physical therapies / Jennie Longbottom / £45 / 2
26-27 Jan, 9-10 Feb, 23-24 March / Foundation course in acupuncture
(3 weekend certificate course) / Jennie Longbottom
Same text as before
21-22 Sept, 28-29 Sept, 9-10 Nov / Foundation course in acupuncture
(3 weekend certificate course) / Jennie Longbottom
Same text as before
2 March / Acupuncture in management of tension headaches and migraine / Jennie Longbottom
Most recent recommendation by National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) for the treatment of headache:
“Consider a course of up to 10 sessions of acupuncture over 5–8 weeks for the prophylactic treatment of chronic tension-type headache.”
A practical course exploring Trigger Point acupuncture to reduce pain and restore function in myofascial component of headaches. It will also explore the management of migraine with acupuncture using a Western pain management model and a TCM model addressing systemic, hormonal and stress-induced migraine. There will be a review of recent research advances in the field of neural inhibitory mechanisms, myofascial pain physiology and acupuncture research, incorporating the work of Gerwin (1997) and Travell and Simons (1992) and exploring physiological mechanisms of dorsal horn and descending acupuncture inhibitory mechanisms. The course will also explore the use of acupuncture for systemic balance of homeostasis in the management of more complex migraine presentation (Ying et al 2009; Wang et al 2011)
This course will provide participants with:
  • An understanding of myofascial pain physiology
  • An understanding of theoretical models of energy crisis
  • An overview of current evidence and research in trigger point acupuncture
  • An understanding of the physiological mechanisms involved in acupuncture trigger point needling
  • Practical needling skills in trigger point application for myofascial headaches
  • An overview of homeostasis and migraine presentation
  • Hormonal migraine
  • Circulatory migraine

20-21 April / Contemporary acupuncture in Women’s Health / Jennie Longbottom
A practical weekend course exploring the role of acupuncture in managing women’s health, focusing on the management of musculoskeletal pain, system dysfunction and conditions associated with women’s wellbeing. The course will integrate Western and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) models within a clinical reasoning, evidence-based paradigm. It will explore the use of acupuncture in managing a wide range of conditions often seen in clinic, including:
  • Chronic pelvic pain
  • Myofascial pelvic pain
  • Menopausal syndrome
  • Disorders of menstruation
  • Hormonal headache and migraine
  • Anxiety and depression
Day I: Pain and related dysfunction
Learning outcomes
  1. A clinical reasoning approach to the management of acute pelvic pain and inflammation with acupuncture using Western evidence-based and TCM models
  2. An in-depth knowledge of the application of global acupuncture for CPP and emotional management using TCM and Western models
  3. An in-depth knowledge of myofascial pain anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology
  4. Familiarity with current evidence-based research to support interventions and protocols
  5. A clinical reasoning approach to the management of pelvic dysfunction reinforced by case study presentations
  6. An understanding of Western and TCM pathophysiology of menopause
  7. An understanding of Western and TCM protocols, supported by the evidence, for clinical application.
Day II: Management of menstrual dysfunction
Learning outcomes
  1. Participants should gain an understanding of the diagnosis of menstrual dysfunction using both Western and TCM models of clinical reasoning
  2. An understanding of the relevance of qi and blood deficiency, excess and stagnation for the clinical management of menstrual dysfunction
  3. A full understanding of meridian and point choice for the management of menstrual dysfunction, anxiety and depression
  4. An understanding of the hormonal influence on migraine and headaches
  5. Practical skills in needle application
  6. Clinical reasoning skills with case scenarios
  7. The appraisal of current evidence to support acupuncture intervention in physical therapies.

15 June / Acupuncture for the Lower Quadrant / Jennie Longbottom
This acupuncture up-date course will provide the delegates with an integrated approach for managing lower quadrant pain including the lumbar spine, pelvis and lower limb. The course will address recent research advances in the field of neural inhibitory mechanisms, pain physiology and acupuncture research.

Aims

  • To enhance and update the participant’s knowledge of clinical reasoning in acupuncture
  • To enhance participants’ pain management skills with the integration of acupuncture with manual therapy
  • To enhance needling skills
  • To critically appraise recent acupuncture research within the field of lower quadrant pain and dysfunction
  • To discuss the issues of chronic pain management and patient self-management within an acupuncture model
  • To enhance myofascial trigger point skills within the pelvis and lumbar spine

Learning Outcomes

  • An in-depth analysis of presenting pain mechanisms and acupuncture intervention
  • A critical analysis of recent research in LBP and pelvic pain acupuncture trials
  • Enhancement of practical trigger point needling skills
  • Effectively develop a comprehensive pain management approach to lower quadrant dysfunction
  • To integrate trigger point and traditional acupuncture within a physiotherapy model
PRE Course Reading (Optional)
  1. Longbottom J (2010) Acupuncture in Manual Therapy. Elsevier Churchill Livingstone. ISBN 978-0-443-06782-2
  2. Longbottom J (2009) DVD Trigger point needling for myofascial pain.
  3. Longbottom J (2009) The Management of Pelvic Pain Parts I & II. Journal of Chinese Medicine.

7 Sept / Acupuncture in the treatment of tendinopathies / Brad Neal
This one day course will enable participants to gain an insight into both the theoretical and practical basis for the integration of acupuncture alongside manual therapy and rehabilitative models for the treatment of tendinopathy.
The course will demonstrate a clinical reasoning model integrating both western trigger point acupuncture and pain inhibitory models, alongside traditional Chinese acupuncture models (with a critical analysis of relevant evidence). The course will emphasise how acupuncture can facilitate the body’s own homeostatic healing mechanisms in order to supplement rehabilitation and recovery and how this should be applied to tendinopathy.
The practical component of the course will include both a revision of the meridian points that can be applied to tendinopathy within a Western evidence framework along with myofascial trigger point needlingto assist with the resolution of contributing factors.
The course is suitable for anyone who has completed accredited foundation acupuncture training with professional liability insurance for acupuncture within their scope of practice. All participants must be prepared to give and receive needling.
Brad Neal is a Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist from Pure Sports Medicine in London. He graduated from the University of Hertfordshire in 2006 and completed his MSc in Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy at the same University in 2011. Within his clinical practice Brad combines rehabilitation, biomechanics and acupuncture. Brad takes a special interest in tendinopathy and other overload-related injuries, analysing which aspects of patients’ biomechanics and muscle imbalance contribute to the overload of the MSK system. He recently published an article, “Is there a role for Acupuncture in the treatment of tendinopathy?” in BMJ’s Acupuncture in Medicine journal and takes an active role within sports medicine research.