For the first time presenting their work together in Australia, Dr Jay Shah and Dr John Srbely bring their insightful research and clinical applications to the classroom, to educate, inspire and expand the impact you will have with your patients.

Central Sensitisation & Myofascial Pain Workshop Melbourne

Participants in this interactive, thought-provoking and clinically impactful workshop will explore the dynamic and pivotal roles that myofascial trigger points (MTrPs), sensitization, limbic system dysfunction and associated objective/quantitative physical findings play in the evaluation and management of chronic myofascial pain syndrome (MPS).

Participants will learn and integrate important palpation skills and psychophysical quantitative sensory testing techniques with various needling and electrical stimulation techniques to treat painful MTrPs and sensitized spinal nerve segments more effectively.

Central Sensitisation & Myofascial Pain Workshop Melbourne

Long considered a “local” pain syndrome, MPS actually has a broader impact beyond the active (i.e., spontaneously painful) MTrP and has significant associations with mood, health-related quality of life and function.

In fact, recent findings compel us to look at the phenomena of MPS and MTrPs as a type of spectrum disorder of sensitization that manifests clinically by varying symptoms and signs.

Spinal segmental sensitization (SSS) is a hyperactive state of the dorsal horn caused by bombardment of nociceptive impulses.

Painful MTrPs are a very common source of persistent nociception and sensitization that often results in SSS, facilitated segments, somato-visceral effects, and chronic myofascial pain.

Central Sensitisation & Myofascial Pain Workshop Melbourne

Non-pharmacological approaches such as dry needling, physical modalities (electrical stimulation, therapeutic ultrasound), and manual mobilization/manipulation will be discussed, demonstrated and practiced by attendees.

These techniques aim to deactivate painful MTrPs, desensitize affected segments and neuro-modulate subcortical dysfunction, providing more permanent pain and symptom relief.

The diagnostic and treatment techniques presented in this workshop are applicable in the management of a variety of chronic musculoskeletal pain conditions.

Central Sensitisation & Myofascial Pain Workshop Melbourne

Dr Jay P. Shah, MD is a physiatrist and clinical investigator in the Rehabilitation Medicine Department at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland USA.

His interests include the pathophysiology of myofascial pain and the integration of physical medicine techniques with promising complementary approaches in the management of neuro-musculoskeletal pain and dysfunction.

A prolific contributor to research in the fields of chronic pain assessment and management, Jay is considered a world-leading authority on these topics.

He is also a well-known lecturer on mechanisms of chronic pain, myofascial pain, neuro-anatomical acupuncture techniques and other related topics.

Dr John Z Srbely DC PhD, is a full-time Associate Professor in the Department of Human Health and Nutritional Science, University of Guelph (Guelph, Ontario, Canada).

He previously held a Canadian Chiropractic Research Foundation (CCRF) Research Chair in Spine Mechanics and Neurophysiology (2008-2013).

His interests in neurophysiology evolved during his formative years as a primary health care provider in Chiropractic and Acupuncture that focused on treating and managing chronic myofascial pain.

His two decades of clinical observation underscored the fact that these, and other commonly adopted conservative clinical therapies/interventions, have a profound impact on human physiology, the scope and mechanisms of which are still poorly characterized.

Central Sensitisation & Myofascial Pain l Dr Jay Shah and Dr John Srbely

Central Sensitisation & Myofascial Pain Workshop Melbourne Tickets

Central Sensitisation & Myofascial Pain Dr Jay Shah Dr John Srbely

CANCELLATION POLICY:

Tickets to this course can be cancelled up to 14 days prior to the course with a full refund, minus a $30 booking/administration fee which is held by the booking system. Tickets cancelled within 14 days of the course will not be eligible for a refund. If ACE has to cancel the course, all fees will be refunded.