ONLINE CPD: Acupuncture for Shoulder, Elbow and Wrist Pain
Skill level: IntermediateCPD hours: 10 hours
Course details
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Clinical reasoning at the heart of delivery
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Where our delegates work
This online CPD course is designed for healthcare professionals who have already completed a foundation course but are now looking to complete additional CPD hours whilst advancing their needling skills and understanding further.
In terms of clinical background, a large range of healthcare professions have taken and benefited from this particular CPD course, including (but not limited to):
Physiotherapists
Osteopaths
Chiropractors
Sports Therapists
Physicians
Nurses
Dentists
Occupational Therapists
Podiatrists
Level 4 Sports Massage Therapists
This specialist acupuncture and dry needling CPD course builds upon previous learning to advance your needling techniques and clinical reasoning for the treatment of shoulder, elbow, and wrist pain.
Spanning over thirty lessons, and seven modules, a wealth of clinical and research experience is deftly combined with online practical demonstrations, case studies, multi-choice quizzes and handouts to ensure you have everything you could possibly need to advance your knowledge and needling techniques skills..
You will receive a fully evidence-based approach to the implementation of acupuncture and dry needling for shoulder, elbow and wrist pain, allowing you to provide dramatic results for your clients as soon as you complete the course.
This online acupuncture CPD course begins by re-visiting learning undertaken in your foundation course – notably, contraindications and precautions, adverse events, needling basics, clinical reasoning, pain physiology, as well as the role of acupuncture and when to use it.
Having re-establishing these fundamentals, you’ll then progress through a series of modules aimed at strengthening your knowledge of prominent meridians, needling techniques and acupoint recipes with respect to the shoulder, elbow and wrist, addressing such conditions as:
Dequervains
Carpal Tunnel syndrome
Colles fracture
Lateral & medial elbow problems
Anterior, posterior and generic shoulder problems
With theoretical knowledge and application reviewed from both a Western and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) perspective, case studies and multi-choice quizzes are used throughout in order to ensure that you complete the course feeling confident, safe and effective in implementing your new found knowledge and skills.
Delivered via our first-class online portal, a wealth of clinical and research experience is deftly combined with practical demonstrations, case studies, multi-choice quizzes and handouts to ensure you have everything you could possibly need for the treatment of shoulder, elbow and wrist pain.
Not only are we experts in the field of acupuncture and dry needling, but we’re also experts at delivering exceptional educational experiences. We know exactly what healthcare professionals need, and want, in order to maximise their learning experience and to feel confident, safe and effective in using needling as part of their clinical practice as soon as they complete the course.
As soon as you book, you’ll be given access to our online acupuncture and dry needling training platform where you will have unfettered, 24/7 access for 3 months.
At the end of each chapter, you will be able to test your knowledge in our multi-choice quizzes in a fun and engaging manner. We include case studies that require you to draw upon your learning, challenging you to engage with clinical reasoning that would be reflected in your own clinical practice.
We’re with you every step of the way. As soon as you book, you’ll gain access to our online portal, meaning you can start learning immediately. In addition, our team of tutors and learner support team are easily accessible, and happy to help in any way we can.
Our First-Class Online Training Portal
We provide the very best in online acupuncture and dry needling training to guarantee that course delegates feel safe, confident and effective in applying their learnings as soon as they complete their course. We know exactly what healthcare professionals need, and want, in order to maximise their learning experience.
Our Fully Evidence-Based Approach
We combine the latest research with practical, clinically relevant teaching to ensure you receive a fully evidence-based approach to the implementation of acupuncture and dry needling. All of our courses have clinical reasoning at the heart of delivery, making sure that you’re able to make fully informed decisions on how and when to introduce acupuncture and dry needling into a client’s care package.
Our Exceptional Five-Star Course Reviews
We’re passionate about acupuncture and dry needling, and passionate about delivering exceptional educational experiences. Reflecting this, our online acupuncture and dry needling CPD courses are consistently rated five-stars and have fantastic reviews.
You will need to be a regulated healthcare professional who has completed foundation training in acupuncture and dry needling. Yet to complete your foundation training? We have upcoming courses in every major city in the UK. Find your nearest foundation course here.
Meet your tutor
Dr. Carl Clarkson
Qualifications
PhD, Acupuncture and Women’s Health, Northumbria University
MSc, Acupuncture, Coventry University
PGCE, Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching, Teeside University
BSc, Physiotherapy, Northumbria University
Achievements
Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, HEA
Over a decade ago, I had an ambitious vision – create exceptional learning experiences for healthcare professionals. My career began in 2004 as a Physiotherapist, where a passion for helping people was complimented...
The first half of this module talks you through acupuncture contraindications and precautions, followed by a multi-choice quiz to consolidate your learning. The second half of the module then takes you through adverse events, and how to best deal with them, followed by a multi-choice quiz to ensure you know what to do!
Let's get some fundamentals coveredOnline
In this module, there are several short videos outlining some of the fundamentals of acupuncture:
Needling basics - needle insertion, depth of insertion, when to use different sized needles
Clinical reasoning - learn the foundations of TCM and Western reasoning
Establishing the role of acupuncture - learn about appropriate circumstances in which to use acupuncture
Pain physiology - An easy to follow demonstration of pain physiology, and how acupuncture can influence immediate pain relief
Shoulder moduleOnline
This module is comprised of a number of short videos to further your understanding of acupuncture for shoulder pain:
Prominent meridians that cover the shoulder
Needling techniques for prominent acupoints
Acupoint recipes for anterior, posterior and generic shoulder problems
Shoulder symptoms case study
Shoulder symptoms multi-choice quiz to cement your understanding
Elbow moduleOnline
This module is comprised of a number of short videos to further your understanding of acupuncture for elbow pain:
Prominent meridians that cover the elbow
Needling techniques for prominent acupoints
Acupoint recipes for lateral and medial elbow problems
Elbow symptoms case study
Elbow symptoms multi-choice quiz to cement your understanding
Wrist moduleOnline
This module is comprised of a number of short videos to further your understanding of acupuncture for wrist pain:
Prominent meridians that cover the wrist
Needling techniques for prominent acupoints
Acupoint recipes for Dequervains, Carpal Tunnel syndrome and Colles fracture
Wrist symptoms case study
Wrist symptoms multi-choice quiz to cement your understanding