cover image - Dry Needling - Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource, 3rd Edition
ISBN: 9780323876964
Copyright: 2027
Page Count: 320
Imprint: Elsevier
List Price: $75.99

Dry Needling - Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource, 3rd Edition

by Jan Dommerholt, PT, DPT, MPS and César Fernández-de-las-Peñas, PT, PhD, Dr. SciMed

Elsevier eBook on VitalSource

cover image - Dry Needling - Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource, 3rd Edition
ISBN: 9780323876964
Copyright: 2027
Page Count: 320
Imprint: Elsevier
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Written and edited by international experts, Dry Needling: An Evidence and Clinical-Based Approach, 3rd Edition, is the most up-to-date and authoritative reference available on this expanding practice. Used by healthcare professionals worldwide, this sought-after reference has set the standard on the many aspects of dry needling of trigger points, fascia and scar tissue, neurological dry needling for spasticity, and other techniques. Thoroughly revised and illustrated in full color, this unique resource is useful for physiotherapists, chiropractors, myotherapists, acupuncturists, osteopaths, and athletic trainers—anyone who wishes to use dry needling to effectively reduce acute and chronic pain in their patients, as well as improve motor performance, range of motion, and strength.
    • Offers a comprehensive review of all aspects of dry needling, including an evidence-informed update of the current knowledge base of myofascial pain and trigger points
    • Provides meticulously updated information throughout, including detailed clinical guidelines and more images of muscle anatomy and referred pain patterns
    • Contains numerous new chapters: A Broad Perspective of Dry Needling; Intramuscular Electrical Stimulation: Theory and Clinical Applications; Dry Needling of Athletes; Canine and Equine Myofascial Pain and Dry Needling; and more
  • Part 1: Basis of Trigger Point Dry Needling
    1. Basic concepts of myofascial trigger points:
    2. Proposed mechanisms and effects of trigger point dry needling
    3. Dry needling for fascia and scar tissue, tendinopathy and enthesopathy
    4. Dry needling for neurological conditions
    5. Dry Needling - Safety Guidelines
    6. Dry needling across different disciplines

    Part 2: Clinical and Evidence-Informed Approach of TrP Dry Needling
    7. Deep Dry Needling of the Head and Neck Muscles
    8. Deep Dry Needling of the Shoulder Muscles
    9. Deep Dry Needling of the Arm and Hand Muscles
    10. Deep Dry Needling of the Trunk Muscles
    11. Deep Dry Needling of the Hip and Pelvic Muscles
    12. Deep Dry Needling of the Leg and Foot Muscles

    Part 3: Other Dry Needling Approaches
    13. Superficial Dry Needling
    14. Dry Needling from a Western Medical Acupuncture Perspective
    15. Intramuscular Stimulation (IMS)
    16. Fu's Subcutaneous Needling
  • Jan Dommerholt, PT, DPT, MPS, Myopain Seminars, LLC, Bethesda, MD, USA; Bethesda Physiocare, Inc, Bethesda, MD, USA and César Fernández-de-las-Peñas, PT, PhD, Dr. SciMed, Professor, Department of PT, OT, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid, Spain
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