Description

Record date: July 12th, 2020

Length: 1 hour 21 minutes

Pending 1.5 NCCAOM PDA

No refunds

Acupuncture, and specifically electro-acupuncture, is very effective in the treatment of Bells Palsy.  Patients can recover must quicker with electro-acupuncture, and the most recent research reflects that.  In this webinar, Anthony reviews the anatomy involved, differential diagnosis for stroke, and assessment and treatment strategies for treating Bell’s Palsy.

Course outline:

Bells Palsy Digital Video Outline
•What is the facial nerve?

-Function
-Anatomy of branches and the muscles they innervate
-Parotid Gland

•What is Bells Palsy?

-Causes
-Clinical Presentation

•Assessment of Bells Palsy

-How to distinguish Bells Palsy from a Cerebral Stroke
-Locating the affected branches of the facial nerve

•Treatment examples

-Using Pointer Plus electro-stimulation of the following:

•facial nerve trunk •temporal branch • zygomatic branch •buccal branch •mandibular branch •cervical branch

-5 patient examples of  follow-up treatments using the ITO 1107 after the Pointer Plus to facilitate nerve function.

Q&A

About Dr. Lombardi

Dr. Anthony Lombardi is a 2002 graduate of the New York Chiropractic College and McMaster Contemporary Medical Acupuncture program in Hamilton, Ontario, and has been practicing acupuncture for 15 years. Upon graduation, he founded Hamilton Back Clinic and since then has become a private consultant to athletes in the NFL, CFL, and NHL. Over the past 15 years Anthony has given over 100,000 acupuncture treatments. In addition to practicing, Dr. Lombardi was also an instructor in the Contemporary Medical Acupuncture Program at McMaster University from 2004 to 2013. He developed his Exstore® system, which he currently teaches along with motor points and electro-acupuncture, to physicians and practitioners the world over. He regularly writes and contributes articles on motor points in the Canadian Chiropractic and Chiropractic Economics magazines. In addition to providing many seminars through Chinese Medicine That Works, Dr. Lombardi also has many webinars available on acuvids.com, both at a cost and for free.