Are you looking to better your results when it comes to treating pain and internal disorders? Would you like to get those results without changing your whole approach to acupuncture? You can do that with acupuncture trigger point therapy (ATPT). ATPT is a specific needling technique where you learn to isolate activated myofascial holding patterns, what we call trigger points, inside a muscle group, and effectively release them to relieve pain. 

Presented by Acu Trigger Point Seminars, this introduction will provide an overview of what you'll learn in the ATPT seminars such as identifying key musculature and related pain and internal syndromes. Additionally, we'll touch on methods for differential diagnosis and identifying the sources of pain prior to and during treatment will be explained, as well as the safety guidelines for the points will be addressed and practiced. 

Pain relief is an entryway to acupuncture and doing that effectively is a way to break through any limitations that our profession may be experiencing when it comes to rapid and sustainable pain relief. These seminars position you to enhance your practice's success as it's a modality you can bring right into your clinical work and get positive results immediately. Enhance your reputation and let the results position you as the go-to expert in pain relief!

Janet Humphrey, M.S., L.Ac., author of Acupuncture Revolution: The Science and Healing Power of Acupuncture, started out as a biochemist with a focus on human nutrition. While pursuing doctoral studies in Nutritional Biochemistry at Cornell University, she discovered Chinese medicine and enrolled in the newly opened Five Branches Institute in Santa Cruz, California (now Five Branches University). She completed a California Board Approved Tutorial Program in Acupuncture and Chinese Herbal Medicine in Berkeley, California and began practicing in 1993.

Nationally Board Certified in Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine (Dipl. Ac., Dipl. C.H, NCCAOM), Janet is licensed (L.Ac.) in California, New York, and Florida, with a Master’s Degree in Acupuncture from Tri-State College of Acupuncture. Since learning acupuncture trigger point therapy from Dr. Mark Seem in 2002, she has incorporated this approach into many of her patient treatments to relieve pain as well as internal medical disorders, including fertility, migraines, and digestive diseases. Her passion is to spread this skill to acupuncturists who want to incorporate it into their existing practice to achieve outstanding clinical results that are immediately felt by patients. 

Danielle Mastrogiovanni, L.Ac, DAOM, earned a Master's Degree in Contemporary Oriental Medicine (COM) from Dragon Rises Acupuncture School in Gainesville, Florida. She continued her post-graduate education at the Atlantic Institute of Oriental Medicine where she obtained her Doctorate Degree, while also dual-enrolling in a graduate mentorship program overseen by Sharon Weizenbaum, a world-renowned leader in acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine.

She also completed a year-long herbal immersion program with JulieAnn Nugent-Head from Association for Traditional Studies in Asheville, NC. Danielle holds accreditation with the NCCAOM (National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine), is a member of FSOMA (Florida State Oriental Medical Association) and is certified in Acupoint Injection Therapy.

Danielle has studied acupuncture trigger point therapy with Janet Humphrey for three years and has seen and experienced the extraordinary and sustainable benefits of this needling technique. She finds it empowering to needle in such a way and alongside Janet Humphrey, she is eager to share this highly effective skill and confidence with other practitioners.