New 2020 Recording! Intro to Post-Concussion Syndrome – Online course now available.
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Video Transcription:
Hi everybody, Dr. Ayla Wolf here. I’m a Doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental medicine and licensed acupuncturist, practicing in Stillwater Minnesota. I wanted to do a quick video to let you know that I have released an updated version of my Introduction to Post-Concussion Syndrome for Chinese Medicine Practitioners course. Back in 2017, I first posted my online video on concussions and post concussion syndrome. T video posted in 2017 had a lot of research in it that was relevant at that time. And there has been so much research that has come out in the last five years that I really wanted to do an updated version of the video to include some of that research and get into some of what I would call sticky areas where people have gotten a little confused, in the sense of – what is the difference between a migraine and a post traumatic headache, for example. And so we get into a really great research paper that was published in 2020. Looking at brain imaging research, and what is the difference between a persistent post traumatic headache versus a migraine versus tension-type headache versus a cluster headache.
We also do an update of chronic traumatic encephalopathy in that video as well talking about, again, research that’s been published just in the last two years on what is CTE exactly, and how should we be talking about it, and educating our patients about it. So I included a lot of up to date relevant research in the world of concussions in that video, and then also included some case studies and really get into this idea of understanding how to differentiate different symptoms. Rather than seeing a patient with post concussion syndrome, as somebody who just has a very big, long, varied list of symptoms and complaints, really starting to categorize those complaints into say, an autonomic presentation, or predominantly a cognitive presentation, or limbic system/emotional type presentation, versus of vestibular disorder presentation. And so we start introducing what a lot of the common symptoms are, but then also really understanding that every single concussion patient presents with a unique clinical profile. And once we start to identify those clinical profiles, we can then tailor our treatments to that individual, which is what we do as Chinese medicine practitioners all day long is, we understand that every single patient is different, every single patient needs a different treatment program. And when it comes to concussions, that’s really where I love teaching, and I love talking about how to wade through the big long list of symptoms, and make sense of it all, and then start to really target our treatments for that specific person.
Some people that have had a concussion may not have headaches at all, whereas other people that might be their number one complaint – daily chronic post traumatic headaches. And it’s really important to understand what parts of the brain are being impacted, what functional networks are being impacted? What systems are being impacted with each of these different presentations? And then how would we do things differently for each of these individuals? So this introductory course, is really meant to be just that it’s an introduction, that gives you all of the foundational information that you need to know about concussion pathophysiology, what’s happening in the brain. What are all these different parts of the brain that we need to have an understanding of, where are all of these symptoms coming from, how are they being generated, and then starting to be able to distinguish people into these different presentations.
This intro course, again, really, is that that foundational course, that’s a stepping stone to my next course, which is a five-hour class, that is a differential diagnosis of concussions, that gets into more of the clinical assessments that you can do to to collect objective biomarkers, and then also getting into the differential diagnosis of how we would look at this from a Chinese medicine perspective, both from a Chinese herbal medicine perspective as well as from an acupuncture perspective and then even start tailoring treatments based on whether we’re trying to target say, a right frontal lobe or left cerebellum or the autonomic nervous system. Then we start getting even more in depth into these treatment plans. So I am really excited to be able to take the time to re-record this class and get the most relevant up to date research available to you guys. I am dedicated to keeping my information relevant and up to date and research based. That’s important to me. If you have already purchased the introductory course and your subscription is still active, you will have access to this new video as well. If you have any other questions, please email me at info@acupunctureneurology.com
Thank you so much.
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