AT 220- Asian Bodywork III
(2 credits)
Prerequisites: AT 210
Co-requisites:
Trimester:
Summer
Time/Day:
Friday Morning
Instructor:
Timur Lokshin
Office Hours: Email: TLokshin@gmail.com
Course Description
This course is an expansion of the foundation laid in Fundamentals of Holistic Health, Fundamental
Theory/Channels and Points, and Asian Bodywork I & II where students were introduced to the
principles of East Asian Medicine. In this course, the student will learn a more advanced and solid
foundation for their practice and their development as practitioners of Asian Bodywork continues.
The course will give more detail on the diagnostic principles and how they lead to Pattern
Identification and treatment. At the end of this course the student will be able to conduct a more
advanced assessment of the patient from an East Asian medical perspective and thereby be able to
treat the patient more effectively. Class discussion will also include general nutritional and lifestyle
recommendations, specific protocols, and specific case studies as they relate to the more in-depth
assessments and various pathologies reviewed.
Course Objectives
To provide the student practitioner with:
1. An understanding of the fundamental principles of Asian Bodywork as a holistic health
care system with practical techniques for assessment and treatment.
2. The continued development of the basic knowledge, hand techniques and skills
necessary to treat patients suffering with some common pathological conditions
3. The skills and understanding necessary to prepare the practitioner clinical experience.
Standards for Completion
A passing grade for this course is based on:
quizzes
4
written • (60 %)
midterm**
written • ( %)
final**
written • (20 %)
attendance/attitude
• (10 %)
Practical ( %)
Practical (10 %)
*There is a minimum requirement of four (4) quizzes per trimester, and may be changed
only at the instructors discretion.
Logs/attitude/attendance/completion /headrest requirement
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Official Grading Scale:
Grade
A
(93-100)
A(90-92)
B+
(87-89)
B
(83-86)
B(80-82)
C+
(77-79)
C
(73-76)
C(70-72)
F
(0-69)
W
Withdrawal*
WF
Withdraw/Failing**
GPA
4.0
3.67
3.33
3.0
2.67
2.33
2.0
1.67
0.00
0.00 * If withdrawn before 8th week and is not included in
calculating GPA
0.00 ** WF is received if withdrawn after 8th week
Note: Lowest passing grade for this course is a CStudents receiving an F as a final grade must retake the course.
Required Texts and materials:
Maciocia, Giovanni. The Foundations of Chinese Medicine: A Comprehensive Text for
Acupuncturists and Herbalists 2nd Ed. New York, NY, Churchill Livingstone, 2005.
Mercati, Maria. The Handbook of Chinese Massage: Tui Na Techniques to Awaken Body and
Mind. Rochester, VT. Healing Arts Press, 1997.
One patient Gown
Practical Examinations
It is recommended that a student who is failing by the mid-term seek tutorial aid by contacting the
Director of Student Services. When a student is absent for a practical examination, he or she is
responsible for making it up within one week. The student must communicate with the instructor,
either directly or through the administration office, in order to arrange the make-up time.
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Criteria For Evaluating Practical Examinations
The individual instructor(s) for each technique class will assess student's practical skills. Aside from
a written examination the student must also demonstrate the specific skills and techniques that reflect
their understanding in a professional manner. Each student will be assessed individually by their
instructors who will be examining a student's technique in light of the student's overall performance
in class throughout the semester. Ratings are assigned on an individual basis and take into account
any progress a student has made throughout the semester. While the knowledge and skills that each
student is expected to demonstrate are listed in the specific objectives for each course, following are
the general categories, guidelines and basis for grading of practical examinations.
1. Hygiene
Each student is expected to be physically clean and attired in a freshly laundered and pressed
uniform that meets with school specifications. Students' hands must be immaculately clean with
nails cut short to prevent injury to the patient. All students are expected to wash their hands with
soap and water before and after all treatments and to disinfect the table after each patient.
2. Professionalism
Students are expected to demonstrate a professional attitude towards the patient. This means that
each patient's complaint is taken seriously. Students are expected to not make jokes, chew gum,
gossip or engage in any other behavior that denigrates the profession of a massage therapist.
Willingness to take correction is also a major criterion in evaluating a student's attitude.
3. Attention to the Patient
While questioning the patient as to their medical history, the student's full attention is concentrated
on the patient. This includes eye contact with the patient, awareness of the patient's physical and
emotional boundaries, their breathing, the sound of their voice, etc. The student is to make sure the
patient is comfortable on the table and that the appropriate attire, position and support, etc. is taken.
Students will be evaluated on whether the appropriate liniments are used when necessary.
4. Posture and distribution of body weight
Students will be evaluated on their body mechanics that include their awareness, alignment and
correction of their posture throughout the treatment.
5. Skills in Technique
This category includes palpation skills, consistency of movement and smooth transition from one
stroke or manipulation to the next. Fluidity and rhythm will be evaluated. It includes the correct
execution of particular movements. In Asian Bodywork this means the correct order of the treatment
and the application of the appropriate hand techniques. Accurate tracing of the channels is also
required.
6. Advanced Skills
In the Asian Bodywork classes all of the above requirements are expected but at advanced levels of
skill. Additional techniques will be graded such as specific treatment patterns for common
pathological conditions and accuracy of point location, sensitivity, appropriate depth, pressure and
direction of points.
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Logs
The student must record and complete 4 treatment logs using techniques learned in Asian Bodywork
III
During the first week of class, students must write a log on themselves, giving their past history.
The student clinician will add any present complaints as the semester continues
and will complete the log according to the treatment administered in class. Steps will be taken in
class to address the issue of confidentiality.
Logs are to be submitted on "Patient Log Sheets" supplied by the New York College. The logging
of each treatment will include the patient's name, age, sex, height, weight, occupation, pathology
treated, pulse and tongue diagnosis, patient complaints, dietary habits, muscle and muscle groups
focused on, energetic manipulations, subjective experience and findings, results of treatment,
comments, difficulties, questions and recommendations. Each of these areas has special significance
and will be reviewed in class. All logs will be reviewed and commented upon, where and when
necessary, by the technique instructor or assistants and then returned, allowing for on-going
communication, direction, and correction.
Satisfactory Attendance - more than two (3) absences is an automatic failure. Three (3) latenesses
equal one (1) absence.
Demonstration of Proper Attitude
1. Participation in class
2. Willingness to accept correction
3. Adherence to dress code
4. Hygiene
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course the student will be able to:
1. Explain the causes of disease according to East Asian Medicine.
2. Explain the functions, pathologies and mutual relationships between Qi and Blood.
3. Be able to identify patterns according to Pathogenic Factors.
4. Use traditional diagnostic models (pulse, tongue, questioning) to formulate a treatment
plan.
5. Perform treatments for stiff neck, shoulder pain, low back pain, sciatica, headaches,
stress, insomnia, and anxiety; with proper point selection and technique.
6. Be able to tie the theory learned in all previous classes related to East Asian Medicine
and Asian Bodywork and provide a correct assessment and effective treatment
according to its principles.
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Class Curriculum
Class I
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Review course objectives, requirements and handouts
Discussion/Review of Pulse Theory
Discussion/Review of Tongue Diagnosis
Discussion/Review 10 Questions (Asking)
Review Tui Na Strokes and Rice Bag Practice
Homework:
o Find points for painful obstruction syndrome in the upper limbs (shoulder, elbow,
and wrist)
o Readings: The Foundations of Chinese Medicine Pages 681-701
Class II
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6 pathogenic influences and Bi (Painful Obstruction) Syndrome
Motor Points, Confluent Points, Command Points, A Shi Points
Points of upper extremity (shoulder, elbow and wrist conditions)
Demonstrate the use of liniment, Arnica Gel and Biofreeze
Homework: Find points for painful obstruction syndrome in the lower limbs (hip, knee,
and ankle)
Class III
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6 pathogenic influences and Bi (Painful Obstruction) Syndrome Review
Points of lower extremity (hip, knee and ankle conditions)
Demonstrate the use of Prossage, Po Sum On Oil and Tiger Balm
Homework:
o Find points for painful obstruction syndrome of the neck
o Readings: The Foundations of Chinese Medicine Pages 543-562
Class IV
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Examination 1: Material from weeks 1-3
Conditions of the neck
Respiratory conditions
Pattern differentiation and common treatment protocols for the Lung: Wind Cold and
Wind Heat invasions, Lung Qi Deficiency, Lung Yin Deficiency, Lung Heat, Phlegm In
the Lung (Cold-phlegm/Phlegm-heat)
Class V
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Conditions of the neck: chi and blood stagnation
Respiratory conditions (cont)
Continue wind, cold, and heat invasion
Introduction of Kwan Loong oil
Introduction of the Neti Pot
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Class Curriculum
Class VI
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Conditions of the neck
Respiratory conditions (cont)
Continue wind, cold, and heat invasion
Homework:
o Find points to treat indigestion (CV, ST, SP, LV)
o Readings: The Foundations of Chinese Medicine Pages 567-584 (SP)
Class VII
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Examination 2: Material from weeks 4-6
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Digestive conditions
Stomach and Spleen deficiency
Liver invading st/sp
Heat (excess and deficiency)
Homework
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Readings: The Foundations of Chinese Medicine Pages 615-635 (ST)
Class VIII
 Digestive conditions (cont)
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Food stagnation
Homework:
o Readings: The Foundations of Chinese Medicine Pages 647-658 (LI)
Class IX
 Digestive conditions (cont)
 Treatment for constipation and diarrhea
 Homework
o Find points for low back pain and sciatica (BL and KI)
o Readings: The Foundations of Chinese Medicine Pages 587-610 (KI)
Class X
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Examination 3: Material from weeks 7-9
Low Back Treatment & Sciatica
Cold Damp Bi Syndrome of the Lower Back, Qi and Blood Stagnation, Kidney
Deficiency, Damp Cold invading the back channels, Damp Heat invading the back
channels.
Class XI
 Low Back Treatment & Sciatica (cont)
 Cold Damp Bi Syndrome of the Lower Back, Qi and Blood Stagnation, Kidney
Deficiency, Damp Cold invading the back channels, Damp Heat invading the back
channels.
 Homework:
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Readings: The Foundations of Chinese Medicine Pages 502-538 (LV)
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Class Curriculum
Class XII
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Premenstrual Syndrome
Liver Qi Stagnation, Phlegm Fire, Liver Blood Deficiency, Liver and Kidney Yin
Deficiency, Liver and Kidney Yang Deficiency.
Class XIII
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Premenstrual Syndrome (cont)
Liver Qi Stagnation, Phlegm Fire, Liver Blood Deficiency, Liver and Kidney Yin
Deficiency, Liver and Kidney Yang Deficiency.
Class XIV
 Examination 4: Material from weeks 10-13
 Board Preparation: Review 5 elements, creation cycle, control cycle, major
correspondences, beginning and ending of channels, and nutrient cycle.
Class XV
Final Examination - Practical
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