Electroacupuncture for musculoskeletal problems
Date(s): 07 February 2026
Time: 10am - 5pm
Eligibility: Acupuncture graduates
Venue: College of Integrated Chinese Medicine, Reading
Learn techniques that can be indispensable in treating intractable chronic musculoskeletal problems, with Stephen Lee, author of the ’Electroacupuncture Handbook’.
In this workshop you will learn how to treat musculoskeletal problems using electroacupuncture. Stephen has developed these techniques over the last 40 years to help chronic musculoskeletal problems that don't respond to manual acupuncture.
The course will impart the theoretical and practical skills to enable you to perform electroacupuncture successfully.
So whether you are new to electroacupuncture, or whether you just want to refresh your skills in this area, this one day course is for you!
In this workshop the following conditions will be covered:
- neck pain
- shoulder pain
- tennis and golfers elbow
- carpal tunnel syndrome
- finger and thumb joint pain
- lower back pain
- hip pain
- groin strain
- knee pain
- achilles tendon pain
- plantar fasciitis
- scar tissue
You will leave this workshop equipped with a number of very effective practical techniques that will be of immediate benefit to your patients.
We encourage you to purchase your own electro machine so that you can continue the practice once you have completed the course. If you already own a machine, then please bring this with you on the day.
Only 20 spaces available on this course - book now to avoid disappointment as it always sells out very quickly!
Please note - to attend this practical course, you must have current and valid insurance for practising acupuncture in the UK. You will be asked to show photo proof of this insurance when booking your place.
Stephen Lee’s initial training was at the College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Leamington in the early 80s, followed by the Journal of Chinese Medicine course in TCM. He went for a month’s clinical practice in China in 1987. In the late 80s he studied Chinese herbal medicine. From 2001 to 2006 he was a committee member of the RCHM and editor of the RCHM Journal.
