Course description:

Description: This 2-day seminar will teach practitioners the skills you need to understand and implement trigger point acupuncture, also known as dry needling. This includes being able to identify muscles, fascia, tendon, and ligaments, incorporating the skills necessary for safe and effective Orthopedic needling, and being able to locate and needle trigger bands and trigger points. Practitioners will build confidence and clinical effectiveness after taking this seminar.

Objectives:

After completing the in-person class and pre-requisite videos, practitioners will be able to:

• Understand trigger point anatomy
• Understand theories of trigger point formation
• Understand basics of peripheral and central sensitization
• Palpate and identify muscles of the lower body
• Identify through palpation muscle borders, fascia, tendons
• Identify through palpation tight bands in tissue
• Identify risks associated with certain muscles and areas of the body
• Identify anatomy of the femoral triangle
• Perform specific needling skills such as anchoring, redirecting the needle, and needling to the required depth
• Effectively needle into tight bands and trigger points covered in class
• Obtain the local twitch response

Schedule

Saturday:

9:00-10:00: Top 5 skills demos and practice
10:00-10:30: Iliocostalis and Longissimus lecture and demo
10:30-11:00: Iliocostalis and Longissimus Hands-on practice
11:00am-11:30pm: Quadratus lumborum lecture and demo
11:30-12:00: Quadratus lumborum hands-on practice
12:00-1:00pm – Lunch
1:00-1:30: Multifidus lecture and demo
1:30-2:00: Multifidus hands-on practice
2:00-2:30: Serratous Posterior inferior lecture and demo
2:30-3:00: Serratous posterior inferior hands-on practice
3:00-3:30 Gluteus trigger points (maximus, medius, minimus) and piriformis lecture
3:30-3:45 – Break
3:45-4:15: Gluteus trigger points (maximus, medius, minimus) and Piriformis Hands-on practice
4:15-5:00: Trigger points of the TFL/IT band and adductors lecture and demo

Sunday:

9:00-9:30: Hands-on practice of needling the TFL/IT band and adductors
9:30-10:00am: Rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, vastus medialis lecture and demo
10:00-10:30am: Rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, vastus medialis hands-on practice locating and needling trigger points
10:30-11:00am: Adductors and the femoral triangle lecture and demo
11:00-11:30: Adductors hands-on practice locating and needling trigger points
11:30-12:00: Hamstrings lecture and demo
12:00-1:00: Lunch
1:00-1:30: Hamstrings Hands-on practice
1:30-2:00: Gastrocnemius, Soleus, Peroneus Longus lecture and demo
2:00-3:00: Gastrocnemius, Soleus, Peroneus Longus Hands-on practice locating and needling trigger points
End

Cancellation policy:

No refunds. For cancellations less than 2 weeks before the seminar, a credit (less $50 transaction fee) will be issued for a future seminar. Credit must be used within 1-year from the date of the seminar. If not used in that time, credit will be forfeited.

About the Instructors: