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A collection of mostly relevant and thought-provoking essays, stories, and musings

Save Your Hands

Legislative News – April 2025

Dry Needling for Saphenous Nerve Entrapment

Legislative News – March 2025

Eleven Years is Way Too Long

The Joy of Defending a Doctorate Dissertation on Equine Myofascial Pain

Georgia Bill Could Limit Patient Access to Dry Needling

Dry Needling and Ehlers Danlos Syndrome

Dry Needling for Nerve Entrapment

Billing for Dry Needling | Is it Cost-Effective?

A Call to Action: We Need Your Help

Scapular Pain Coming From the Neck

FSBPT: Dry Needling Competency Update

Physical Therapy Dry Needling in North Carolina

From Splitting Wood to Testicular Pain

Who knew that a dancer’s toe muscle would be that important?

Why Does My Hip Pinch with Squats?

Dry Needling of the Thoracolumbar Multifidi

Consider the Influence of Scars

Maryland and North Carolina Occupational Therapy Dry Needling Regulations

Occupational Therapy and Dry Needling – The October 2024 Update

Dry Needling – Safety First

The Icing on the Cake

How to Market Dry Needling After Certification: Strategies to Build Your Practice

Spasticity of the Thumb

Dry Needling by Physical Therapy Assistants

What’s New With Fu Subcutaneous Needling?

Trigger Point Therapists Do It Manually

Does the IFOMPT Neglect Orofacial Musculoskeletal Therapy?

Dry Needling for SAPS and RCRSP

Dry Needling for Spasticity

A Case of “Back-to-the-Office Blues”…. and the Scalene Muscles

Dry Needling in Chiropractic

The Latest on Washington State DN Laws and Training Requirements

Safety-First Dry Needling and Risk Management

Body Image and Distorted Perception

Disinfecting the Skin

Endometriosis Awareness Month

Beyond the Haystack

Pickleball – New Challenges and Opportunities

I am pregnant. Can I attend the Myopain Seminars Dry Needling Courses?

Myopain Seminars 2023 Year-in-Review

Cranio-Facial Therapy and Dry Needling

Update on the Maryland Dry Needling Regulations

Intramuscular Electrical Stimulation

What is the Current Status of Dry Needling in Washington State?

Why would an acupuncturist want to learn dry needling?

Men’s Health Physical Therapy

The Benefits of Dry Needling for Athletes

The Use of Dry Needling by Athletic Trainers

Dry Needling in Washington State

The Effects of Pelvic Floor Dry Needling for Chronic Lower Back Pain

Myopain Seminars Around the World: A Timeline of Achievements

Myopain Seminars 2022 Year in Review

Dry Needling Courses for Physical Therapists in Florida

Dry Needling by Occupational Therapists

Pelvic Floor Dry Needling for the Non-Pelvic Floor Therapist

How to Maintain Your Myopain Seminars Certification

Physical Therapy vs. Surgery: Is There A Better Option?

Fu Subcutaneous Needling – American Version and the Dynamics of Fascia

The Downhill Approach

Is Dry Needling Safe for Patients Taking Antithrombotic Drugs?

Why Myopain? | Dry Needling Courses During the Pandemic

Examining and Treating Trigger Points in Horses

Examining and Treating Medial Knee Pain in Runners

Intercostal Blocking for Dry Needling on the Chest Wall

CRAFTA® – Becoming an Expert in the Treatment of Head, Neck and Facial Pain

Dry Needling & Trigger Point Management in the Dancer Patient

Dry Needling: A Pain in the Neck?

25 Supervised Therapy Sessions in Florida

The Long-Standing Case of the Runner

The Extracellular Matrix? You Don’t Say!

What is Fascial Manipulation?

Dry Needling Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses

Can Fascial Needling Alter The Biochemical Milieu of Myofascial Trigger Points?

Why is there no long-term evidence for most fibromyalgia treatments?

Functional Anatomy

The Value of Dry Needling Certification

Attending Courses During the COVID-19 Pandemic

We will be teaching again!

When will it be safe to teach live courses?

The Effects of Pelvic Floor Dry Needling for Chronic Lower Back Pain

COVID-19, the use of (surgical) masks and its consequences!

Equine Dry Needling

Physical Therapy for Voice Problems

Telehealth Physical Therapy

Lot’s of exciting events happen during our courses……..

Canine Trigger Points

Exercise for Patients with Persistent Pain

What Physical Therapists Believe and Know About Bruxism

Tales From a Physical Therapy Practice

Opioids and Myofascial Pain in the Emergency Department

Mr. Bibbey Strikes Again!

State Board DN Regulations May Not Always Protect the Public

Important Information for Physical Therapists Licensed in Maryland

Myopain Seminars did not support the Maryland 2018 DN Regulations

The Use of Dry Needling in the Treatment of Performing Artists

Cranial manual therapy is not the same as cranial sacral therapy

The Hassle of Headaches

Headaches, Computers, and Ergonomics

Pain and the Immune System