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CHAPTER 11: COMPLEMENTARY BODY-BASED INTERVENTIONS

SECTION 1: BODY-BASED TRADITIONAL MEDICINE

pages 304-305

Video

QI (pages 304-305)

(4 min)

YIN AND YANG (pages 304-305)

John Bellaimey, TED ED (4 min)

ACU-POINTS AND MERIDIANS

Acupuncture points and Meridians

(2007) (1 min)

MERIDIANS

Dr Alex Heyne, Acupuncturist Physician

(2018) (10 min)

ACU-POINTS

Dr Darren Carpenter, Acupuncturist Physician

(2021) (14 min)

TRIGGER POINTS (page 305)

Michiel Akkerman (4 min)

SECTION 2: ACUPUNCTURE, INCLUDING DRY NEEDLING

pages 306-307

Johns Hopkins Integrative Medicine/DigestivE DISEASE CenteR

Rachel Waldman, Acupuncture Physician (4.5 min)

Acupuncturist Licensure Requirements - Example: Florida

DRY NEEDLING DEMONSTRATION

Carlos J. Berio, PT, DPT, CMTPT, CSCS (3 min)

There is moderate evidence it is appropriate to recommend dry needling of myofascial trigger points as an adjunctive modality to standard PT  to relieve the intensity of lumbar pain   

(Liu et al, 2018)

Liu et al (2018) Evidence for dry needling in the management of myofascial trigger points associated with low back pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

SECTION 3: ACUPRESSURE

pages 308-310

ACUPRESSURE FOR NAUSEA & VOMITING (page 310)

Brief Teach: Self-Acupressure on Acupoint P6 for Nausea

MD Anderson Cancer Center (3 min)

Adlan AS et al (2017) Acupressure as adjuvant treatment for the inpatient management of nausea and vomiting in early pregnancy: a double-blind randomized controlled trial. Journal Obstetrics Gynaecology Research, 43(4):662-668.

Brief Teach: Self-Acupressure with the use of Sea-Bands for Nausea

Retrea Tours (1 min)

Steele NM, et al (2006) Effect of acupressure by Sea-Bands on nausea and vomiting during pregnancy. Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, & Neonatal Nursing, 30(1): 61-70.

ACUPRESSURE FOR NAUSEA: APPLICATION TO PT (page 310)

You are an outpatient PT treating a pregnant female for a shoulder injury. She had been progressing well, but recently started to cancel most of her appointments due to pregnancy-related nausea. When she does make it in to a physical therapy session, she is not able to fully participate secondary to nausea. What do you do when she next visits?

ACUPRESSURE FOR STRESS & INSOMNIA (page 311)

Brief Teach Self-Acupressure for patient's poor sleep that limits participation in PT (and daily function)

Laurieanne Nabinger, RN, (11 min)

Song HJ, et al (2015) Effect of self-acupressure for symptom management: a systematic review. Complementary Therapy Medicine, 23(1):68-78.
Waits A, Tang YR, Cheng HM, et al (2018) Acupressure effect on sleep quality: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Wu P et al (2020) Acupoint combination effect of Shenmen (HT 7) and Sanyinjiao (SP 6) in treating insomnia: study protocol
Adams A, Eschman J, Ge W (2017) Acupressure for chronic low back pain: a single system study. Journal Physical Therapy Science, 29(8):1416-1420.

BONUS: ACUPRESSURE FOR CHEMO-INDUCED NEUROPATHY

Brief Teach Self-Acupressure to alleviate chemo-induced neuropathy

Laurieanne Nabinger, RN, (11 min)

Yeh CH et al (2020) Dynamic brain activity following auricular point acupressure in chemotherapy-induced neuropathy: a pilot longitudinal functional magnetic resonance imaging study
Chen L, Wu X, Chen X, et al (2021) Efficacy of auricular acupressure in prevention and treatment of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in patients with cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Evidenced Based Complementary Alternative Medicine, 8868720.
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