The College organises clinical study visits to well established hospitals in China for practitioners of acupuncture or Chinese herbal medicine. These trips provide graduates with a valuable opportunity to find out more about the way Chinese medicine is currently practised in its country of origin. More…
Where: College of Integrated Chinese Medicine - Reading
Time: 10:00 - 17:00
Price: £
Learn how you can use your skills as an acupuncturist to support and empower women during pregnancy and childbirth with Sharon Yelland at the College of Integrated Chinese Medicine, Reading.
Pregnancy can be a very daunting business from both the woman's and the practitioner’s standpoint. Acupuncture can empower women to enjoy this special time and help them cope with their journey into motherhood. This day will explore the common problems that childbearing women face, unravel western management and treatment and provide guidance on acupuncture practice.
Topics for the day
• Nausea and vomiting
• Varicosities
• Haemorrhoids
• Symphisis pubis dysfunction (SPD)
• Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS)
• Anaemia
• Oedema
• Abdominal pain
• Breech presentation
• Bleeding
• Pregnancy hormones and emotional changes
• Poor lactation
• Mastitis
• Home births
• Perineal pain post delivery
Sharon Yelland has worked as a community midwife/acupuncturist in Plymouth for 20 years and her favourite aspect of that work has been helping women deliver at home using acupuncture. Sharon is still employed in the NHS, is still a practising midwife as well as having a private acupuncture practice.
£ Refunds cannot be made unless at least two weeks notice is given.
Parking is available at the Oracle shopping centre nearby. There is no car parking available at the College. We are a short walk from Reading railway station, at 19 Castle Street. Click here for directions and a map.
0118 950 8880
8 - 12 Sept & 3 - 6 Nov 2010
Contemporary pulse diagnosis
10 Sept 2010
Advanced tongue diagnosis
16 Sept 2010
Building a healthy business: strategies for success
23-24 Sept 2010
Healing the eyes with acupuncture
14 Oct 2010
You the therapist: qi dynamics in the therapeutic encounter
21 Oct 2010
Getting the point: Liver and Gall bladder
2 - 3 Nov 2010
Trigger points
9 - 10 Nov 2010
Cosmetic Acupuncture
11 Nov 2010
How do Chinese masters become masters?
12 Nov 2010
Needling skills
9 Dec 2010
Common midwifery complications
22 Jan 2011
Shen: emotional disorders and our clinical practice
23 - 24 Jan 2011
Paediatric tui na
4 Feb 2011
Getting better at getting the CF
9 - 10 Feb 2011
Diseases in the over 40s
28 Feb - 1 Mar 2011
The art of feeling qi
3 Mar 2011
The art of projecting qi
4 Mar 2011
The art of using qi to sense qi in others
BSc (Hons) Acupuncture courses offered in collaboration with Kingston University. Our students have access to StudySpace Kingston University's online learning resource.
Our acupuncture courses are accredited by the British Acupuncture Accreditation Board (BAAB)