Becoming an Instant Acupuncturist: Basic Level Korean Hand Therapy for Managing Musculoskeletal Pain

Becoming an Instant Acupuncturist:
Basic Level Korean Hand Therapy (non-needle acupuncture)
for Managing Musculoskeletal Pain
Lawrence Li, MD, MPH and Dan Lobash, Ph.D., L.Ac.

Objectives: Following this presentation, the participant will be able to:
1. Describe the Traditional Chinese Medicine theory for how acupuncture works and list conditions for
which acupuncture is useful based on evidence.
2. Describe the Korean Hand Therapy (KHT) Reflexology map of the body on the hand.
3. Learn to use the Korean Hand Therapy Correspondence system to treat neck pain, headache, low back
pain, and arm/leg pain.
a. Successfully treat at least one of your workshop colleagues.
b. Successfully be treated by at least one of your colleagues.
4. Answer common patient questions about KHT Correspondence treatments.
5. Use a comprehensive Integrative medical approach to evaluate and manage musculoskeletal pain.
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)
Ô The patient is a microcosm of the universe, subject to the influences of the environment and internal
harmony, as well as the interplay between the yin and yang.
External factors: wind, heat, dryness, dampness, cold
Internal factors: anxiety, sadness, anger, introspection, elation.
Ô Treatment includes acupuncture, massage, herbal medicine, movement arts, and breathing exercises.
Acupuncture may only represent only 10% of a treatment plan.
Ô TCM has a different anatomical and physiological construct which is internally logical and consistent but irreconcilably different from the Western model. To explain TCM in Western terms is difficult, but to explain TCM from an Eastern philosophical standpoint is easy. Ultimately, a Western practitioner must accept acupuncture as a scientifically ...