Chapter 5 Trigger Point Dry Needling: Safety Guidelines Johnson McEvoy Acknowledgement The author would like to acknowledge the authors and reviewers for the Irish Guidelines for Safe Dry Needling Practice…
Chapter 4 Dry Needling for Neurological Conditions Jaime Salom Moreno; César Fernández-de-las-Peñas Introduction Neurological conditions are chronic, progressive, and lifelong diseases accounting for about 6% of the global burden of…
Chapter 13 Superficial Dry Needling Peter Baldry (1920–2016) Introduction After a long and distinguished career with many contributions to a broad range of medical applications, not the least the field…
Chapter 1 Basic Concepts of Myofascial Trigger Points César Fernández-de-las-Peñas; Jan Dommerholt Myofascial trigger point overview Myofascial trigger points (TrPs) are one of the most overlooked and ignored causes of…
Chapter 2 Proposed Mechanisms and Effects of Trigger Point Dry Needling Jan Dommerholt; César Fernández-de-las-Peñas Introduction Many physical therapists and other clinicians have adopted a contemporary pain management approach and…
Chapter 6 Dry Needling Across Different Disciplines Jan Dommerholt Introduction: scope of practice Scope of practice is generally defined as the activities that an individual healthcare provider performs in the…
