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Introduction to Trigger Point Palpation & Needling
Build the palpation and needling skills that drive real results with musculoskeletal and pain patients.
Event Details
- Date: Sunday April 26th, 2026
- Time: 9:00am–4:30pm
- CEUs: Pending 6.5 NCCAOM CEUs
- Venue: University of Bridgeport, CT
- Investment: $300
Pre-Requisite Videos
Top 5 Skills for Orthopedic Needling – This video includes lifetime access and is added to your account when you register.
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Course Description
This class introduces Trigger Point Needling, but with critically important skills that are often overlooked – palpation and needling skills.
In fact, these are the number 1 reason practitioners fail to get the results they should when treating MSK patients.
While many assume they already know how to needle, after a decade in continuing education we consistently see that poor palpation and needling technique is the #1 barrier to results, in both new and highly experienced practitioners. The good news is, we built this class to remedy that.
In this class, practitioners will learn how to palpate and needle fascia, muscle, trigger bands, and trigger points, with an emphasis on feeling the tissue, understanding the anatomy, and achieving the local twitch response (LTR). Common trigger points will be introduced, and the class will include a lot of hands-on practice.
In addition to the class, the Included pre-requisite vide will prepare attendees so they get even more out of the in-person training.
Course Objectives
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Differentiate fascial, muscular, and trigger band tissue layers through palpation, demonstrating the ability to assess depth, tissue quality, and resistance prior to needle insertion.
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Accurately locate and palpate common trigger points and trigger bands in the lower extremity, hip, low back, shoulder, neck, and head using flat palpation, pincer grip, and depth-based palpation techniques.
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Demonstrate safe and effective needling techniques for trigger points, including appropriate needle depth, redirection, and palpation-with-needling strategies to engage target tissue and elicit the local twitch response (LTR) when clinically appropriate.
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Integrate refined palpation and needling skills into hands-on clinical practice, applying improved tissue awareness and anatomical understanding to enhance precision, safety, and treatment results in musculoskeletal patients.
Seminar Schedule
9:00am–9:30am: Introduction to the Class
- Biggest issues seen across Acupuncture practitioners of all backgrounds
- Why and how palpation and needling skills determine clinical results
- Addressing the fascial part of myofascial pain
9:30am-10:00am: Top 5 Needling Skills Review & Demos
- Review and demos of techniques from the pre-requisite video
- Palpating for locating and needling trigger points
- Pincer grip
- Flat palpation
- Other variations
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Palpating depths
- Fascia
- Muscle
- Tendon
- Ligament
- Palpating deep enough
- Needling into trigger bands and trigger points
- Getting the twitch response
10:00am-11:00am: Needling skills hands-on practice
-Redirecting the needle
-Needing to depth
-Palpation with needling
11:00am–11:30pm: Locating, palpating, and needling demos
Lower Leg
- Gastrocnemius
- Soleus
- Tibialis anterior
Upper Leg
- Rectus femoris
- Vastus lateralis
- VMO
- Hamstrings (with emphasis on realistic palpation at attachment sites)
11:30-12:00pm: Hands-on practice locating, palpating, and needling the leg
12:00pm-1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm-1:30pm: Locating, palpating, and needling demos
Hip
- Glutes
- Piriformis
- TFL
Low Back
- Multifidi
- Longissimus
1:30pm-2:00pm: Hands-on practice of the hip and low back
2:00pm-2:30pm: Locating, palpating, and needling demos
Shoulder
- Deltoid
- Upper, Trap
- Infraspinatus
- Latissimus dorsi
2:30pm-3:00pm: Locating, palpating, and needling hands-on practice Shoulder
3:00pm-3:30pm: Locating, palpating, and needling demos
Neck
- SCM
- Splenius capitis
- Splenius cervicis
Head
- Temporalis
3:30-4:00pm: Locating, palpating, and needling hands-on practice Neck and Head
End of class.
Instructors
- Lolane Glundal, L.Ac.
- Moses Alvarez, L.Ac.
About Lolane Glundal, L.Ac.
Lora “Lolane” Glundal, L.Ac. is a licensed Acupuncturist & Chinese Herbalist with 20 years of experience.
Lolane has training in a variety of areas including Orthopedics and Dry Needling and Pelvic Floor Acupuncture.
In addition to this, Lolane is also certified as both a Hatha/Vinyasa and Kundalini Yoga teacher.
Lolane currently teaches in the Pelvic Floor Certification Course with Dr. Jamie Hampton, teaches Trigger Point Dry Needling, and assists in the EXSTORE™ seminars with Dr. Anthony Lombardi. She has a busy private practice in Central New York.
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 an assistant instructor for all of Dr. Anthony Lombardi’s and Dr. Jamie Hampton’s seminars, and also teaches Trigger Point Dry Needling with ASE Seminars He has private practices in Central Pennsylvania serving athletes and the general population, treating musculoskeletal conditions, pelvic floor disorders, and post-surgery patients.