Posture, support, and economy of effort
Table height, base of support, transmission from the center, and how not to wreck your hands in two years.
How it starts
This lesson comes before any technique, and that is deliberate. Tuina is physical work, and the rate of practitioners who drop out because of hand and shoulder injuries in the first few years is high. Learning Gun fa with your wrist in the wrong position means learning how to injure yourself consistently.
The rest of the lesson opens with Tuina.
In this lesson you will learn
- Set up the table, your feet, and your trunk before applying any technique.
- Generate force from your center rather than your forearm.
- Adopt the two basic stances and know when to use each one.
- Prevent the typical occupational injuries of the hand and shoulder.
- Train a technique without harming anyone while you are learning it.
What is inside
- 1The treatment table
- 2The two basic stances
- 3Breath and intention
- 4Taking care of your hands
- 5How to train a technique
One of the 31 lessons in
TuinaChinese Therapeutic Massage
“The hand reaches where the needle can't.”
The manual therapy of Chinese medicine, taught the way a school teaches it: first posture and economy of the hand, then the fifteen basic techniques one by one with their timing and rhythm, then joint mobilization with its safety limits, and finally protocols by region and pediatric Tuina, a discipline of its own.
By the end of the course, you will know how to
- Perform the fifteen basic techniques with correct posture and rhythm.
- Build a complete session with opening, work, mobilization, and closing.
- Treat the cervical, thoracolumbar, and limb regions with sound judgment.
- Apply pediatric Tuina with its specific points and techniques.
- Recognize the red flags that mean you must not touch and must refer.
What you will study
Module 1 · 5 lessons
The treating hand
Before the first manipulation: what Tuina is, how the body is positioned and which tissue you work on.
- What Tuina is (and what it isn't)
- Posture, support, and economy of effortYou are here
- What you work on: Jing Jin, layers, and regions
- Palpatory anatomy: the landmarks
- Palpatory assessment and session plan
Module 2 · 7 lessons
The basic techniques
Fifteen manipulations, grouped by family. Each with its technique, rhythm, dose and indication.
- Family 1 · Friction: Tui, Ca, and Mo
- Family 2 · Pressure: An, Dian, and Ya
- Family 3 · Kneading: Rou, Na, and Nie
- Family 4 · Vibration and percussion
- Gun Fa, the signature technique
- Joint mobilization: Yao, Ban, and Ba Shen
- Stretching and muscle energy
Module 3 · 3 lessons
The craft
Media, dosage, hygiene and session structure.
- Media, heat, table, and hygiene
- Dosage and session structure
- Clinical record and practice management
Module 4 · 6 lessons
Protocols by region
What you see every day, region by region, with differential, sequence and referral criteria.
- Neck and shoulder
- Thoracic and lumbar region
- Hip, knee, and leg
- Elbow, wrist, and hand
- Head and face
- Abdomen
Module 5 · 10 lessons
Specialized Tuina
Pediatrics, internal conditions, sport and the complete safety framework.
- Pediatric Tuina (Xiao Er Tui Na)
- Tuina in pregnancy and postpartum
- Geriatric Tuina
- Tuina for internal conditions
- Sports and postural Tuina
- Self-Tuina and exercise for the patient
- Safety, red flags, and accidents
- Integrating Tuina, needle, and herb
- Integrated clinical case
- Final exam · Tuina
Requirements
Acupuncture I. Having seen the channels in Acupuncture II is recommended.
How it works
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