Close to the Bone: Acupuncture Treatments for Shoulder Pain

Course overview

David Legge, an osteopath and acupuncturist who specializes in the treatment of musculoskeletal disorders, shares a clear and reliable approach to the theoretical and practical skills necessary to diagnose and treat the more common presentations of shoulder pain with acupuncture. This course covers the theoretical basis of acupuncture treatment of musculoskeletal disorder from a Chinese medicine perspective, a review of the anatomy and anatomically based pathology of shoulder disorders, and how to differentiate between joint and muscle pain. Finally, the specifics of treatment formulation using local acupuncture are addressed.