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OF SPECIAL INTEREST<br />

High standard recognised<br />

ACUPUNCTURE<br />

The keynote speaker <strong>for</strong> our combined<br />

PAANZ/ MASNZ (Medical Acupuncture<br />

Society) conference in Auckland<br />

this year was Jay Shah, a medical<br />

acupuncturist from America. One <strong>of</strong> Jay<br />

Shah’s research projects has involved<br />

sampling by microdialysis, through<br />

a fine gauge needle, the “chemical<br />

soup” from within both active and<br />

latent trigger points. The response to<br />

dry needling <strong>of</strong> these points can then<br />

be demonstrated by the same process.<br />

The conference focus was strongly<br />

based in the western acupuncture<br />

paradigm and a timely neurophysiology<br />

review <strong>for</strong> many <strong>of</strong> us.<br />

Our intention now is to bring in one<br />

or more high calibre overseas speakers<br />

each year. It is <strong>of</strong> course ever so much<br />

easier to bring one <strong>of</strong> them to us<br />

than take all <strong>of</strong> us to them. Next year<br />

Elizabet Stener-Victorin and Thomas<br />

Graven-Neilsen are both presenting,<br />

so expect excellent quality.<br />

The Upskilling course is a great success,<br />

ably supported by our mentoring<br />

programme (also available <strong>for</strong><br />

members in other contexts).<br />

PAANZ has accumulated a wealth <strong>of</strong><br />

case studies, which we will put on<br />

our website with a search facility <strong>for</strong><br />

condition treated. Please check in on<br />

our website – it’s an excellent resource<br />

<strong>for</strong> both our members and the public.<br />

Guy Bailey<br />

President, Physiotherapy Acupuncture<br />

Association <strong>of</strong> New Zealand<br />

www.paanz.org.nz<br />

The PAANZ and MASNZ presentations<br />

were also to a high standard and very<br />

relevant to working in the New Zealand<br />

health system. It was particularly<br />

nice <strong>for</strong> me to see Dr Mike Anderson<br />

presenting again as he was a very<br />

sound mentor to a lot <strong>of</strong> us in PAANZ<br />

in his days <strong>of</strong> acupuncture tutoring.<br />

Di Turnbull, who has travelled extensively<br />

over the last decade to overseas<br />

courses run <strong>for</strong> physiotherapy acupuncturists,<br />

commented that our Kiwi<br />

standards <strong>of</strong> knowledge and skill in<br />

acupuncture are very high.<br />

Below: Who said a conference<br />

workshop is a serious business?<br />

20 | PHYSIO MATTERS AUGUST 2011

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