Online learning prior to face-to-faceOnline
Prior to the face-to-face session, you will complete lessons on our online platform.
You will learn:
- Safety
- Contraindications and precautions
- Adverse events
- How to deal with adverse events
Identification and needling insertion fundamentals
- Subjective and objective assessment findings
- Pain referral patterns of common trigger points in the trunk and pelvis
- Needle insertion fundamentals
- Vigorous vs gentle needling
Theoretical Underpinning - a critical discussion
- Pain physiology and the impact needling has on descending inhibition
- Proposed physiological characteristics of a Triggerpoint