Dry Needling for Manual Therapists

Phenomenal book!!! For practitioners looking to improve their own clinical practice like myself, research supported statement which is great for both students and educational institutions this books will provide a valuable resource. It will also encourage thoseinterested in initiating a career in acupuncture. To the educationalist it is a great book to recommend to student as not only does it contain detailed muscle anatomy images with related information but also clear photos on how and where to apply the needles, excellent anatomical illustrations. This book is perfect for those that prefer to read through instructions and those that are more visual its an all in one book that covers a vast amount from theories around dry needling to preparing for treatment and needling techniques!! This book provides a valuable resource, providing an overview of acupuncture techniques for ALL manual therapist! Highly recommend this book.

This book is an absolute must for any therapist trained in dry needling or looking to add this to their skill-set. The narrative is clear, concise and backed up by high quality images and photographs to ensure correct positioning of the client and needles as well as all the diagnostic information leading you to treat the affected area. The balance between the history, theory and practical application is also spot on. It is great supporting text to their training programme which I would also thoroughly recommend.

Having been trained by Giles Gyer and Jimmy Michael to advanced medical acupuncture level for a couple of years, this book is an absolute must for anyone either embarking on training or if you are already qualified. Most books in this genre are usually too wordy and you can easily become lost in the theory, this has a superb balance of both theory and practical application of dry needling. Easily read, easily understood and nice pictorial explanations also. Highly recommend this book.

This is a useful book, but not 5 star. I'm an osteopath with training in dry needling and I wanted a reference text which was focused at the manual therapist. I really wanted to love this book as I know it is written with an osteopathic flavour.However I have to say that it was a little disappointing. There is a lot of background, drawing together published papers which is useful but lots of the references are quite old. I know this is a pothole for any medical text, but nevertheless.A few points for the next edition:The photos aren't clear in all cases - would have been sensible to highlight the position of the needles with arrows or similar. Using needles with pink heads on a caucasian model ?!There is also little in this book on technique - over and above the basics - how long to leave needles ? contraindications ? different needling techniques ? Types of needle ? Not enough at all !The other criticism would be that there are several references to TCM points (particularly in the tendinopathy chapter) but nowhere in the book shows where these are ! Either this is a medical acu book or not ? If using the TCM points as landmarks, then show them clearly.So, useful to a point and interesting reading, but all in all, not the clearest textbook of technique.

After attending training courses hosted by Giles Gyer and Jimmy Michael and now using Medical Acupuncture within clinics daily, this book is a perfect reference and go to guide, detailing even more needling techniques. The diagrams and pictures are clear cut and easy to follow, and the theory is easy to read with up to date references. This book is a must for manual therapist!

These guys also provide great CPD training (OMT training), I've done a few courses with them and they've all been amazing

This book ia definitely filling a gap in the market in terms of Acupuncture techniques for any dry needling therapist, particulary if they are approaching this type of therapy from a more western point of view! Instructions are clear and concise with great pictures. A must have for any dry needling therapist! Worth 5 stars and more.

I can't praise this book enough. I have also attended courses hosted by these guys and they are of an extremely high standard. Very knowledgeable and very approachable which isreflected in this book.

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I purchased this for my son-in-law who is a DPT. He immediately started reading it and loves it.

Einwandfreier Zustand. Ideale Ergänzung und spannende neue Skills zu meinen therapeutischen Fähigkeiten als DryNeedling Therapeut