Day 1 :
Keynote Forum
Patrick K. Porter
BrainTapTech, USA
Keynote: How Light, Sound and Vibration Can Accelerate Acupuncture Results
Time : 10:15-11:00
Biography:
Patrick K. Porter, PhD is an award-winning author, educator, consultant, entrepreneur, and speaker. With 30 years of experience operating the largest self-help franchise, he has become a highly sought-after expert within the personal improvement industry, having sold over 3 million of his self-help products worldwide. He is the author of the award-winning bestseller, Awaken the Genius, Mind Technology for the 21st Century, which was awarded “Best How-To Book of 1994” by the North American Book Dealers Exchange. Awaken the Genius is translated into four languages and more than 150,000 copies have sold globally. He is also author of Discover the Language of the Mind and Thrive In Overdrive, How to navigate Your Overloaded Lifestyle, among others.
Abstract:
Participants will learn how toxins are a major contributing factor in the 21st Century neurological epidemic. Dr. Patrick Porter (PhD) will share key statistics, symptoms and how these toxins affect your patients, community and practice. The link between acupuncture and brain function will be explored and how the recent outcry for a solution to Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBIs) and the unique qualities of natural medicine have perfectly positioned practitioners of acupuncture to handle these cases. Participants will also learn how low level light therapy has helped to bring relief to those suffering from brain stress.
Participants will practice using these cutting edge insights on how brain stress leads to Sympathetic Survival Syndrome and how specific language patterns can reduce or eliminate patient stress. We will explore the consequences of imbalance between the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system and how thoughts can be changed to use the new science of epigenetics to bring the nervous system and brain into balance.
Each participant will know how to communicate acupuncture in a NEW way, resulting in improved new client attraction, client conversion and compliance—all keys to growing a healthy practice.
Keynote Forum
Carl Clarkson
Northumbria University, UK
Keynote: Korean hand acupuncture for pregnancy related pelvic girdle pain: a feasibility study
Time : 11:15-12:00
Biography:
Dr. Clarkson is a Senior Lecturer in Physiotherapy at Northumbria University, UK, teaching on the BSc and MSc programmes. He teaches acupuncture to healthcare professionals internationally and is an active researcher in acupuncture related topics. He attained a BSc (Hons) degree in Physiotherapy in 2004, a PGCE in Adult Education in 2010 and an MSc in Acupuncture in 2011. His PhD, titled ‘Korean Hand Acupuncture for Pregnancy related Pelvic Girdle Pain: A feasibility study’ was completed in 2017. His current research interests lie within the broad scope of acupuncture, and within Pregnancy related Pelvic Girdle Pain.
Abstract:
Despite Pregnancy related Pelvic Girdle Pain (PPGP) developing in approximately 20% of pregnancies, there are currently very few studies that have investigated interventional strategies. Of extant interventions investigated to date, acupuncture has shown some promising findings, although the effects of Korean Hand Acupuncture (KHA) on PPGP remain unclear. In line with the MRC framework for complex interventions, any potential treatment should be subjected to feasibility testing prior to a definitive RCT. A mixed methods feasibility study, assessing the acceptability and practicality of conducting a definitive RCT on KHA for PPGP, was conducted. It was a study consisting of six sessions, with individuals randomized to either a standard physiotherapy plus penetrating Korean Hand Acupuncture (pKHA) or a standard physiotherapy plus non-penetrating Korean Hand Acupuncture (npKHA) group. 59 women were recruited, 40 of whom completed all six sessions. Trends in pain, function believability and credibility were measured, as well as qualitative data analysed via content analysis to assess acceptability and practicality.
- Clinical Practice of Acupuncture
Session Introduction
Stefanie Schroeder
Arizona State University, USA
Title: The Effectiveness of Acupuncture Therapy on Stress in a large Urban College Population
Biography:
Stefanie Schroeder has completed her medical education at SUNY StonyBrook in 1990 and studied Acupuncture under Dr. Tsun-Nin Lee at the Academy for Pain Research in San Francisco, in 2001. Dr. Schroeder is a board certified Emergency Medicine physician and after 10 years of emergency medicine practice came to Arizona Sate University as the Medical Director of the Student Health Service and built one of the first integrative wellness departments in college health.
Abstract:
This study is a randomized controlled clinical trial to study the effectiveness of acupuncture in the perception of stress in patients who study or work on a large urban college campus. The hypothesis was that verum acupuncture would demonstrate a significant positive impact on perceived stress as compared to sham acupuncture. This study included 111 participants with high self-reported stress levels who either studied or worked at a large urban public university in the southwestern United States. 62 participants completed the study. Subjects were randomized into a verum acupuncture or sham acupuncture group. Both groups received treatment once a week for 12 weeks. The Cohen’s Global Measure of Perceived Stress scale (PSS-14) was completed by each subject prior to treatment, at 6 weeks, at 12 weeks, and 6 weeks and 12 weeks post-treatment completion. While both verum and sham acupuncture patients showed a substantial initial decrease in perceived stress scores, at 12 weeks post treatment verum acupuncture showed a significantly greater treatment effect than sham acupuncture. This study indicates that acupuncture may be successful in decreasing the perception of stress in students and staff at a large urban university and this effect persists for at least 3 months after the completion of treatment.
- Acupuncture Related Practices
- Acupuncture Techniques