Claudia Citkovitz

This two-day intensive workshop provides a practical, clinically-focused framework for understanding stroke from both biomedical and Chinese medicine perspectives, then translating that knowledge into effective acupuncture treatments and home care guidance for patients and their families. Attendees will gain practical skills for setting and prioritizing treatment goals, including common post-stroke complications like aphasia, dysphagia, hemiparesis, mood disorders, and bowel or urinary dysfunction. Stroke is a leading cause of long-term disability worldwide. Along with diabetes, long COVID, and environmental toxins, prevalence is rising fast. Acupuncturists can be of tremendous help to patients at all levels of recovery, but it’s not as easy as just knowing the special points. In order to meet stroke patients where they are, we need a clear integrative framework for assessing the size and scope of their challenges and understanding their life priorities. Afterwards, to help them move forward, we need a flexible Chinese medicine diagnosis and treatment planning toolkit for home self/family care that incorporates acupuncture, bodywork, and lifestyle medicine with rehabilitation-specific techniques and insights. The course bridges modern neurological knowledge with classical Chinese medical theory, offering a “Rosetta Stone” that connects post-stroke clinical presentations to familiar diagnostic and treatment planning strategies in acupuncture practice. The workshop lays out a comprehensive acupuncture therapy toolbox for stroke rehabilitation, including techniques and protocols for body acupuncture, scalp acupuncture, auricular therapy, and bodywork, as well as key elements of home care including self-acupressure and lifestyle medicine. Through diagnostic frameworks and step-by-step treatment strategies, this course equips practitioners with the knowledge and confidence to safely and effectively improve stroke patients’ quality of life.

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9am-12pm PDT

• All General Morning sessions. (see schedule)

2-5pm Choose 1 of the 2 available afternoon sessions

• Thursday – Tracy Gaudet or Yvonne Farrell
• Friday – John Chen or Michael Berletich
• Saturday – Heiner Fruehauf or Angela Lorbeck
• Sunday – David Hartmann or Troy Lavigne

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David Hartmann

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• Clayton Shiu – Dizziness Demystified
• Yvonne Farrell – Recovery, Resilience, and the 8 Extras
• Tracy Gaudet – The Whole Health Revolution

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• Tracy Gaudet – Transforming Healthcare: Practical Steps That Work
• Yvonne Farrell – Evolutionary Stress: How Surgery and Chronic Illness Can Bring Clarity or Derail Life

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• Clayton Shiu – Dizziness Demystified
• Yvonne Farrell – Recovery, Resilience, and the 8 Extras
• Tracy Gaudet – The Whole Health Revolution

2pm-5pm PDT(choose 1 of the following to attend for 3 CEU/PDAs)

• Tracy Gaudet – Transforming Healthcare: Practical Steps That Work
• Yvonne Farrell – Evolutionary Stress: How Surgery and Chronic Illness Can Bring Clarity or Derail Life

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• John Chen – Herbal Alternatives to Drugs: An Overview
• Roger Jahnke – From Dao to Data: The Origins, Traditions, and Internal Alchemy of Taiji and Qigon
• Claudia Citkovitz – Acupressure is the New Acupuncture!

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• John Chen – Herbal Alternatives to Drugs: Analgesics and Antibiotics
• Michael Berletich – Decoding the 12 Tidal Hexagrams and 12 Organ Networks: Clinical Insights for Diagnosis and Treatment

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• John Chen – Herbal Alternatives to Drugs: An Overview
• Roger Jahnke – From Dao to Data: The Origins, Traditions, and Internal Alchemy of Taiji and Qigon
• Claudia Citkovitz – Acupressure is the New Acupuncture!

10/30 2pm-5pm PDT(choose 1 of the following to attend for 3 CEU/PDAs)

• John Chen – Herbal Alternatives to Drugs: Analgesics and Antibiotics
• Michael Berletich – Decoding the 12 Tidal Hexagrams and 12 Organ Networks: Clinical Insights for Diagnosis and Treatment

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• Heiner Fruehauf – Decoding Jing Essence: The Foundation of the Body’s Innate Capacity to Heal Itself
• Poney Chiang – Huang Di’s Acupoints: Ancient Nervous System Maps
• Heidi Lovie – Cycles of 7 Reconsidered: Su Wen Insights/Endocrine Realities

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