Course Content
This seminar is designed to introduce the techniques of dry needling using acupuncture needles in the treatment of myofascial trigger points.
These techniques offer a safe and effective way to rapidly deactivate points using sub-dermal and intramuscular needling techniques. The course is highly practical and delegates are normally confident to needle their patients after the seminar.
Schedule
Day 1
0930 – Welcome and Introduction to Dry Needling
0945 – History of Acupuncture
1000 – Traditional and Western medical theories of mechanism of action.
1100 – Coffee
1120 – Safety and side effects.
1145 – Myofascial model for Dry needling
1215 – Expected clinical outcomes in Dry Needling
1245 – Questions
1300 – Lunch
1400 – Practical – Needling technique.
1430 – Practical – Myofascial syndromes affecting the Knee
1500 – Local, segmental and meridian approaches to treating Knee conditions.
1530 – Tea
1545 – Practical – Myofascial syndromes of the lower leg
1615 – Local, segmental and meridian approaches to treating Ankle and Foot conditions.
1700 – Finish
Day 2
0900 – Practical – Meridian and myofascial needling for conditions affecting the Forearm, wrist and hand.
1030 – Demonstration of safe needling technique for the Neck
1100 – Coffee
1120 – Practical – Cervical spine and Shoulder
1215 – Practical – Low back, Hip and Pelvis
1300 – Finish
Speaker
John Reynolds is qualified in medicine in 1975 and subsequently pursued a specialist career in rheumatology and rehabilitation medicine in the RAF. He was Chief Medical Officer for the British Paralympic Team for eight years. Dr Reynolds has been a practising acupuncturist for twenty years. He is a past Chairman of the British Medical Acupuncture Society (BMAS) and remains a regular lecturer on BMAS Introductory and Post-Basic courses. His acupuncture training and practice is Western orientated although he does embrace some traditional meridian theory.