Peter Giordano DACM MS LAC LMT

Educational Instruction

I create customized treatment plans on how you can best provide care for your loved ones, friends, or as a caregiver.  Each session is tailored to address a specific concern or complaint and how to provide basic care at home. 

Easy to apply manual therapy techniques will be taught their function and how to address your partner’s ailments while focusing on the anatomical structures of the body as well as the palpable channels and meridians.  Introductory anatomy, physiology, kinesiology, and orthopedic assessment will be used to evaluate and formulate a treatment plan. 

Proper body mechanics will be utilized for the caregiver so as not to injure themselves as well as provide the most optimal care.  Additionally, there will be an emphasis on how to incorporate tai chi qigong meditative movements and principles into your practice along with stretching techniques and gentle sotai neuromuscular reeducation.

I have classroom experience at a masters level teaching:  anatomy & physiology, myology & kinesiology, neurology, pathology, orthopedic neurological examination,  treatment of orthopedic disorders, western massage, eastern massage, sports massage, neuromuscular therapy, craniosacral therapy, myofascial release, reflexology, fundamentals of Chinese medicine, tui na hand techniques, tui na structural techniques, taiji/qigong, and clinical supervision.

Anonymous Student Testimonials

Students were asked the following questions:

Q1. If you were the faculty member teaching this course, what constructive feedback would you want to receive in order to improve the course, its presentation, or students’ experience of the class?

Q2. What worked really well?

Answers:

Peter is a very engaging, fun, and knowledgeable teacher. I appreciated his positive attitude and passion for the work.

I really loved this class and really appreciate the amount of hands on time we had. Course materials and demonstrations were always very helpful. Depth of content was great as well as reference to lots of resources. Excited for the next one!

Engaging, informative and hands on.

Peter is a very engaging, fun, and knowledgeable teacher. I really appreciate his passion for the work and enthusiasm. He is very skilled at explaining tactile and sensory information in a clear and visceral way.

There were no issues with the quality of the lectures. The instructor's explanations were excellent, allowing for a synergistic effect when expanding on previously learned channels, which was highly beneficial.

I love taking all of his classes

The detailed region-specific themed lectures and practical sessions, based on the foundational tui na hand techniques previously learned, were well-structured and highly effective. The instructor provided explanations from both a tcm and anatomical perspective, demonstrating a level of expertise surpassing many others. The use of various materials and clear explanations made the content easy to understand from a student’s perspective.

He has an amazing personality and makes learning fun

The class was great!

I have never in my life understood anatomy so well. I wish i could have peter for a&p 2, 3, and 4.

The teacher. His explanations were what made me understand anatomy for the first time.

Peter is truly an incredible teacher. This class was amazing! My only suggestion is that we have more room for tables and treatments.

Amazing class and teaching - as always! Peter's methods allow me space to explore and develop my own intuition, interests, and creativity as a benefit to the patient and my own well-being. This class offered much more than orthopedics knowledge/training.

Prof Giordano never disappoints in his kindness and in the sharing of his craft. Great class.

The professor used real life situations to explain the material so that students can better understand it.

This class had an amazing flow and they were so many take-aways from the class. I thoroughly enjoyed this class

Peter is a wealth of knowledge and he is always willing to share his knowledge. His classes are some of my favorites!            

The demonstrate for each tui na techniques before practice are very helpful, the demonstrate clear shows how the tui na techniques works on the correspond body areas.

What worked really well was the teacher's effective instruction of the material. They were always available to assist anyone with questions and demonstrate how to perform the modality, which greatly contributed to our understanding and learning experience.

Prof Giordano is extremely knowledgeable. He delivered course material with enthusiasm. Questions were always welcome and answered thoroughly. I look forward to taking future coursework with him

Peter is awesome. He is so knowledgeable and readily shares his expertise with the class. Excellent use of resources to explain a/p, demonstration of hand techniques and provides constructive feedback to the students as needed in order to succeed. I waited 3 terms to take this second course just so I could get peter as my instructor. He's that good!!

It is a spa level classroom setting! It is excellent!

Honestly it was such a good class I have no recommendations.

Everything, especially going into the online breakdown of where the muscles are etc. It was such an amazing helpful class and peter is a wonderful teacher.

Peter is very responsible for every student.

Peter did an amazing job giving step by step demonstrations.

This has been one of the best classes I’ve taken in the course. While I thoroughly enjoy this program- this class with peter has been just amazing.

This has been one of my favorite classes so far in the program. It provided opportunities for other coursework to be applied and prof. Giordano’s excitement and passion for the material is infectious and inspiring. He brought other resources to our attention and was always generous in his teachings.

I think how peter does it now is fantastic.

Prof. Giordano stands out as an incredibly dedicated, knowledgeable, generous teacher. His willingness to share his knowledge freely and to support students by directing them to other resources is really valuable. He communicates clearly, demonstrates techniques well, possesses patience and a willingness to find different ways to teach something to adapt to various learning styles. Pacific college needs more teachers like prof. Giordano.

I love how peter helps connect the points and channels with tui na. He is so passionate. He opened up so many avenues by introducing us to new concepts. He gave us an overview of what’s out there. There is so much to learn, and peter always gives us the space to ask questions and helps us integrate everything we’ve learned so far and connects it with tui na. This class was so interesting and insightful. Looking forward to doing tui na structural techniques with peter too. Thank you peter for such an amazing class.

He is just a really good teacher.

Peter works well with the students and makes sure we can visualize what we are doing in his class by using different resources for anatomy or books as references. The only thing is that maybe shorten the answers for the questions we ask.

Peter’s knowledge is vast and he shares it generously with his students. I have deep appreciation for this wonderfully unique and inspiring professor.

Peter is a great teacher and he really cares about our education knowing that some will not use this modality of tcm. He makes sure we understand the proper techniques and the reasons for them as well as managing the patient in a professional manner. I am happy to have him teach me this semester.

Very informative and appreciate the professor and my peers made this class very pleasurable.

Peter is great.

I loved it! Wish the course was longer (more weeks). I would have benefited from taking acupoints before this class, rather than simultaneously. But it's fine. The knowledge will gel together eventually.

I found peter's step by step guidance very helpful (explanation of what to do next) to me as someone with no massage/tui na background and would recommend to include that in future classes should there are students share similar background as mine.

The teacher handles the subject very well and clearly communicates the knowledge to the students.

Always thoughtful and complete answers, teaching style and approach was wonderful

The professor is amazing with hands-on labs. I learned a lot from them and i was encouraged to practice and work on techniques that work well with me as an individual.

Thank you for your excellent time management and very clear demonstrations.

Step by step guidance and one on one hands on demo - eg peter doing the move on one side and i do the same on the other side. Also real time comments on posture and tips are helpful too.

Practical aspects of the subject was taught thoroughly.

Peter was very engaging, which helped when it came to learning all the similar moves. I also enjoyed qigong with his leading, even though i hated my actual qigong class.

Peter is an excellent teacher- he made the class super calming and educational- allowing us to learn at our own pace.

I enjoyed this class and learned a lot of new skills and appreciate his patience and understanding.

Peter was very clear and demonstrated every technique to the fullest capacity. I have nothing i would add.

Peter is an exceptional instructor. He fostered an electric, fun, and safe learning environment with regular feedback and individual attention.

None, this class was great

Peter has a great influence on me and i value his teachings, approach and in general i'm so glad I have the opportunity to learn from him.

I felt like he struck the perfect balance in teaching to students at different levels of the pchs curricula, providing enough material to engage the more advanced students while not overwhelming those in their first year.

Everything. Peter is an excellent teacher and it was wonderful to learn tui na from him!

Everything was good. The teacher knowledge of the subject along with experience and ease with using technology made it interesting. The focus on learning rather than tests was a stress free and enjoyable experience.

Keep on doing what you are doing, teacher is excellent!

Teacher always to the time to answer questions.

Everything the professionalism on performance in class

Every question a student asked was answered clearly and also professor demonstrated

All the qigong practices are amazing. I got an thorough immersion of some of the major schools of qigong practice. Eye opening.

There is nothing to be improved

The teacher was very helpful and supportive. Great teacher and great class.

Professor Giordano taught the material with great enthusiasm. Always helpful in clarifying tui na techniques. I look forward to taking other coursework with him.

Peter was very supportive

Peter is a great teacher overall.

Explanations of cm, systems, anatomy, additional material shared that enhanced classes

Peter is an awesome instructor, and this class was really enjoyable and informative. I love how he brings in a true wealth of knowledge with different perspectives and styles to tui na and acupuncture. Would love to see him teaching more classes!

I loved this class and peters teaching style, i wouldn't change a thing

Great class!

Excellent execution of teacher skills. Allowed students to express themselves and treated all students with respect. Never felt like a student/teacher dynamic. I was more of a colleague-to-colleague interaction that was very refreshing.

Easy flowing class - wu wei

This class was too enjoyable!

The consistency and the wisdom of the professor. The instructor knew exactly what the course entailed and was able to effectively communicate that wisdom with the students.

He would talk about interesting topics related to tcm before starting qi gong which made the class more interesting.

 loved the class!

I have no constructive feedback; the teacher did his job well.

What worked really well was his ability to teach and his overall positive attitude.

The professor always created an environment where everyone felt free to ask their questions and make their contributions.

Fantastic tai ji/qi gong instruction. Professor Giordano made practical associations to tcm, bodywork and human anatomy throughout the course and kept learning fun and interactive.

Everything's great!

The class flow was excellent and options for movement participation was very accommodating. I liked having a piece of my week where i needed to be present in my body.

Professor Giordano takes the time to ask us questions and gives us professional feed back about the journey that we're on. It was very appreciated.

Professor Giordano was kind and empathetic throughout the class and made the movements accessible for everyone and every body. He drew parallels to tcm theory, which kept our minds engaged. Terrific instructor!

Peter is such a great teacher! I really enjoyed this class

Peter is extremely knowledgeable, shows compassion, has a curiosity for learning, and is invested in helping students become the best versions of themselves.

I liked that the beginning of class was spent discussing and made into a open space for anyone to ask questions. Peter was an excellent teacher. He was very engaging and interesting, which made me pick a course next term taught by him

Teach more classes :) one of the best teacher I’ve had. The class was packed with information and knowledge that i could apply right away and added tools to my toolbox. Wish i had something critical to say, I’m a transfer student from several terms back, and the high caliber of teachers and teaching at pcom is something i benefits hugely from and enjoy, so hard for me to criticize, sorry!

Nothing i can think of to say. Peter's class is awesome. His knowledgeable in his teaching skills, he explained very well his modules. Very professional.

Thumbs up for Mr. Peter Giordano.

Usage of outside resources was great, and teacher explains things very well.

Practice every class was great!

Peter taught us in a way that leveled us all up big time. He taught us about the body in a way that made sense and was easy to apply into practice. His overview of anatomy i believe helped everyone no matter their educational background because he is so unique in his explanations, its completely original. He shows the body in movement and also the body experiencing injury, and how to spot when the body compensates in other areas. He used visual anatomy apps with models to show exactly what he was explaining, then he demonstrates it. Yes tui na is technical and complex and techniques like sotai take practice and time to perfect, yet after one of his classes i was able to help my husbands body balance its anteriorly tilted l hip after a hockey fall, and what i learned from peter i gently applied and took my husband out of pain when applying sotai. Its a mind blowing caliber of teaching that he graces us with. We now have more tools in our tool box to take our patients out of pain.

It was a pleasure learning with a teacher who focused on learning than testing. He's very helpful & knowledgeable. The slides provided were extremely through & helpful.

Loved the open lab format, where we could spend a good amount of practical time figuring things out by doing vs. Following prescribed routines. Peter is an amazingly knowledgeable teacher, and his lecture material balanced well with the free time to explore, be creative, and practice with our patient.

Truthfully, i have no notes. I really enjoyed the way peter led the class. He broke the lessons into two parts - theory and practical, and even though i was tired by the end of the day, as it was a late class, peter kept great spirits up, used relatable examples, and kept the class engaged. I feel very sad to be wrapping up the semester!

I feel peter was well equipped to teach, and as a teacher myself; peter was a good instructor.

Professor Peter Giordano is one of the most amazing teachers. He is extremely humble yet one of the most knowledgeable persons i’ve known. Even though this was a lab class, the material he thought and in the manner he taught it, was a major factor why i did well in my other classes. He is a wealth of knowledge and every class, not only did he teach the material in a way we all could understand and retain ( which minimized the need to memorize), he also was giving us the tools and foundation for our future practice. He constantly shared resources that helped in his class and every other class. In addition he always made time to address any concerns or questions. He actually also directed me to resources that greatly helped me and professionals further help my mother who had a stroke and isn’t able to move her left side. His knowledge, and resources made all the difference and further solidified my love for this field of work and my praise with pacific college. Whenever possible i will always try to take subsequent classes with professor peter Giordano. The benchmark teacher! Nothing great things about this teacher.

Peter's personality made the class much less intimidating, as was his willingness to engage in any question asked of him. He always began and ended each class by asking if we had any questions, specific to the material or our classwork in general. He would often pull up interesting resources to show us, and when any person in the class asked for something specific that he could not provide at the time, he would make a point to send out afterwards. Peter was by far my favorite teacher this semester.

He was very detailed and clear

Overall, excellent. No suggestions at this time.

I wouldn’t really change a thing. I also feel pretty silly saying this, but maybe more work? We really only had tests and frequent quizzes. The quizzes were a helpful indicator of my understanding/standing in the class, but some small homework assignments could maybe help get the material down in a format that’s not multiple choice.

His humor and helpful tricks for memorizing material

He’s so funny. It definitely helped keeping our energy up in a night class. He also used a 3d anatomy program that gave great visuals to whatever we were talking about. Any question we asked, he would pause the lesson and really focus on whatever our curiosity was.

He provided us with a quiz review at the beginning of term, which i am appreciative of. Having it helped me a great deal with being able to keep up with studying and preparing for upcoming exams.

 his use of the anatomy apps which he screen-shared in each class. They added an animated aspect you would otherwise not receive with simply lecturing and powerpoint presentations. Well done!

It was helpful to review the channels and possibilities in presentations and practical application - the material was in depth and extensive - a great amount to be able to practice with progressively but also continue studying after the course was completed.

There was nothing to improve. Look forward to future coursework with this professor.

The professor's enthusiasm in presenting the material kept me engaged. He provided us many resources of information in addition to the course material to help in studying.

Peter's passion and understanding of the content.

Peter is the teacher, practitioner, and mentor i want to emulate. He has this unique ability to covey information in a way that helps you remember and understand it. He is by far the best instructor. His time is so sought out by all students because he not only teaches the course material so effectively but also connects it in a way that applies to actual practical use; his teachings have greatly helped me excel in other classes. He embodies core values of service before self, excellence in all we do, and integrity first. He genuinely takes the time to help others no matter how busy he is. What worked in class too was he took a lot of stresses of the students and helped us all "think" and not just regurgitate answers to pass a test. He made us understand in ways only peter is capable of doing! If possible i would take every single class offered that he teaches because his time and knowledge is so valuable!! He has assisted me (and almost all of us) in so many ways. He is the reason i've succeed in multiple classes due to his insight. The consensus around campus is that peter, not only prepares you to learn the course material, prepares you to pass the comps, and gives us the resources to have a successful practice / business one day!! His teaching style is absolutely the best.

Peter always shows up very positive. He is incredibly knowledgeable and responds to questions very well. I enjoyed how he would bring up his experiences with patients to teach us.

It is obvious that this instructor wants his student to succeed. The assessments (quizzes, midterm, final) are more than fair. I like that the instructor occasionally recommends books and resources that are helpful beyond the scope of this class for students interested in the additional topics. I am reading the applied channel theory during the semester break.

I appreciated the study guides for the quizzes and tests. I appreciate how quickly peter would return emails.

I appreciated him going over the slides in depth, adding his own notes, and sending them to us. It also helps that you can tell he loves Chinese medicine and actually wants his students to do well. To me, it seemed like he actually wants to be here and wanted us to be here too. He will answer any and all questions and not make you feel embarrassed to ask certain things that may be common knowledge to others. Overall, he is a good professor that makes you want to be a good student.

His teaching style with references to actual clinical presentations were helpful in explaining course concepts.

He’s great

He was really enthusiastic and prepared for every class. He provided good examples and answered all students questions well. Awesome teacher!

He was always helpful and enthusiastic about the class and ready to give you more and more info.

This teacher knows his stuff. When his enthusiasm and wisdom rose to the level of the class learning objectives, it was a joy to learn from him.       

The materials used to learn, especially the trail guide book, were very effective. Once i found the trail guide flash cards, i felt confident that one day i will be able to have a better handle on all of the information.

Peter covered an enormous amount of information and was always upbeat and enthusiastic. He is highly knowledgeable with this material. Coupled with his personal experience, it was helpful when he answered questions from the class.

Peter came from a place of knowing what it is like to be an anatomy student. As long as i was able to be present and focused during class, i had a strong foundation to work from in my own personal study time. The content was covered thoroughly and clearly. Peter would even repeat himself if he knew that something might need reiteration.

His passion for his work made me want to stay tuned in.

He was not only able to make a&p 1 enjoyable, but he also really helped make the material and example there-in fun and easy to understand.

Peter was always available for questions, feedback, and correction during practice. Class was relaxed and enjoyable. Peter is quite knowledgeable and often discussed how he uses tui na in practice. Really enjoyed this class. As a result, i will incorporate tui na in my future acupuncture practice. Wished he taught tui na structured techniques.

I appreciated the format of learning and building on a toolbox of skills to be used very practically and in conjunction with other tcm modalities vs. A protocol that was to be memorized and performed. I loved this class in how it deepened my practical and theoretical knowledge to better treat patients!

Professor Giordano is an incredible presenter who taught with exceptional knowledge of the body. He always answered every question any student had and gave great examples for us students to use to correlate anatomy textbooks to working material we were able to apply to ourselves and classmates. He overall provided a very informative anatomy lecture that is sure to help students as we move forward in the program.

Peter is fantastic. His sense of humor helped to keep me engaged. The textbook was helpful and really where i was able to make most of the connections and learning, as lecture consists of so much information. Peter was very quick to respond to questions in class and via email. He was always quick to review any issues with quizzes and resolve them if needed.

This instructor makes otherwise dry course materials interesting and engaging to students. Very easy going. I am responding very well to this instructor's teaching style. I love that this instructor engages in student questions and comments and makes this class fun and interesting.

Making the course material relevant to us as acupuncturist was very helpful. A lot of these anatomy classes are dense and we do not always know how to apply that information as acupuncturist or when working one-on-one with a patient. Peter does a fantastic job of overcoming that disconnect.

Peter uses live demonstrations and analogies of how particular muscles, bones, and many other body parts as well as our internal chemistry work, uses practical applications and experiences of ideas that could be hard to grasp otherwise. I find that very helpful. He gives very clear explanations to our every question and would often fill us in with very interesting facts and related examples to the subject.

I truly enjoyed professor Giordano’s lab class! He gave us great new ways to think about anatomy, helpful hints and tools to remember and study the material and was always very helpful and supportive. He often related the course material to practical and useful ideas and applications outside of the classroom, which made it more exciting and memorable.

I think peter should know he's a great teacher and to own that. I think i've learned more from him and his calm and peaceful way, even on line as things are, than any other teacher thus far.

Instructor's knowledge and passion for anatomy kept it interesting.

Everything! Prof. Giordano was extremely supportive and always gave great tools and hints to remember the material. Relating course material to practical ideas and applications made it all come together so nicely and stick.

Professor Giordano used a very detailed anatomy app which helped us see how muscles are layered etc.

The different methods of learning such as body art, computer animation, and palpation techniques in addition to the class textbook helped a lot in learning the material. He also repeated information and was energetic in his presentation which helped to be focused and involved in the class material. A+ :)

Peter's depth of knowledge, real-life experience, positive and supportive attitude.

Peter was very active throughout the class. Especially appreciate the context that he provided as the material related to acupuncture and his pneumonic for everything.

Peter was always really good about demonstrating how to find key landmarks and muscles. I really liked how he showed what to look for when someone comes in with main from their posture to their facial expression.

Peter was very helpful and thorough in explaining the entire curriculum course work. He was very knowledgeable and did not mind take extra time to explain areas that i personally have challenges in. Further he goes that extra mile in giving extra credit and extra help. Loved everything about his course.

Peter's enthusiasm, knowledge and desire to teach made this a great class.

I really enjoyed peter's class and teaching methods. It was refreshing to come into the room to someone so passionate and knowledgeable about the topic. I look forward to hopefully having him again in the future. His sense of humor and comfort was very nice to have around test time as well. Overall a genuinely good person that wants to do his best and help out as much as he can! Definitely would recommend to anyone.

Professor Giordano, has so much to offer, his knowledge is remarkable and he keeps the lectures interesting and has everyone's attention. I wish he could teach more classes

He know everything about everything that we have asked him, i loved his demonstrations which were so helpful

Demonstration with the use of the skeleton.

Awesome instructor!

Organization of the class in general and of each individual class within different focuses make me feel that after completing this class i reviewed the most important things or things to focus on for the national exams. Feeling that it's one of the most useful class i've ever taken at pcom. Thank you

I like that he had handouts, visual slides and everything was uploaded on moodle. His explanations are clear and concise. He doesn't waste time on unnecessary discussion and keeps the class moving. Great job!

He prepared a lot of useful materials, and answered all questions we had. He organized the class very well and it made me clear. He is very kind and caring for students.

Peter did an incredible job presenting the material for the class and giving us access to all the class material via moodle. He condensed all the material really well, gave us ppt/slides for all his material, and great practice tests as well. I also appreciated that when we asked peter a question, he would know the answer on the spot or say he would look it up, which he always did and brought it up during the next class. I feel like he was really trying to help us to the best of his ability. Since my experience was great i would advise the teacher to continue with the same practice tests, present the same slides in class and on moodle.

He always starts off the class by asking if anybody has any questions

 makes sure if we're following along & asks if there's anything we don't understand. If we say yes, he'll review it in a very detailed manner

Actually uses the skeleton model. (my previous ap1 instructor never even bothered to get up from his chair or prepare any sort of visual presentation; he'd just read off of a paper and would get angry if we asked questions because he expected us to have already studied and memorized everything before the class.)

You can tell he's very well informed on the subject he's teaching, and not just reading off of slides.

He correlates tcm/acupuncture with what we're learning. For example, back pain may originate from issues with leg muscles so you shouldn't just go straight for needling the back, but also focus on other parts of the body that might be causing the pain.

Peter was always very supportive of our individual learning curves and took time to bring us all up to speed with the course material collectively. He was always very receptive

He is an instructor that cares very much for students. He supports students, which is great.

Disclaimer:

Peter Giordano and New York Acupuncture & Massage Therapy PC are not responsible in any manner for any injury or illness, which may result from following the instructions or procedures contained in the educational demonstration or using the information contained within the educational demonstration. The treatments and techniques may be too dangerous for an individual to use and all treatments and techniques presented here are for informational purposes only. The remedies, approaches, and techniques described are not to be a substitute for professional medical care or treatment. They should not be used in treating serious ailments without prior consultation with a qualified health care professional. Before attempting to receive any of the treatments and techniques contained in the educational demonstration one should consult with a physician for an evaluation and clearance to receive and the educational demonstration. Any medical benefits whether mentioned or inferred are not advocated or promised. The purpose of the educational demonstration that are presented for educational purposes only. All matters regarding one’s health require medical supervision and these materials are not a substitute for qualified care or treatment.