Moodle at CCNM

Lack of muscle mass and sarcopenia-related illness are deadly and widespread in this country, especially among women. Women have shied away from strength training as it has been considered a man's sport. The health benefits of skeletal muscle mass are wide, varied, and well known, yet this treatment modality is rarely prescribed or utilized in clinical practice. In this presentation the many health and hormonal benefits of strength training and skeletal muscle are discussed as well as common conditions that can be positively impacted by its therapeutic application.

Autoimmune and Inflammatory Arthritis is a special consideration in musculoskeletal pain management. Understanding what these conditions are, how they manifest, what standard of care is, where it fails the patient, and how/where naturopathic medicine can be of benefit is critical in the management of these debilitating disease processes. This lecture includes discussion of when/where therapeutic joint injections may be indicted and red flags to be aware of.

Prolotherapy is an elegant and simple Naturopathic treatment for pain. Naturopathic Physicians have a myriad of powerful tools to manage and help heal patient’s pain. With 1 in 5 patients presenting to any doctor’s office for pain, having an understanding of the mechanism of action and applications of this therapy is an asset in the clinical setting. When addressing general pain it is important to assess and manage more than just biomechanical causes. Inflammation, immune, hormonal and GI contributions must all be considered. When addressing true biomechanical pain, therapies like Prolotherapy are natural, potent and lasting.  Substances like local anesthetics and dextrose injectable will be discussed.