Advanced Pelvic Floor Acupuncture & Dry Needling with Jamie Hampton, DAOM

*This in-person seminar includes a recording of the Advanced Pelvic Floor seminar from October 2023

Pre-requisite: To attend the Advanced Pelvic Floor seminar, you must have attended Jamie Hampton’s first pelvic floor seminar, Treatment of Pelvic Floor Disorders with Acupuncture

Dates: October 25th-27th, 2024

Instructors: Dr. Jamie Hampton, DAOM; Darren O’Rourke, L.Ac.

Assistants: Lolane Glundal, L.Ac. and Moses Alvarez, L.Ac.

Venue: TBD, Tampa, FL

Course description: This seminar is the next in the pelvic floor series offered by Jamie Hampton, DAOM. Hold on to your hats, because we cover a lot in this seminar, including a number of different conditions seen in male and female patients, myofascial connections, electro-acupuncture for pelvic floor conditions, hands-on practice, much more. There will be some review of content, so you will get the chance to practice techniques in the pelvic floor and perineum. This seminar will fill your toolbox with a number of skills to treat a variety of pelvic floor disorders commonly seen in the clinic.

Course objectives:

• Understand male and female pelvic anatomy
• Understand male and female pelvic floor conditions/disorders
• Review patient screening, treatment etiquette, treatment room considerations
• Understand and be able to treat common male and female pelvic floor disorders with acupuncture
• Learn electro-acupuncture technique for treating pelvic floor conditions
• Understand the fascia of the pelvis
• Learn and be able to perform myofascial techniques and rehab exercises for the pelvic floor

Course outline:

Friday

9:00am-9:30am: Male anatomy, clinical aspects of treating males, treatment room etiquette, patient screening

9:30am-10:00am: Penile pain; anatomy involved, causes, treatments

10:00am-10:30am: Demos of needling for penile pain

10:30-11:00am: Hard-flaccid definition, causes, treatments

11:00am-12:00pm: Demo of treatment, supervised practice

12:00pm-1:00pm: Lunch

1:00pm-1:30pm: Review of female anatomy

1:30pm-2:00pm: Endometriosis causes, etiology, treatments

2:00pm-3:00pm: Endometriosis demos and supervised practice

3:00pm-3:30pm: Bulbospongiosis: Causes, etiology, treatments

3:30pm-4:30pm: Demos and hands-on practice

4:30pm-5:00pm: Ischiocavernosous: Causes, etiology, treatments

5:00pm-6:00pm: Demos and supervised practice

Saturday

9:00am-9:30am: Labia minora; conditions and treatments; when and how to needle

9:30am-10:00am: Labia minora demo and supervised practice

10:00am-10:30am: Painful neuralgias

10:30am-12:00pm: Bladder pain and obturators

12:00pm-1:00pm: Lunch

1:00pm-2:00pm: Electro-acupuncture in the treatment of pelvic floor disorders

2:00pm-3:00pm: Demos and supervised practice

3:00pm-4:00pm: Fascia connections between the face, mandible, and pelvis

4:00pm-5:00pm: Hands-on practice and open lab

Sunday

Outline coming soon

Will include additional conditions with acupuncture and soft tissue techniques

About Jamie Hampton, DAOM

Dr. Jamie Hampton is a doctoral graduate of The American College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the oldest TCM school in the US. She has worked in leading San Francisco Bay Area hospitals for the last 18 years with an emphasis on true integration and collaboration within fast paced clinical settings including the ICU. While she was an adjunct professor through University of California, San Francisco she also had the privilege of teaching grand rounds to medical students. This experience blossomed into a faculty position at the Acupuncture and Integrative Medical College in Berkeley, CA where she taught advanced needling technique, gynecology and advanced formula writing. This solidified her love of teaching and connecting with her students, conveying the power of TCM and all its abilities. She was also co-founder of Golden Leaf Acupuncture in Berkeley, CA which was University California Berkeley’s leading provider for students as well as faculty and staff. Having discovered a total lack of treatment options for pelvic floor pain (including acupuncture) Dr. Hampton made it her mission to specialize in helping these patients. She has treated pelvic floor patients since 2009.

Currently Jamie practices in San Francisco, CA  specializing in pelvic floor dysfunction and complex orthopedic cases.

About Darren O’Rourke, L.Ac.: 

Darren O Rourke, L.Ac, NMPT, R.Herb, has been a licensed acupuncturist in Dublin, Ireland since 2013 and a Neuromuscular Physical Therapist since 2015. He graduated from the Acupuncture Foundation of Ireland and participated in an internship in the Neurological department of the 2^nd Provincial Hospital of Nanjing, China. Darren specializes in the treatment of the Musculoskeletal system He runs his own private practice and works with professional athletes including individual fighters and football teams. Darren is passionate about the integration of dry needling and manual therapeutic techniques becoming more established into the field of acupuncture and feels it will place Acupuncturists as the go-to therapists for MSK conditions.

About Lolane Glundal, L.Ac.

Lora Lolane Glundal, L.Ac. Is A Licensed Acupuncturist & Chinese Herbalist With Over 17 Years Of Experience. Lolane Has Training In A Variety Of Areas Including Orthopedics, Dry Needling, And Pelvic Floor Acupuncture. In Addition To This, Lolane Is Also Certified As Both Hatha/Vinyasa And Kundalini Yoga Teacher.  She Currently Practices In Central New York State.

Lolane Brings Her Unique Expertise, Skillset, And Passion For Helping Others To The Pelvic Floor Acupuncture Seminars Series Through Assisting Dr. Jamie Hampton. She Also Plans On Offering Pelvic Floor Yoga In 2024.

About Moses Alvarez, L.Ac.:

Moses Alvarez, RN, L.Ac. is a licensed acupuncturist and registered professional nurse specializing in orthopedics and electroacupuncture. Moses has over 20 years of total experience in the fields of rehabilitation therapy, pain management and exercise science, with acupuncture specialty training in EXSTORE, pelvic floor, and trigger point dry needling. In addition to practicing, Moses is also an assistant instructor for Dr. Anthony Lombardi and Dr. Jamie Hampton. He has private practices in Central Pennsylvania serving athletes, general population, MSK, pelvic floor and post-surgery patients.