Date:	Saturday May 10, 2008
Topic:	Perth Seminar Series An Introduction to Dry Needling
Time:	12:30pm to 5:30pm Approx
Venue:	Chiropractic Diagnostic Lab, off Car Par 7 Murdoch University MURDOCH, WA. 6000 Phone: 1300 13 99 50
Registration:	Download the REGISTRATION Form
Speakers:	Dr. Alison Hogg  MB.BS.(Hons)FRACGP, Grad. Cert, Acup
Fees:	A Record of Attendance:   $325.00    Standard Fee   $225.00    COCA Member   $175.00    CPMember, Academic & Student* Member A Certificate of Successful Completion:   $385.00    Standard Fee   $285.00    COCA Member   $235.00    CPMember, Academic Member * Only fourth and fifth year COCA member students may enrol and only in the 'Record of Attendance' section.   NO Registrations on the day   All prices include GST
Includes:	Afternoon Tea
President Comments:	“Dry needling is a treatment modality used for myofascial pain and dysfunction. It is based on Western anatomical and neurophysiological principles. It is not the same as acupuncture and as a general rule does not use Traditional Chinese Medicine. It is often used to treat trigger points. Travell and Simons defined a myofascial trigger point as a “Hyperirritable spot in a skeletal muscle.” The spot is painful on compression and can give rise to characteristic referred pain, referred tenderness, motor dysfunction and autonomic phenomena. Myofascial trigger points are commonly seen in both acute and chronic pain conditions and are commonly missed in chronic pain patients. Over the years it has been shown that it is possible to deactivate trigger points by injecting them with a large number of different substances so it is possible that the pain relief obtained is not dependent on the specific properties that any substance may contain but rather on the stimulation of the needle used for the injection itself. One of the first physicians to employ Dry Needling extensively for this purpose was Dr Karel Lewit of Czechoslovakia in 1979. Later work by Hong and Jennifer Chu support Lewit’s work and emphasize the therapeutic importance of eliciting a local twitch response. Dry Needling may mechanically disrupt the integrity of the dysfunctional endplates within the trigger area - resulting in mechanical and physiological resolution of the trigger points. There is also a strong pain inhibitory role played by opioids released by needling stimulation of A delta receptors. Today many Medical doctors, Physiotherapists, Chiropractors and Acupuncturists are using Dry Needling effectively and extensively within their practices for the treatment of Myofascial Pain & Dysfunction. This workshop will teach you the basics of trigger point diagnoses, twitch responses, dry needling techniques, indications and contraindications as well as the environmental laws governing skin penetration practices. We look forward to your attendance.
Continuing Education:	COCA: pending or CAA: pending
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