Acupuncture For Relieving Lower Back Pain And Sciatica

Effective relief of lower back pain and sciatica with evidence-based acupuncture, myofascial release, and stretching.

What you'll learn

Understand how anxiety and a lack of sleep will exacerbate lower back pain.

Understand the examination procedures and tests (neurological and provocation tests) for diagnosing lower back pain.

Understand the effects of dry needling, acupressure and acupuncture in the management of acute and chronic low back pain.

Know how to administer self-acupressure for the management of acute and chronic low back pain.

Know how to select acupuncture points to reduce anxiety and improve the quality of sleep in patients with non-specific low back pain.

Know what are the best stretching and strengthening exercises for the management of low back pain?

Know how to select the best acupuncture points for the management of acute and chronic low back pain.

Requirements

This course is ideal for healthcare professionals, sports therapists, acupuncturists who have an interest in the use of dry needling and acupuncture for the treatment of acute and chronic lower back pain and sciatica.

Description

An estimated 619 million people worldwide live with low back pain, and it is the leading cause of disability. On this course you will learn how to carry out a subjective assessment of the lower back to allow you to select the most effective myofascial trigger points, classical acupuncture points, and stretching and strengthening exercises to relieve sciatica and lower back pain. You will; Learn what is the main cause of lower back pain and sciatica.Learn how to carry out a subjective assessment for lower back pain and sciatica.Understand how anxiety and depression will worsen the symptoms of back pain.Learn how to treat depression and anxiety with acupuncture.Understand which myofascial trigger points are responsible for causing lower back pain and sciatica.Have an evidence based understanding of the 7 best acupuncture points to treat acute lower back pain.Learn the best myofascial trigger points and acupuncture points to relieve chronic lower back pain.Get an evidence-based understanding of the effects of acupuncture and acupressure on relieving lower back pain.Learn what are the best types of strengthening exercises to relieve lower back pain and sciatica.Learn which are the best stretches to relieve lower back pain and sciatica.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction, incidence and nature of lower back pain

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 What are the main cause of lower back pain

Lecture 3 Common myofascial trigger points that cause lower back pain

Lecture 4 The effect of poor muscle strength on lower back pain

Section 2: Subjective assessment of lower back pain

Lecture 5 Subjective assessment part 1

Lecture 6 The implication of poor quality sleep on next day lower back pain

Lecture 7 Symptoms of mechanical, axial and somatic lower back pain

Section 3: Manual and electroacupuncture in the management of lower back pain

Lecture 8 What to consider before selecting acupuncture point for acute lower back pain

Lecture 9 7 best acupuncture points to relieve acute lower back pain.

Lecture 10 Acupuncture movement therapy for acute lower back pain

Section 4: Acupuncture for the treatment of chronic lower back pain

Lecture 11 How do acupuncture compare to other treatment modalities for chronic LBP

Lecture 12 Acupuncture point consideration for non-specific lower back pain

Lecture 13 The effect of anxiety and depression on chronic lower back pain

Lecture 14 Acupuncture point selection to relieve anxiety

Lecture 15 Acupuncture point selection for the treatment of chronic lower back pain

Lecture 16 Evidence based acupuncture point selection for chronic lower back pain

Section 5: Dry needling for the treatment of lower back pain

Lecture 17 How does dry needling compare to other treatment modalities for lower back pain

Lecture 18 What are the best method of relieving trigger points that are causing LBP

Lecture 19 What is the main trigger points to select for the treatment of lower back pain

Section 6: The effect of acupressure in the management of lower back pain

Lecture 20 The use of complementary medicine in the treatment of lower back pain

Lecture 21 Acupressure for the treatment of lower back pain

Section 7: Exercises for lower back pain

Lecture 22 Introduction to strengthening exercises and walking to reduce lower back pain

Lecture 23 Best strengthening exercises for relieving lower back pain

Lecture 24 Introduction to stretching exercises to relieve lower back pain

Lecture 25 How to stretch to relieve lower back pain

This course is ideal for Western medical acupuncture and dry needling practitioners, acupressure practitioners, and traditional acupuncturists