Grand Rounds in Pain Management – Kiiko Matsumoto Style Acupuncture – February 2020

February 1st 8:30AM – 5:30PM    &   February 2nd 8:30AM- 3:30PM

Professor Monika Kobylecka

This is a beginner and advanced Kiiko Matsumoto seminar designed as Grand Rounds. This seminar presents diagnostic skills, treatment strategies, and theories used to treat clinical presentations of numerous physical pain manifestations.  Meaning real time application of KMS Acupuncture techniques and strategies. It will be executed in a Grand Rounds style where pre-approved patients will be treated to enhance the clinical reasoning skills of attendees. This seminar will review abdominal reflexes, front treatment strategies, and clinical shortcuts where applicable. This class will apply anterior & posterior treatment strategies with  supporting treatments for common musculoskeletal problems affected by pathologies of the back including: low back pain, sciatica presentations, neck pain, piriformis syndrome, TMJ, headaches, degenerative disc disease, scoliosis and more.

Additionally, the seminar will demonstrate:

-Point palpation & identification 

-The use of palpation skills and the patient’s medical history to choose effective treatments for both acute and chronic pain.

-The specific needling techniques used in Kiiko Matsumoto Style acupuncture to maximize the efficacy of a treatment.

Seminar presenter Monika Kobylecka, LAc is currently one of the principle teachers of KMS acupuncture in the United States and is the co-author of Kiiko Matsumoto’s textbook. Monika works closely by Kiiko’s side. Monika also treats pediatric pain patients at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Her clear hands-on seminars & grand rounds are essential for all practitioners wishing to learn KMS acupuncture.