Neurology, Movement & Pain.
Advanced clinical strategies for neurological and pain conditions. For Acupuncturists who have completed Basics and see patients with movement disorders, nerve conditions, or chronic and neuropathic pain.
In developmentAfter Basics · Taught in Chinese with English translation · Dates, format and CPD to be announced
Every course you complete earns a stamp in your ZSA Clinical Passport. How it works
Three areas of neurology and pain.
The course starts from conditions you meet in clinic and builds your Zhu's Scalp Acupuncture assessment, treatment strategy and advanced application around them.
Movement disorders
Parkinson's disease, tremor and dystonia.
Neurological conditions
Multiple sclerosis (MS), ALS, facial palsy, peripheral neuropathy, trigeminal neuralgia and post-viral brain fog.
Pain
Fibromyalgia, migraine, sciatica and radicular pain, and neuropathic and chronic pain.
First taught with Professor Zhu in 2018.
An earlier version of this course ran in Melbourne in November 2018. Professor Ming Qing Zhu, the founder of Zhu's Scalp Acupuncture, taught it over four days for Zhu's Scalp Acupuncture Research and Education Foundation U.S.A., and it covered neurological and pain disorders.
Today the Advanced courses are taught by Dr Ru Shan Shy and Dr Sheng Chun Chang, two of Professor Zhu's direct disciples. They have reorganised that material across the five courses. Neurology and pain stay here, with newer areas such as post-viral brain fog. Stroke and brain injury have their own course, Advanced 02.
The topics are set. The detail is coming.
Dr Shy and Dr Chang have set what Advanced 01 covers. The rest is being finalised, and each part appears on this page as it's confirmed. Register interest and you'll hear as soon as it does.
Confirmed
- What it coversThe clinical areas, above.
- PrerequisiteBasics of Zhu's Scalp Acupuncture.
- TeachersDr Ru Shan Shy and Dr Sheng Chun Chang.
- LanguageChinese, with English translation throughout.
Coming
- Dates and cityPublished with the first run.
- Days, hours and CPD pointsThe format of the course.
- The day-by-day outlineWhat each day covers.
- What you'll be able to doThe skills you take back to your clinic.
Choose by the patients you see most.
Take them in any order after Basics. See the whole journey →
When does it run next?
No date is set yet. Register interest and you'll hear first when it's scheduled. The dates, city, number of days and CPD points are published together.
What do I need before I come?
Basics of Zhu's Scalp Acupuncture. The ZSA Lineage Internship is separate, and you can take it any time after Basics.
I took the 2018 course with Professor Zhu. Is this the same course?
It grew out of it. The neurology and pain from 2018 are the starting point, taken further by Dr Shy and Dr Chang, with newer areas such as post-viral brain fog.
Is stroke covered here?
No. Stroke and brain injury have their own course, Advanced 02, which runs next in Los Angeles in January 2028.
How is it taught?
Dr Shy and Dr Chang teach in Chinese with English translation throughout, as on every Zhu's Scalp Acupuncture course.