Dr Yun-tao Ma

Dr. Yun-tao Ma is a renowned international authority in acupuncture pain management and trauma rehabilitation. Dr. Yun-tao Ma has more than 40 years of experience practicing and teaching throughout the world.
Yun-Tao Ma, received a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the University of South Carolina for research in the field of pain mechanism and neuronal rehabilitation.
He is [...]

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Pain Science and Pharmacology for Manual Therapists

Professor Nikolai Bogduk presents ‘Pain Science and Pharmacology for Manual Therapists’ online course.
The course provides 8 hours of continuing education and is broken down into 5 core modules:

Taking a Pain History
Pain and Opiods
Inflammation: Steroids, NSAIDs, and Paracetamol
Neurogenic Pain
Assessing Pain Interventions

Each module is based around a screencast video of Professor Bogduk taking you through each of [...]

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Biomedical Dry Needling

In this webinar Dr. Yun-tao Ma will take you through acupuncture for pain management and other novel Intra-neuro-muscular techniques.
Topics covered include:
• Concepts of pain management in dry needling acupuncture medicine vs conventional medicine
• Introduction of systemic Integrative Homeostatic Acu-reflex points System
• Neuro-physiological mechanisms of dry needling acupuncture: peripheral and central mechanisms; specific and [...]

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Spinal Injections

In this webinar Prof. Nikolai Bogduk will take you through the good, bad and the ugly of spinal injections.
Topics covered include:

How do you know the source of pain in the spine?
The role of spinal injection in determining the source of pain.
The  different sources of spinal pain and how commonly they occur.
The validity of different treatment [...]

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