Seminars
Janet G. Travell, MD Seminar Series
About the Courses
The workshops are designed for licensed healthcare practitioners, including physicians and physician assistants, dentists, physical therapists and physical therapy assistants, chiropractors, occupational therapists and occupational therapy assistants, massage therapists, acupuncturists, nurses, and nurse practitioners.
Select a course from the list below to see full information, including prerequisites.
- MPS 1, Foundations of Trigger Point Examination and Treatment
- MPS 2, Head, Face, Neck and Shoulder Pain
- MPS 3, Low Back and Pelvic Pain
- MPS 4, Extremity Pain
- MPS 5, Trigger Point Needling
- MPS 6a/b, Review and Certification Examination
The workshops combine lectures, demonstrations and practical hands-on training. The Janet G. Travell, MD Seminar Series features excellent instructor-student ratios.
Eligibility

- Workshop MPS 1, Foundations of Trigger Point Examination and Treatment is the prerequisite course for all other courses in the Janet G. Travell, MD Seminar Series.
- Workshop MPS 5, Trigger Point Needling, is restricted to clinicians who are licensed to perform injection or dry needling therapy. This includes all allopathic, osteopathic, naturopathic, and podiatric physicians, nurses and nurse practitioners, licensed acupuncturists, and physical therapists practicing in Alabama, Colorado, Georgia, Kentucky, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Maryland, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia, or those practicing in foreign countries where dry needling is within the scope of physical therapy practice. To be eligible to take MPS 5, Trigger Point Needling, participants must have completed MPS 1, MPS 2, MPS 3 and MPS 4, or foreign equivalent. Please contact us with detailed information about completed course programs in other countries prior to registering for the MPS 5 course.
- Manual Trigger Point Therapy Certification: Completion of MPS 1, MPS 2, MPS 3 and MPS 4.
- Manual Trigger Point Therapy and Needling Certification: Completion of MPS 1, MPS 2, MPS 3, MPS 4, and MPS 5.
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