In-Person Presymposium

March 7, 2024 – Anthony Von der Muhll

CEUs:7

Anthony Von der Muhll
8:30 – 5:00
Acupuncture Orthopedics: Needling the Joints of the Spine & Extremities

Acupuncture Orthopedics: Needling the Joints of the Spine & Extremities

Joint dysfunctions are common but sometimes hidden causes of chronic pain and disability. Classically based needling of ligamentous and articular tissues can help treat root causes of a wide range of orthopedic conditions by stabilizing and mobilizing joints with acupuncture. Take home practical methods and strategies, including specialized inspection and palpation techniques for joints and ligaments, joint active and passive range-of-motion and end-feel examination, needling safety and techniques, and post-treatment joint re-assessment of immediate assessment of outcomes for:
• Shoulder girdle and arm: the acromio- and sterno- clavicular, glenhumeral, ulnar- and radio-carpal; radio-ulnar; thumb CMC, and MCP joints
• Lower leg: the knee ACL, MCL, LCL, meniscii, superior tib-fib; ankle anterior talofibular and calcaneofibular joints
• Spine: cervical and lumbar facets; supraspinous, interspinous, iliolumbar, sacroiliac, and sacrotuberous ligaments

Anthony Von der Muhll

Anthony Von der Muhll, L.Ac, DAOM, DNBAO, FAIPM is a highly experienced clinician and an enthusiastic and skilled instructor in acupuncture orthopedics and sports medicine who genuinely enjoys providing long-term mentorship and support for acupuncturists to achieve their professional goals. He is one of the only US acupuncturists who teaches joint stabilization/mobilization needling, is certified in myofascial trigger point needling, and integrates these modern acupuncture methods with classical treatment of the jing-jin (“sinew meridians” or myofascial tracts).

Anthony Von der Muhll is the founder of AOM Professional, and has taught Certification in Acupuncture Orthopedics since 2015, and served as a clinical supervisor at the Master’s level since 2005 and the Doctorate level since 2017. He has also taught acupuncture orthopedics and pain management in doctorate programs of the Academy of Chinese Culture and Health Sciences (Oakland CA), the American College of TCM (San Francisco, CA), the Five Branches University of TCM (Santa Cruz, CA), and the Virginia University of Integrative Medicine (Fairfax, VA). He has been a featured instructor in acupuncture orthopedics at conferences of the Sports Acupuncture Alliance, the PSOAS Symposium, and State acupuncture associations of California, Georgia, North Carolina, and Virginia.

Anthony Von der Muhll is one of the only acupuncturists in the US with extensive experience serving as an expert witness for the California Acupuncture Board and in civil malpractice litigation. He emphasizes the highest standards of safety, ethics and sustainability in his classes.

Anthony Von der Muhll started his journey as an injured soccer player who found relief from taiji/qigong, massage, and acupuncture. He worked as a massage therapist, physical therapy and athletic training assistant until he graduated from the Five Branches University of TCM in 2002, and founded the Santa Cruz Acupuncture Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Clinic in 2003. In 2022, Anthony relocated to Charlottesville, Virginia, where he now practices at the Sports Acupuncture Clinic/Berkeley Bamboo Clinic with his wife, Tamara Brown, L.Ac., DACM.