The AAMA has created a presentation that AAMA members can use to present as an introduction to medical acupuncture for health care professionals. It provides information about mechanisms of action, treatable conditions, adverse effects, and reasons to consider acupuncture treatments for patients. This NEW AAMA member resource is a valuable tool for you to use and share

This webinar will discuss basic science and clinical experimental evidence that neuroinflammation is present at clinically involved acupuncture points as well as at trigger points, causing the clinical phenomena of pain and tenderness. This modern evidence serves to corroborate acupuncture treatment principles outlined in the Huangdi Neijing, and has important implications for acupuncture diagnostic examination.

Presented by Gary Stanton, MD, FAAMA Description: This will be a case-based approach to Auriculotherapy in Neurology. Brief presentations of selected patients with neurological signs and symptoms will be presented. Then the approach to individual auricular diagnosis and treatments will be discussed.   Objectives: At the end of this activity, participant will be able to

Presented by Joseph Audette, MD, MA This webinar will discuss the current scientific evidence for the treatment of pelvic pain conditions with acupuncture. The focus of the discussion will highlight the treatment protocols used and their deficits. We will then propose an Acupuncture Energetic approach with a discussion of the neuroanatomy of pelvic pain and

Presented by Donna Pittman, MD, FAAMA Description: An adverse event is a harmful or negative outcome that may happen when a patient has been provided medical care. One in ten acupuncture patients will experience an adverse event. This presentation will focus on injuries that can happen due to improper needling of points around the eye

Presented by Jason Oreskovich, DO, FAAMA and Kendra Unger, MD, FAAMA This webinar is designed to review the anatomy of the foot and ankle, to highlight important acupuncture points as they relate to this anatomy, to review common medical conditions of the foot and ankle and to suggest treatment modalities for these issues. At the

Presented by Mike Cummings, MD This webinar will briefly summarize the Western Medical Acupuncture (WMA) approach based on neurophysiological mechanisms of deep somatic nerve stimulation via acupuncture needling and electroacupuncture. It will use these mechanisms to explain the generic principles of point selection (PoPS) used in the WMA approach and use them to outline the

Presented by Mitch Elkiss, DO, FAAMA Topic: ATP for stress, sleep, pain, dependency. The Auricular Trauma Protocol, at the request of the Department of Defense, was created in 2010 for treating PTSD in the military. It was found to be successful in helping wounded warriors cope with their stress, pains, sleeplessness, and drug dependencies. It

Presented by Richard Niemtzow, MD, PhD, MPH Full presentation and then panel discussion of multipolar static magnets in the acupuncture clinic. Rapid Electroacupuncture (EA) to Treat Long Haul COVID-19 Ansomia and Ageusia by stimulating ST-43 bilaterally. The EA presentation will occur first. At the conclusion of the EA technique explanation, there will be a round

Presented by Michael Freedman, MD, FAAMA This presentation will discuss the use of interosseous membrane stimulation and the proposed mechanism of action of the treatment. Three of the myriad conditions with pain in the distal extremeties for which this stimulation is an effective treatment will also be presented. Participants will learn a safe, minimally invasive