DGSA板機點乾針進階課程DN-上半身與下半身

Josué Gan, PT, COMT, MSc (MSK) student graduated in 2010 from a Physical Therapy School (IFMK) in Strasbourg, France. Following his studies, he worked for 6 years in a private practice in Strasbourg (France). He completed his first year of master of science at the University “Joseph Fournier” of Grenoble (France). He earned his certification in orthopedic manual therapy with Manual Concepts (Australia) and IAOM-US in 2015. He is involved in the development of Orthopaedic Manual Therapy in France with the IAOM-US and began assisting courses as assistant faculty in 2015. He finished his education in trigger-points therapy and dry-needling in 2016 with the David G. Simmons Academy and began immediately assisting courses.

Currently, Josué is member of the executive committee of OMT-France (RIG) and pursues his Master of Science (MSc) degree in Physiotherapy (Musculoskeletal specialty) at the University of Applied Sciences of Zürich-ZHAW (Switzerland). He lectures at the Physical Therapy School in Strasbourg, France and assesses/treats patients with neuromusculoskeletal disorders at Physiotherapie Bösch in Bern, Switzerland.

板機點的理論是由Janet Travell醫師在1960年代所提出，當時立即吸引了David G. Simons醫師的關注，Simons醫師當時在太空醫學已有所成就。Simons不久就加入Travell醫師團隊共同進行板機點研究。1983年兩人共同出版經典大作Trigger Point Manual，世人從此對於身體疼痛機制的瞭解與治療進入全新紀元。Simons醫師更在日後創立了David G. Simons Academy(DGSA)全力推廣板機點治療，目前已有十幾個國家引進DGSA系統。

而乾針療法課程是專為中/西醫生、骨病學醫生所設計。自1995年以來，DGSA一直致於乾針療法的開發，早已成為國際知名的乾針療法機構。DGSA在上世紀90年代初期最初開發了特殊乾針教學方式，並不斷改進和完善教學方式與內容。DGSA乾針療法是以臨床應用為為導向，逐步指導學員正確、安全地運用各種乾針技術。課程中，講師會以系統性、三維立體的方式，將解剖知識應用於操作中。學員將學到重要的解剖標誌、潛在危險區域和正確選擇針頭，以確保操作安全。學員將在密切監督與嚴格指導下進行操作。理論部份包括：病理生理學、病因學、流行病學、診斷、鑒別診斷、肌筋膜觸發點的操作，以及肌筋膜功能障礙和疼痛綜合征介紹，還會說明乾針療法的安全性、適應症、禁忌症和衛生規則。簡單來說，將會學會以實証研究為基礎的乾針療法和肌筋膜疼痛相關理論與療法。DGSA提供的乾針療法課程符合瑞士乾針協會(DVS)出版的《安全幹針的瑞士指南》。