Release Date: 5/22/2025
Expiration Date: 5/22/2026
ACTIVITY OVERVIEW
This course is designed for certified and qualified manual therapists seeking to broaden their understanding of trigger points and elevate their scope of practice.
Built upon the latest evidence-based research and incorporating teachings from the world’s leading practitioners, this comprehensive course is presented by Elsevier Education Award winner Paul Townley MMACP PT. Drawing from his extensive experience working with elite athletes in the EPL, Paul delivers valuable practical insights throughout the course.
The accompanying course text features over 200 illustrated pages that delve into crucial information on trigger points and referred pain. It also highlights the clinical relevance of trigger points in each muscle, aiding clinical reasoning and assessment. Detailed presentations of trigger point sites, and pain maps
TARGET AUDIENCE
This enduring activity is designed for physicians and athletic trainers.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of the educational activity, participants should be able to:
- Understand the formation, physiology, and clinical presentation of myofascial trigger points.
- Learn assessment techniques to accurately identify active and latent trigger points.
- Differentiate between referred pain patterns and local tenderness in soft tissue.
- Apply manual therapy techniques to effectively release trigger points.
- Explore the integration of trigger point therapy within rehabilitation and clinical care.
- Recognize the role of posture, biomechanics, and repetitive strain in trigger point development.
- Develop treatment plans tailored to both acute and chronic musculoskeletal conditions.
METHOD OF PARTICIPATION
To obtain a certificate of completion, a score of 80% or better on the post-test is required. Please proceed with the activity until you have successfully completed this program, answered all test questions, completed the post-test and evaluation, and have received a digital copy of your certificate. You must participate in the entire activity to receive credit. If you have questions about this activity, please contact AKH Inc.
CEUs: 19
Price: 99.95
No Refunds
Neil Asher, Natural Alternative Therapies BOC Provider #: P12148 is approved by the Board of Certification, Inc. to provide continuing education to Athletic Trainers (ATs). This program is eligible for a maximum of 19.0 Category A hours/CEUs. ATs should claim only those hours actually spent in the educational program.
In support of improving patient care, AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Physicians
AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare designates this enduring material for a maximum of 19.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
FACULTY & DISCLOSURES
Paul Townley, DPT
Paul Townley holds a Master’s Degree (MSc) in Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine and is a member of the Manipulative Association of Chartered Physiotherapists and the International Federation of Manipulative Therapy.
As a qualified Extended Scope Practitioner (ESP) and university lecturer in the United Kingdom, Paul has dedicated over two decades of his career to the field of physiotherapy. His experience includes working with elite athletes, such as serving as a physiotherapist for Crystal Palace FC in the EPL, and providing specialist physiotherapy services and consultancy to the military.
AKH PLANNER/REVIEWERS
Becca Lakofsky, RN
DISCLOSURES
None of the planners or faculty for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. All of the relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated.
It is the policy of AKH Inc. to ensure independence, balance, objectivity, scientific rigor, and integrity in all of its continuing education activities. The author must disclose to the participants any significant relationships with ineligible companies whose products or devices may be mentioned in the activity or with the commercial supporter of this continuing education activity. Identified conflicts of interest are mitigated by AKH prior to accreditation of the activity. AKH planners and reviewers have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
COMMERCIAL SUPPORT
There is no commercial support for this activity.
DISCLOSURE OF UNLABELED USE AND INVESTIGATIONAL PRODUCTS
This educational activity does not include discussion of uses of agents that are investigational and/or unapproved by the FDA. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.
DISCLAIMER
AKH Inc.’s courses are designed solely to provide healthcare professionals with information to assist in their practice and professional development. The courses are researched thoroughly, utilizing current literature and including practical experiences. AKH’s courses are not to be considered a diagnostic tool to replace professional advice or treatment. The courses serve as a general guide to the healthcare professional, and therefore, they cannot be considered as giving legal, nursing, medical, or other professional advice in specific cases. AKH educational courses do not endorse commercial products. The author(s) and the publisher specifically disclaim responsibility for any adverse consequences resulting directly or indirectly from information in the courses. AKH further disclaims any responsibility for undetected errors, or from the reader’s misunderstanding of the course.
