Gua Sha Foundations and Strategies

Skills for Clinical Healing

Gua sha is one of the most effective pain relieving modalities we have in our toolkit. Learn everything we didn't cover in acupuncture school including finding the right tool, and see immediate results in your patient's outcomes.

Carly Herrero
Carly Herrero

Course Overview

Gua sha is a simple modality that resolves stubborn pain and old injuries, and helps heal tissues by reorganizing the fascial matrix. Gua Sha is one of the most popular and effective treatments I offer and I’m eager to share the benefits of this underutilized modality.

We will cover the wide application possibilities of Gua Sha and specific treatment strategies for common conditions. We will look at Gua Sha from the Western and Eastern perspectives, and understand indications and contraindications for this modality.

 

Learn about the fascinating history of Gua Sha as well as its modern usage in the form of Graston and IASTM, and gain practical skills to use with immediate results in your clinic.

Objectives

  • Gain an understanding of the history and evolution of gua sha.

  • Be able to discern indications, contraindications, and cautions for gua sha treatment.

  • Understand the action of gua sha on the tissues, particularly connective tissues including the fascial matrix and the blood/“xue” level.

  • Understand gua sha dosage and how to apply for different patient presentations.

  • Working knowledge of the most common types of gua sha tools and how they can be used.

Outline

  • 0 hrs - 15 min

    About your instructor and her background in working with and teaching gua sha. Overview of the topics of the course and resources. Gua sha has roots in forms of blood letting and can be traced back to early proto-needles or non-inserting needles.

  • 15 min - 45 min

    Scraping Therapies East and West, Modern and Ancient. The different styles of scraping therapies you are likely to come across and what distinguishes them, or not, from gua sha. Including Graston, IASTM and ASTYM. About sha and why it's not a bruise.

  • 45 min - 1.25 hrs

    About Gua sha Tools. How does the material, size, shape, and edge of your gua sha tool affect its durability, effectiviness, and resonance, and why this is important in clinical practice.

  • 1.25 hrs - 1.75 hrs

    Goals of applying gua sha, indications and contraindications, actions, procedure of gua sha treatment, dosage, combining with acupuncture.

  • 1.75 hrs - 2 hrs

    About fascia and connective tissue, scars, and the yin-yang structure of the body.

  • 2 hrs - 2.5 hrs

    Video of gua sha on upper body, prone and supine, showing how to apply gua sha for common conditions.

  • 2.5 hrs - 2.75 hrs

    Video of gua sha on lower body, prone, side-lying, and supine, showing how to apply gua sha for common conditions.

  • 2.75 hrs - 3 hrs

    Patient communication about the actions and results of gua sha. Charting tips to track the presentation of sha and other changes.

Reviews

  • Ruthann R. (United States of America)

    Carly's instructional and demo videos for her Gua Sha course are detailed and answered the many questions I had about gua sha after not practicing it for many years (have been working in a hospital where gua sha was not permitted). Now I feel equipped to competently provide my patients in private practice with gua sha to accompany their acupuncture treatments. Thank you Carly!

  • Tara A. (Canada)

    While I learned gua sha in school, I never actually used it or had the desire since graduating. However, I was curious what a whole course on gua sha would offer and now I'm excited to have this ancient tool in my back pocket. I love the calm teaching from Carly and so clearly going through the material. Also the demo was very helpful for me to see and what to look for (such as the blooming of the sha). I've already tried this out at work and have had positive results. Am happy I took this.

  • Jennifer P. (United States of America)

    The teacher was very knowledgeable, articulate and interesting. Thank you!

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Reviews

Carly's instructional and demo videos for her Gua Sha course are detailed and answered the many questions I had about gua sha after not practicing it for many years (have been working in a hospital where gua sha was not permitted). Now I feel equipped to competently provide my patients in private practice with gua sha to accompany their acupuncture treatments. Thank you Carly!

Ruthann R. (United States of America)

While I learned gua sha in school, I never actually used it or had the desire since graduating. However, I was curious what a whole course on gua sha would offer and now I'm excited to have this ancient tool in my back pocket. I love the calm teaching from Carly and so clearly going through the material. Also the demo was very helpful for me to see and what to look for (such as the blooming of the sha). I've already tried this out at work and have had positive results. Am happy I took this.

Tara A. (Canada)

The teacher was very knowledgeable, articulate and interesting. Thank you!

Jennifer P. (United States of America)

I am inspired to use Gua Sha more in my practice!

Elizabeth K. (United States of America)

This is an incredible course for learning Gua Sha. It went above my expectations for feeling confident in adding Gua Sha to a treatment.

Kelly R. (United States of America)

Very good explanation and connection of eastern and western medicine

Jennifer S. (Canada)

Great knowledge and experience of the instructor. I especially I liked the knowledge she brings in communicating to the patient about what we are doing - which is vital with these therapies. I thoroughly enjoyed this course.

Sheonagh s. (United Kingdom)

I highly recommend Carly Herrero’s Gua Sha Foundations and Strategies course. The material was exceptionally well presented, clear, engaging, and clinically relevant. The combination of theory, practical instruction, and demonstrations made the course both informative and immediately applicable to clinical practice. An excellent course for practitioners looking to deepen their understanding and confidence in using gua sha.

Teresa G. (United States of America)

Best course I’ve taken

Zlatoslava K. (United States of America)

I thoroughly enjoyed this course. It was easy to follow, and the content and demonstrations were captivating, engaging, and informative.

Shawna T. (United States of America)

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Full Biography

Carly Herrero

Carly is a licensed and board certified acupuncturist in private practice in Maine.

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  • CPDs:

    Approved By: AACMA (3), ANTA (3), ATMS (3), Acupuncture NZ (3), NCCAOM (3), Standard Certificate (3)

  • Language: English

  • Course Type: Recorded Webinar

  • Course Length: 3 h

  • Course Notes: Notes are provided with this course.

  • Access Period: Lifetime

$129