![]() In 2018, Dr Travall Croom brought his innovative techniques in Aesthetic Acupuncture to Dublin, and this training allows me to offer advanced anti-aging and problem skincare at the clinic.Ĭlassical Acupuncture has it's origins in the classical texts of chinese medicine. Additional courses I have taken include Acupuncture for Women's Health with Giovanni Maciocia, Men's Urogenital, Sexual and Reproductive Health with Jani White, Pregnancy and Fertility with Deborah Betts and The Treatment of Infertilty and Miscarriage with Brandon Horn. Here at Dr Gu Zhaojun's busy clinic, we saw acupuncture at work in hospital, treating the after effects of stroke, chronic back, neck and shoulder pain, bells palsy, shingles, and digestive complaints. I trained with The Acupuncture Foundation of Ireland for three years, and travelled to China for further clinical training at the Nanjing University Second Affiliated Hospital. I also hope to find a medical Qi Gong master and learn some new practices to help my patients back in the UK.Trish Conneely Lic.Ac. Whilst I am there, I also hope to get up early in the morning and join the public in the park opposite the Hotel I am in and join in the T’ai Chi practice there. ![]() I hope to learn a lot about their ancillary techniques, such as new ways of using cupping, electroacupuncture, moxibustion etc. The acupuncture department is multi bed, several clients being treated in the same room.Īs the first week heads into he second, I should be then allowed to start treating patients myself. I anticipate an extremely busy, bustling, fast pace service to clients. It is not unusual for one acupuncturist to treat 50 clients per day. The Nanjing Hospitals treat hundreds of people per day. They have an extensive out patient department also and patients will be coming in daily for treatments. They use acupuncture for pain relief during operations and during trauma at the emergency department. ![]() The Chinese treat right in the heart of the hospitals, they treat neurological conditions, such as stroke patients and head injuries. I hope to see patients being treated for many conditions not practiced in the UK. Traditional Chinese Medicine training in China is seen as a bone fide medical training, they are trained alongside western medical doctors and come out with a licence as a doctor at the end of their training. I will be be observing treatments by Chinese doctors. I will be working alongside the students from Nanjing University, who will be on placement out in the Hospitals. That includes the acupuncture department, which operates much like a physiotherapy department in the UK. If you are unwell, you pop down to your local Hospital, talk to the nurses on reception and with their help you are signposted to whoever they and you feel will be of the most help. Acupuncture in China is integrated into their national health system. As part of an acupuncturists training it is quite usual to be offered the chance to see acupuncture being practiced in the motherland. I am going out in September with three of our newly qualified students from the College. I have been given the job of Clinic Director for Acupuncture at The College of Naturopathic Medicine and have been given the opportunity to go to China for two weeks to work alongside acupuncturists in Nanjing University Hospital.
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