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M-Level Accredited Acupuncture Training
This is a pioneering, unique, two-day workshop combining the clinical expertise of diagnostic ultrasound scanning with the practical expertise of trigger point acupuncture for the deactivation of myofascial pain. The course will be taught by two tutors:
The course is designed for post-graduate physiotherapists who have been trained to a level of competence in the skills of myofascial trigger point deactivation at AACP Foundation or post- Foundation level.
Details of this Acupuncture course content are available for downloading.
Examples are shown on this page of the use of ultrasound scanning to monitor the effects of Acupuncture applied to trigger points.
| Here, the needle has been introduced into a tight muscle tissue band. As the needle is introduced into the tissue, the muscle fibres appear to be compressed in a downward action, as the needle is brought out of the skin, the muscle fibres grasp the needle. Needle grasp is essential for effective trigger-point needling and subsequent de-activation of the myofascial taught band in the muscle. This action is repeated by 'pistoning' the needle in and out of the tissue. | |
| As the pistoning action is continued, the depth of needle penetration is increased as the muscle fibres start to release. Note the white bands shown on this video clip are the inter-fascial planes surrounding the muscle tissue. In the clip above, these planes were not moving, but now they are starting to move. | |
| This clip demonstrates the smooth passage of the needle into the muscle tissue, without restriction from the taut band, either in the fascia or the muscle. The trigger point has now been successfully de-activated and the muscle fibres released. The needle is clearly seen moving in the clip; in the two clips above, the needle is in exactly the same location, but it was grasped by the tissue and is not easily distinguished from the background. | |
| In this clip, the needle has been removed and the patient is now stretching the muscle. The clip demonstrates that the muscle fibres are being stretched actively to their full limit. This clip also shows the free movement of the inter-fascial planes surrounding the muscle an indication of the restoration of normal movement. You may ask yourself how this restoration of normal movement can take place without physical treatment of the patient - something on which we at Parks Therapy Centre pride ourselves! |
For dates and venues for this course, please see the Programme of Acupuncture Training Courses on the menu to the left.
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