Karl Zippelius

About Karl Zippelius

Renowned author and lecturer Dr. Karl Zippelius is the foremost authority on TCM orthopaedics, traumatology and sports medicine.

After obtaining his Human Medicine degree in Munich, Dr. Zippelius studied Traditional Chinese Medicine at the Schule Ost des Arbeitskreises für TCM in Berlin and at the TCM University in Chengdu, China.

He continued his training in Chinese Orthopedics and Traumatology at the Orthopaedic Military Hospital of Sichuan Province, the Sichuan Tianxiang TCM Orthopaedic Hospital, the Dance Injury Research Institute in Chengdu, and the Sichuan Tianpeng Academy of TCM -Orthopaedics & Longevity, where Dr. Zippelius has been a fellow research member since 2002.

Dr Zippelius has advocated the integration of TCM into professional sports and Western Medicine for the past 20 years. He is the head of the TCM department in the National Austrian Institute for Sports Medicine and runs a private medical clinic in Florence, Italy where top athletes and classical dancers are rehabilitated. Dr Zippelius has presented at the World TCM congress Rothenburg in 2002, 2005, 2009 and 2010.