From Fascia Reconditioning and Orthopedic Acupuncture to correcting Spinal Deformities

All of you who have been following my career, probably already know that in recent years I have been working at the Zhongxing Sports Trauma Hospital in Guangzhou. It is run by the Niu Family from Hebei, which has a very long and rich tradition in Chinese orthopedics and ancient bone setting.

Although my title within the hospital is "Research Fellow", I was originally employed as a doctor, and I am now moved into developing their department for Spinal Deformities Corrections and Research. This task brings together several of my skills in Tendon and Fascia Reconditioning Manipulations (which I personally developed over a decade ago), my martial training and traditional herbal traumatology.

Seeing how well kids respond to a combination of Qi Gong exercises, Schroth training and breathing, alongside orthopedic acupuncture and related modalities has been one of the most fulfilling times in my life.

At the same time, I am also working closely with the Niu Family to research, describe and teach their chiropractic manipulations to a wider audience in China. The Niu Style manipulations has recently fulfilled several criteria set by the Chinese government, and the hospital has filed for Intangible Heritage certification status.

Even though I don’t often take photos at the workplace, I post here some pictures taken by my colleagues, for all of you who read my blog every time I have time to update it.

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Historical traumatology and making wooden splints at the hospital

I t was back in 2018, and I was still working at the Sports Trauma Hospital in Guangzhou, China. That day, a young gentleman comes to the clinic with a martial arts injury. Physical examination/palpation of the limb and also an x-ray revealed a fractured ulna. Typically, in these types of situations, the standard of care at the hospital, required that the patient moves to the inpatient department for further evaluation, processing and to await surgery. During the surgery, the specialist would open a small incision, realign the bone and then secure it in place with pins or metal implants. However, this approach is not always necessary. In the not-so-distant past, for a simple fracture of the ulna with less than 50% displacement and less than 10% angulation, a simple cast and plenty of rest would be sufficient. In any case, the patient outright refused surgery and casting. He simply asked that we use traditional bone-setting to realign the bone, and then secure it in place with wooden s

Historical photos from the Annual Conferences of the Translation Specialty Committee of the World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies

I just received the news that this year, the annual WFCMS Conference for the Translation Specialty Committee will be held in person, after 4 years of hybrid meetings. Today, I am looking back at some photos from previous - in person - meetings, from times when I delivered key note speeches. Wuhan meeting in 2014: Nanchang Meeting in 2015: Guangzhou meeting in 2017: Shanghai meeting in 2018: Shanghai 2018, with Prof. Nigel Wiseman Guangzhou 2017, with Dr. Shan Bao-zhi, the current President of the Committee, and two of my former classmates: Changsha 2016: Shanghai 2018 with Professor Fang Ting-yu and Prof. Wang Kui Shanghai 2018 with Prof. Nigel Wiseman, Prof. Zhu Jian-ping, Dr. Shan Bao-zhi and Prof. Wang Kui: With Prof. Nigel Wiseman and my old classmate from BUCM, Dr. Rao Hong-mei: With Prof. Wang Kui, Prof. Nigel Wiseman, Prof. Zhu Jian-ping and Prof.Hong Mei: With Prof. Nigel Wiseman and Prof. Li Xiao-li: Changsha 2016 with Prof. Ma Boying: Changsha 2016 with Prof. Greta Yang

The new "Zhongxing Sports Trauma Hospital" Poster

Last Friday, I discovered that my old job in China, the “Zhongxing Sport Trauma Hospital” in Guangzhou, created a new poster for the Hospital Introduction, which features one of my photos. I was very surprised, because it has been more than 4 years since I left. Over the weekend, they reached out to request for my face to be used as part of their history and professional identity. To that, I kindly agreed. (Side note: The photo with the skeleton was also taken by me, in late 2017)

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