Digest Number 834

December 30, 2001

These " trigger point " practitioners tend to be those educated before the

time and standards for the education were raised. Many people have

commented that in " the old days " a practitioner got out of school, got

confused and went to NAET or something similar.

Teaching in the schools now I would say there are very few students who

are getting the degree just to have a license umbrella to practice their

own " energy healing " . All are aware and knowledgable (if not all yet

particularily skilled) in the capabilities of TCM for internal medicine.

(And there may be a long discussion about those few students that manage

to get through the TCM schools while obviously not wanting to practice

the schools curiculum or traditions.)

I've also heard from an insurance investigator for legal matters that

most of the unsafe practices and cases come from these practitioners

educated long ago. That is the dichotomy, that the most recent graduates

have the best training yet have no experience. (Obviously many of those

on this list are exceptions to this generalization, having continued

your education in TCM or whatever modality.)

I don't think these " trigger point therapists " will be crowding the

Doctorate program. Those that survived won't feel a need to get more

education and time has weeded out those that no longer practice. I would

say also that as the age of the student lowers we have practitioners

with less life experience as opposed to the many " old doctors " who

recently graduated. These younger graduates have more time to develop

even as (initially) their empathy for health and life experiences are

less. That again is a dichotomy. Insert comments here__________ .

: -)

doug

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> Ah, this is what irks me. I would say a large number of acupuncturists

> I have met over the years do not really practice internal medicine.

> They practice a variety of therapies like NAET, trigger point therapy,

> needling only ah shi points, chakra therapy, etc., etc. So who is to

> call themselves doctor? s

December 30, 2001

These "trigger point" practitioners tend to be those educated before thetime and standards for the education were raised.

>>>I would be careful with this statement as well. As one that feels that myofascial "trigger point", ala travell, are almost universally secondary to other problems, being a good trigger point Dr requires much more knowledge then is learned at schools today. Even if not TCM in the classical way triggers are a lens into the somatic as well as visceral structures, which can always be integrated into TCM thinking much more readily than modern pharmacuticles.

Alon

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Sunday, December 30, 2001 12:32 PM

Re: Digest Number 834

These "trigger point" practitioners tend to be those educated before thetime and standards for the education were raised. Many people havecommented that in "the old days" a practitioner got out of school, gotconfused and went to NAET or something similar. Teaching in the schools now I would say there are very few students whoare getting the degree just to have a license umbrella to practice theirown "energy healing". All are aware and knowledgable (if not all yetparticularily skilled) in the capabilities of TCM for internal medicine.(And there may be a long discussion about those few students that manageto get through the TCM schools while obviously not wanting to practicethe schools curiculum or traditions.)I've also heard from an insurance investigator for legal matters thatmost of the unsafe practices and cases come from these practitionerseducated long ago. That is the dichotomy, that the most recent graduateshave the best training yet have no experience. (Obviously many of thoseon this list are exceptions to this generalization, having continuedyour education in TCM or whatever modality.) I don't think these "trigger point therapists" will be crowding theDoctorate program. Those that survived won't feel a need to get moreeducation and time has weeded out those that no longer practice. I wouldsay also that as the age of the student lowers we have practitionerswith less life experience as opposed to the many "old doctors" whorecently graduated. These younger graduates have more time to developeven as (initially) their empathy for health and life experiences areless. That again is a dichotomy. Insert comments here__________ . : -)doug> > Ah, this is what irks me. I would say a large number of acupuncturists> I have met over the years do not really practice internal medicine.> They practice a variety of therapies like NAET, trigger point therapy,> needling only ah shi points, chakra therapy, etc., etc. So who is to> call themselves doctor? sChinese Herbal Medicine, a voluntary organization of licensed healthcare practitioners, matriculated students and postgraduate academics specializing in Chinese Herbal Medicine, provides a variety of professional services, including board approved online continuing education.