Common Pain Syndromes: A NEW APPROACH
Revision of 100 common pain syndromes
Learn to palpate 40 common trigger points
With 4 Youtube videos, learn effective YNSA in 30 minutes
About the book
Common Pain Syndromes: A New Approach provides a synopsis of common pain syndromes, their diagnostic features, and conventional Western medical management.
Secondly, it emphasises myofascial trigger points' important role in various pain syndromes and how to palpate for them. Lastly, it introduces a relatively new, 50-year-old modality, Yamamoto New Scalp Acupuncture (YNSA), to treat trigger points.
The book illustrates these ideas with more than 175 drawings and includes 35 case studies of different pain syndromes.
These case studies illustrate the process of history taking, investigations, diagnosis, and treatment, employing conventional Western medical treatments and acupuncture.
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Testimonies
DR. RALPH BALLARD MBBS, FAMAC Medical Acupuncturist
Fellow of the Australian Medical Acupuncture College
Medical Acupuncturist at The Northern Hospital, Epping 2007–2014
Assistant Medical Acupuncturist at Preston And Northcote Community Hospital 1992-2000
Lecturer in the Monash University Graduate Certificate in Medical Acupuncture 2008-2013
Co-Ordinator of the Medical Acupuncture Unit in the Post Graduate Diploma of Integrative Medicine, Swinburne University 2001-2005
Lecturer with the Australian Medical Acupuncture College 1991 to 2025
Examiner with the Australian Medical Acupuncture College 2020 to 2025
Author of "Laser Acupuncture - A Personal View". Available on amazon.com.
“Dr. Joe Cheung is an experienced medical acupuncturist who has been using Yamamato New Scalp Acupuncture (YNSA) for a number of years.
He has come up with a very useful simplified system of YNSA acupuncture to effectively treat trigger points associated with chronic pain.
Joe has developed this knowledge into an effective teaching system embracing an understanding of chronic musculoskeletal pain syndromes, palpating trigger points in the tissues and treating them with simplified YNSA scalp acupuncture.
I heartily endorse Joe's book "Common Pain Syndromes - A New Approach" and recommend it to all acupuncturists.”
Associate Professor Jonathan Mulford
MBBS (Honours) University of Tasmania
FRACS (Ortho)
Fellow in Orthopaedics. Royal Australian College of Surgeons
Diploma in Clinical Trials Univeristy of London
Appointed Head of Unit Launceston General Hospital and Director of Training 2016
Arranged orthopaedic fellowship position at the Launceston General Hospital 2018
“Dr Joe Cheung is an experienced General Practitioner. He reminds medical practitioners to take detailed history and examination to assist with correct musculoskeletal diagnosis. His techniques to relieve pain are low risk and may well reduce chronic pain syndromes and the need for opioids.”