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Prolotherapy Cadaver Workshop in Calgary, April 28 – 29 2023
The instructors of last year’s very well received workshop are offering the workshop again in 2023. Come and learn prolotherapy in Calgary taught by Canadians, with good instructor to participant ratios (1:4).
CAOM’s first prolotherapy cadaver workshop!
CAOM is committed to providing comprehensive training in prolotherapy, helping to make this pain treatment more “visible” and available to our patients.
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MANUAL MEDICINE WORLDWIDE 2022
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A live international Web Event
Online (English) – March 19th, 2022 – Two Timeframes
Publications and Studies
Temporomandibular Dysfunction Treated With Prolotherapy
Dr. Francois Louw, a physician from the Department of Family Practice at the university of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, advances the body of knowledge in the treatment of temporomandibular dysfunction in his article appearing in the May 2019 issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, where he found that using a simple and inexpensive alternative treatment with an intraarticular injection of dextrose reduced pain and increased mobility in this hard-to-treat patient population.
Recommended Reading
Suggested reading for mind-body connection and chronic pain
The Divided Mind: The Epidemic of Mindbody Disorders John Sarno has written several books dealing with mind-body disorders and connections and come highly recommended. Found on AmazonPain Free for Life: The 6-Week Cure for Chronic Pain--Without Surgery or Drugs...
Suggested reading in Manual Medicine
Read my hips! Found on Amazon One of CAOM's founding members, Dr. Wolf Schamberger, has published "Read My Hips!" This book deals with all the problems resulting from malalignment along with a comprehensive treatment plan. More information about this as well as Dr....
Suggested reading about other therapies
Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction: The Trigger Point Manual Janet Travell and David Simons wrote these classic tomes (volume 1 and 2) on trigger points. Found on Amazon. Travell and Simons' Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction: The Trigger Point Manual: Volume 1: Upper Half...