Course Overview

Achilles tendonitis is a repetitive stress injury characterized by pain, inflammation, and swelling of the achilles tendon and its sheath. The entire calf muscle group may be affected. Achilles injury is usually mid-tendon, about 2 to 6 centimeters proximal to its attachment to the calcaneus. This is usually a repetitive stress disorder due to the accumulation of micro-trauma. However, it may occur as an acute strain.

In general, acupuncture is beneficial for most patients using proper treatment described in this webinar. Instructor Whitfield Reaves will discuss the use of local needling using the “threading the tendon”, along with other adjacent and distal points. The practitioner should become much more familiar and confident with achilles tendonitis from the instruction and information of this webinar.

This series was introduced in 2011, and is based upon single individual sports injuries. Each course provides simple and direct video for first time viewing as well as to increase precision through repetition. Even if you have taken the newer series, Mastering the Treatment of Injury and Pain, this old series is still an excellent resource for review and is filled with clinical gems.

Course Objectives

• To perform manual muscle testing and palpation that assists in the diagnosis of the achilles tendonitis.
• To know two points proximal to the tendon that may be used in the treatment of achilles tendonitis.
• To describe the needle technique of “threading the tendon” on the local zone of the achilles tendon.
• To be able to name two important symptoms commonly reported by the patient with achilles tendonitis.
• To know two points proximal to the achilles tendon and two points distal to the tendon useful in treating this condition.

Course Outline

0 hrs - 15 minAnatomy of the achilles tendon.

15 min - 30 minClinical assessment of pathology of the achilles tendon.

30 min - 45 minDemonstration of assessment.

45 min - 1 hrsDemonstration of needling technique.