Orthopedic Acupuncture: Joint and Ligament Needling

Anthony Von der Muhll is a highly experienced clinician and an enthusiastic and skilled instructor in acupuncture orthopedics and sports medicine who enjoys providing long-term mentorship and support for acupuncturists to achieve clinical mastery and their professional goals. His teaching offers a unique integration of contemporary joint and myofascial needling techniques with classical treatment of the jing-jin ("sinew meridians" or myofascial tracts).

Anthony Von der Muhll is the founder of AOM Professional, and has taught Certification in Acupuncture Orthopedics in the USA since 2015, and served as a clinical supervisor at the Masters level since 2005 and as continuing education and Doctoral level since 2015. He has also taught acupuncture orthopedics and pain management in doctorate programs of the Academy of Chinese Culture and Health Sciences (Oakland CA), the American College of TCM (San Francisco, CA), the Five Branches University of TCM (Santa Cruz, CA), and the Virginia University of Integrative Medicine (Vienna, VA). He has been a featured instructor in acupuncture orthopedics at conferences of the Sports Acupuncture Alliance, the PSOAS and FLOW Symposiums, at State acupuncture associations of California, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and Washington, and Canada, the UK, and Switzerland.

Anthony Von der Muhll started his journey to acupuncture orthopedics as an injured soccer player who found relief from taiji/qigong, massage, and acupuncture. He worked as a massage therapist, physical therapy and athletic training assistant until he graduated from the Five Branches University of TCM in 2002 and founded the Santa Cruz Acupuncture Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Clinic in 2003. In 2022, Anthony relocated to Charlottesville, Virginia, where he now practices at the Sports Acupuncture Clinic/Bamboo Clinic with his wife, Tamara Brown, L.Ac., DACM.