A Special Interest Group of Physiotherapy New Zealand

NEWSLETTER.... August – October 2014

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Message from the President Message from the PAANZ office Message from the Education officer Message from the Registrar New PAANZ members Courses advertised outside of PAANZ PAANZ mentoring programme New PAANZ members PAANZ Library Advertising

Dear Members

Message from our new President – Derek Timmins

It is with great pleasure that I write this, my first message to the members as President of PAANZ. I

feel quite privileged to be nominated for the position. I certainly have big shoes to fill, following on

from Guy Bailey, who has done a great job over the last three years in sometimes very trying

circumstances. On behalf of the Executive and the wider membership, thank you Guy for your years

at the helm and your continued support. In fact it was actually when I was working with Guy in

Hamilton as a recent graduate when my interest in acupuncture began, leading me to do my initial

training with PAANZ before gaining registration in 2003. Since then, I have been constantly amazed

with the sometimes incredible effects acupuncture can have. Fast forward 11 years and I currently

work in Auckland as a part-owner of two Physiotherapy practices, one in Half Moon Bay, the other

just down the road in Pakuranga. Over the last couple of years I have also been a guest lecturer,

teaching the introductory TCM component on the AUT Western Acupuncture course.

Amongst the other changes at the AGM, Susan Kohut has taken on the role of Education

officer. Susan brings a wealth of knowledge to her role, being the Paper leader for the Post Graduate

Certificate in Western Acupuncture, a previous President of PAANZ and co-Author of the PAANZ

Guidelines for Safe Practice (2014). Later in the newsletter, Susan presents a very interesting report

on her recent trip to China. I must thank Anne Macann for her years of service as Education officer,

you have done an incredible job. I would also like to thank Trevor Montgomery, Jillian McDowell,

Andrea Moses and Jane Scoular for remaining in their roles as Treasurer, Research officer, IAAPT

representative and Registrar. Guy Bailey, Nikki Tse, Lynda Atkinson and Andrea Moses remain on

the Executive committee, thank you for your continued support. Kirsty Speedy stepped down from

the Executive at the AGM, thank you Kirsty for all your hard work over the years, your experience

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and knowledge of PAANZ will be sorely missed. We do however have two new Executive members,

Cathy Lewsley and Raylene Kirk, I look forward to your input on the committee.

The PAANZ Symposium was held in Wellington prior to the AGM, it was a great success and showcased the amazing skills and knowledge of the people who make up PAANZ, I am already looking forward to next year! Warm regards Derek Timmins - President

Message from new executive member – Cathy Lewsley I am from a small rural and beautiful little town of Te Anau where I have been practicing

acupuncture for the last 15 years.

I look forward to being a part of the PAANZ committee as I have always been impressed by the

high level of organisation, enthusiasm and support that it brings to its members and would like to

contribute.

Message from the Administration Office – Angela Trotter It is hugely important to me that our members are aware of what is happening within PAANZ and kept up to date with news on any aspect of PAANZ. Below is a summary of recent business and should you have any further queries please email me. I always love hearing from our members! Membership We currently have a total of 281 members, 120 of which are registered members. Courses for 2014 We have three courses left to run this year, two of which are our new Dry Needling – Foundation courses. The Foundation Dry Needling courses are being run, following two surveys of members that both were in support of teaching short courses in trigger point dry needling. These are proving to be very popular, one is to be held in August and the second will run in November. Also in November is our Cupping and Qi Gong course. There are spaces still available, on all three courses, so if you would like to register simply email paanz@xtra.co.nz. Case History day Our next case study day is for our Southland members, this is to be held on Thursday 13 November, 7pm at Prohealth Physiotherapy, 124 Kelvin Street, Invercargill. Please register your space by emailing paanz@xtra.co.nz. A day for our West Coast and Manawatu/Whanganui members is still be arranged and I will update you on these dates when known.

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Acupuncture brochures We have now distributed just over 2,500 of our acupuncture brochures throughout New Zealand, there is still plenty in stock and will remain free to all our members. If you are getting low on these brochures, simply send me an email with your postal address and the quantity you would like. Courses for 2015 Thank you to everyone who provided feedback for courses they would like to see PAANZ run next year. We have an exciting calendar planned which includes… PAANZ symposium Ear acupuncture Scar & tendinopathy Shiatsu Manaka Acupuncture for hand therapy Facial acupuncture Dry Needling – Foundation course Musculoskeletal dry needling Can you help? I am in the process of planning venue locations for these courses. Do you know of a good course venue or can any of our members possibly help with venues in any of the following areas? Christchurch Wellington Rotorua Hamilton Auckland Dunedin We require venues that can take between 10-25 attendees and access to plinths if possible. Please email paanz@xtra.co.nz if you have any suggestions. Website I am continuously working and updating our website, do remember to check in to see the changes, and any feedback is always welcome for any improvements.

If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact me, I am in the office Monday to Friday from 9.00am to 2.30pm. Angela Trotter - Administrator

Message from our new Education Officer – Susan Kohut

Hello. I went to China for three weeks travelling about. It was great with so much to see, three weeks

barely touched the surface, and it is a big place! As well as holidaying I went to the Shanghai TCM

museum (I wonder if it counts for PAANZ points?), sampled some local treatments (the 20+ cupping

bruises took over two weeks to go away) and went to an acupuncture conference!

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You might ask why go to a conference when you are on holiday – it is a very good question, but it

does offset some costs when some of your trip contributes to the dreaded taxes.

Before I start on things acupuncture I will mention the Shanghai museum. Most visitors to Shanghai

seem to go there – it has free admission. As a physio I was very intrigued by the pillows – of the

glazed pottery kind – they did not look comfortable, no wonder the Chinese so quickly developed

treatments for sore necks… The picture of the pillow is one of the more modern ones on display,

dating back to 1271 – 1308. Apparently similar pillows are still in use, fortunately not in any hotels.

The Shanghai TCM museum was interesting, all of the things one sees photographed in TCM texts,

such as the early stone and bone needles, the life-size bronze acupuncture teaching figures, the

needle cases of the early ‘nine needles’…, and so much more. There was a section on very early

acupuncture, with books such as the Huang Di Nei Jing Ling Shu (475BC – 220AD), but as books

were not in regular print in China until the Tang Dynasty (618–907), one presumes they are copies,

but old nonetheless! A lacquer statue of the early meridians intrigued me, one always assumes the

meridians have been the same for a long time, but clearly they have evolved with the times. A bronze

statue of the meridians (1774) shows the changes over time, it was in a ‘box set’, and awarded by

the Emperor as a prize in medicine.

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Lacquer statue (replica) of the meridians used during the Han dynasty (206BC – 8AD)

Bronze statue box set prize (1774).

After much travelling through China we arrived in Beijing. I attended the Society of Acupuncture

Research (SAR) conference which they co-shared with the Chinese Association of Acupuncture-

Moxibustion (CAAM). Prior to the conference they had arranged some hospital visits. I went along

to the Guangan Men Hospital one afternoon when the temperature outside had got to 42˚C. It was

hot and the hospital was packed. Everywhere people were sat along corridors. As we walked through

outpatients we passed the pharmacies – side by side was a TCM pharmacy next to Western

medicine. Upstairs were the acupuncture clinics. They were close to wards, one was neurological,

the other gastro-intestinal. Patients got acupuncture in those wards five days a week alongside

conventional treatment, such as physiotherapy for a stroke. There are statistics that in China

acupuncture is used much more for neurological conditions than musculo-skeletal. The place was

busy, but the six bedded rooms relied a lot on family and there were no curtains! In the actual

acupuncture clinic there were curtains, but the staff were keen to show us all of the special tools they

employ. So we saw a man with depression have 20 needles inserted extremely quickly (they are

very deft at needle insertion – sterile disposable needles, 30mm x 0.25 gauge) into his scalp and

face. He just sat there quietly. Another came in for treatment of his acne, he was having ‘fire’

needling. Special needles are heated in a Bunsen burner flame and then touched to the acne scars.

The boy being treated flinched, so did all of the observers. He had about 20 applications of this!

Others were having treatment for back pain etc., one man had two needles inserted into his BL2

point and then he did his back exercises in standing prior to his acupuncture treatment – this was to

pre-empt the Bladder channel. Most of the needling being done was very local, there was not a lot

of use of distant points. I was not expecting this. I asked about tongue and pulse diagnostics pre and

post treatment as none was being done. The response was that it was sometimes done on the initial

visit, but not every time. I didn’t go to Beijing Hospital (it was either that or go to the Great Wall, so

an easy choice), but one of the doctors who went on both visits told me later it was more like an

American hospital – very different and apparently that’s where the Party elite get treatment.

The Conference was over three days with about 500 delegates. It was very good. A portion of the

acupuncture worlds ‘gurus’ were there: Jisheng Han, Richard Hammershlag, Vitaly Napadow,

Claudia Witt, Hugh MacPherson, Elisabet Stener-Victorin, Richard Harris, Li-xing Lao, Ji-liang Fang,

Remy Coetaux, Ryan Milley, Robert Davis, Jiang-Ti Kong ….. the list goes on. Hence to say the

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presentations were of a very high calibre, the poster sessions were huge (over 300 posters) and it

was fantastic to meet so many people from so many professions who are researching acupuncture,

such as Ophthalmologists, Clinical Psychologists, Anthropologists …

A real highlight was the presentation of a SAR lifetime award to Jisheng Han by Richard

Hammerschlag.

Prof Han spoke, he is now 86 years old and after 60 years is still researching acupuncture’s effects.

His favourite joke is that “acupuncture does not work well for him”!

And I finally know that Bee Venom acupuncture is not only injecting bee venom into acupuncture

points, but also holding bees in tweezers and putting them on the point so it stings the patient. I met

an American researcher who has worked wonders in a man with Agent-orange induced Parkinsons

through this treatment. They order the bees, they are couriered in and now the patients wife treats

him!

If you are still reading after all of this – the moral of the story is: don’t necessarily stay in New Zealand

for your acupuncture education, PAANZ members are well equipped to participate in acupuncture

courses and conferences all over the world. This year’s iSAM’s conference is being in October in

Tokyo. In 2015 it will be held at Otago University. Or if you want to go to the Eastern U.S.A. SAR’S

conference is being held in conjunction with the Society for Integrative Oncology (SIO) and Fascia

in November at Harvard in Boston, MA. For further acupuncture links to ongoing education see the

‘Course links’ page in this newsletter.

Susan Kohut - Education Officer

Message from our Registrar – Jane Scoular

All members with registration ending on 31 December 2014 have now been contacted, to confirm

whether or not you have earned enough points to continue on your registration for a further three

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years. All members that have sufficient points will receive an updated certificate in the post in early

December. This is at no cost, and included as part of your membership.

There are heaps of ways you can get points which will cost you nothing apart from a bit of time. The easiest way to get points is to give a talk to a group of six or more people - they don't have to be physiotherapists, they can be a bunch of your friends, a local group, e.g. parents/Probus/community/whatever. The talk can be on anything to do with acupuncture. An hour long talk gives you 10 pts. Borrow a book or video out of the library and send us a short review - 3 pts. Peer review - three or more of you get together three times over a year and that is another 5 pts. Or critique an article, see guidelines for this in the members’ only section on the website.

If you have any queries regarding your registration or would like to apply to become a Registered

physiotherapy acupuncturists within PAANZ please contact paanz@xtra.co.nz or phone Angela

(PAANZ administrator) on 04 894 1685 for more information.

Jane Scoular - Registrar

New PAANZ Members 2014 A warm welcome to our four new PAANZ members since the last edition of our newsletter: Karen Giles Danielle Shilvock Kirsten Pedersen Martyn Sigley

To register to attend both the conference

and the workshop simply register online

through

http://physiotherapy.org.nz/professional-

development/conference/register-now/

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Thomas Lundeburg – Workshop

Thursday 18 September 2014 at A.U.T, North Shore (Akoranga Campus) – 9.00am – 5.30pm

Costs $200 - PNZ member attending the conference or

$350 - PNZ member not attending the conference

Thomas currently works in rehab medicine and pain management at the Rehabilitation Medicine

University Clinic Danderyds Hospital in Stockholm, Sweden. He has an interest in complementary

therapies including acupuncture, exercise, laser and magnetic field therapy. His research includes:

Acupuncture in Acute and Chronic pain Acupuncture in Stress Acupuncture in Women’s health Acupuncture and Exercise pros and cons Acupuncture and the autonomic nervous system

Thomas has also been involved in research on the effects of an enriched environment and different

dietary aspects.

To view his workshop outline please click on the below link.

http://physiotherapy.org.nz/assets/Professional-dev/2014_Conference/Thomas-Lundeberg-Workshop-

Outline.pdf

A British Medical Acupuncture Society you tube clip is provided of Thomas presenting on

acupuncture neuroscience. Please click on the below link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBWmzXfyGHs

Courses advertised outside of PAANZ….

PAANZ members have often requested how to find out what courses are going on outside of PAANZ.

Below is a list of groups that you could potentially access courses from. Rather than advertise these

groups courses a list of potential links will be annually provided in our newsletter. Some of these

groups you need to join, such as SAR to receive information, others such as China Books send out

an email highlighting advertised courses.

Acupuncture Association of Chartered Physiotherapists (AACP) – http://www.aacp.org.uk/

Auckland University of Technology (AUT) - http://www.aut.ac.nz/study-at-aut/study-areas/health-

sciences/postgraduate-study/acupuncture/contact-information

Australian Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine Association Ltd - http://www.acupuncture.org.au/

Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA) - http://www.physiotherapy.asn.au/

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APA - Acupuncture and Dry Needling Group -

http://www.physiotherapy.asn.au/APAWCM/The_APA/National_Groups/Acupuncture___Dry_Need

ling/APAWCM/The_APA/National_Groups/Acupuncture.aspx?hkey=87bfaa57-d01b-402b-87d6-

242091a64af4

British Medical Acupuncture Society (BMAS) – http://www.medical-acupuncture.co.uk/

China Books (Australia) – http://www.chinabooks.com.au/index.cfm and to join their mailing list -

http://www.chinabooks.com.au/join.cfm

The International Scientific Acupuncture and Meridian Symposium (iSAMS) -

http://www.isams.org/2014/main/main.html

New Zealand Acupuncture Standards Authority (NZASA) - http://www.nzasa.org/

New Zealand Register of Acupuncturists (NZRA) - http://www.acupuncture.org.nz/

Otago University - http://www.otago.ac.nz/physio/news/otago072946.html

Qiology - Japanese acupuncture courses - http://www.qiology.com.au/

Society of Acupuncture Research (SAR) – http://www.acupunctureresearch.org/

New Zealand Institute of Acupuncturists (NZIA) - http://www.nzia.org/ Auckland University of Technology (AUT) - http://www.aut.ac.nz/study-at-aut/study-areas/health-

sciences/postgraduate-study/acupuncture

PAANZ Mentoring Programme These members have offered to be mentors and may be able to assist you with required course preparation.

Mentors

Region Contact details

Jillian McDowell Invercargill jillianmmcdowell@gmail.com

Wendy Lockhart Dunedin allanwendy@xtra.co.nz

Karen Keith Dunedin karen.keith@otago.ac.nz

Robyn Vintiner Dunedin buzbar@clear.net.nz

Guy Bailey Hamilton gdobailey@gmail.com

Kirsty Speedy Auckland North kspeedy@vodafone.co.nz

Susan Kohut Auckland North (Western Acupuncture)

susan.kohut@aut.ac.nz

Complete details of the mentor programme can be found on our web site.

The PAANZ Executives are interested in your feedback on the mentoring programme. Please email paanz@xtra.co.nz with any feedback.

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PAANZ Book Review Template You will find this useful template under the member’s area. Please use if reviewing a book for points and publishing.

PAANZ Advertising.....

PAANZ

Library

Administration Office

To view list go to paanz.org.nz

Email Angela at paanz@xtra.co.nz with your request. Please remember to include your full name & the physical address you would like your selection sent to.

Acupuncture books, videos & DVDs are available for all PAANZ members, and any completed reviews count towards your registration points.

You will find a useful template under the members are’s for

The Meridian Worldwide - latest edition To view the IAAPT Newsletter go to the WCPT website under IAAPT in the Members only section. Our Members are invited to send anything that is suitable for The Meridian to either Andrea Moses at andrea.moses3@gmail.com or direct to the Editor, Charles Liggins, email Charles.liggins5@gmail.com.

To Study Acupuncture PAANZ encourages physiotherapists to commence their acupuncture education in New Zealand by studying for a ‘Postgraduate Certificate in Acupuncture’ at Auckland University of Technology (AUT), or Otago University. There are further acupuncture qualifications that can be attained at both Universities by following acupuncture pathways, such as Postgraduate Diploma, or Master of Health Science in Acupuncture. For details please go to the PAANZ web site.

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新西兰针灸师进修学院

Affiliate Signatory to the Natural Health Practitioners of New Zealand Incorporated Member of the World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies

We would like to invite you to attend this year's New Zealand Institute of Acupuncture (NZIA)

conference. We are delighted to be joined by a wonderful line up of speakers both from NZ and

China, and feel confident that you will find them instructive as well as inspirational. The conference

theme this year is Cancer and Chronic Illnesses, a subject all too common in our modern times.

The line-up on speakers include: Keith Mason, Consciousness Trainer who will be opening the

conference, Jifu Li Dr. TCM will talk about ancient wonders of TCM and the management of people

undergoing western treatments, Dr Glen Twentyman Integrative GP, will look at the western holistic

approach and nutritional supplements to help to assist people with cancer and chronic illness, Harry

Hao Chen Dr. TCM will be looking at a holistic proposal to maintain vital Qi for patients with chronic

illnesses, Dr Robin Kelly GP & Acupuncturist, will be discussing the effects of Post Traumatic Stress

Disorder in relation to chronic illness, Dr Joan Campbell GP & Acupuncturist, will speak about Cancer,

Caring and Compassion in the context of holistic cancer management with Chinese Medicine and

Professor William R Wilson, Chair Auckland Cancer Society Research Centre, will give a perspective

of recent developments in our understanding of cancer biology and therapy, within the "western"

paradigm.

This conference includes 10 hours Continuing Professional Development Hours in Relation to TCM.

The AGM will take place at 8:30am on Saturday the 13th of September for half an hour.

Date and Time:

Friday 12th September - 1pm - 7pm. (Afternoon tea provided)

Saturday 13th September - 8:30am - 6pm. (Morning Tea, Lunch, Afternoon Tea provided)

Address: Quality Hotel Parnell, 20 Gladstone Road Parnell, Auckland 1052

Fees: Early Bird Rate paid in full

before Friday the 22nd of

August Full Price

NZIA members

$260 $325

Non-NZIA members

$312 $390

Student

$221 $276.25

To register and to secure your spot deposit $100 (non-refundable) into the NZIA bank account

number: 03 1512 0012384 000 leaving your name and Conference as the reference and email

secretary@nzia.org that you will be attending. Click: http://eepurl.com/0xAjD for more info.

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