Treating Elbow, Wrist and Hand Pain — Trigger Point Therapy

2.5 Hours CE/CPD | Online Course with Dr. Jonathan Kuttner DPT

Elbow, wrist, forearm, and hand pain presentations are often more complex than they first appear, involving patterns of repetitive loading, muscular compensation, trigger point activity, and altered movement through the upper limb.

Treating Elbow, Wrist and Hand Pain — Trigger Point Therapy is a practical online course presented by Dr. Jonathan Kuttner DPT that explores upper limb pain through a clinically grounded trigger point therapy approach.

The course is designed to help practitioners understand not only how to identify and treat trigger points, but also how those trigger points relate to broader functional patterns involving grip mechanics, repetitive strain, wrist stabilization, posture, movement control, and load management.

Course Overview

Across this 2.5-hour CE/CPD course, Dr. Jonathan Kuttner explores trigger point therapy for elbow, forearm, wrist, and hand pain using a practical and functional clinical framework.

Participants will examine how trigger points may contribute to both local and referred symptoms, why upper limb pain often involves broader movement and loading patterns, and how repetitive use, gripping demand, wrist mechanics, shoulder control, and posture may influence ongoing dysfunction.

The course combines practical treatment demonstrations with anatomy, clinical reasoning, and companion learning material designed to support more thoughtful, adaptable, and function-oriented rehabilitation planning.

What You Will Learn

Topic Focus Trigger Point Therapy Understanding trigger point patterns and their relationship to elbow, forearm, wrist, and hand symptoms Referred Pain Patterns Why trigger point referral can resemble tendon, joint, or nerve-related presentations Grip and Wrist Mechanics How gripping demand, wrist stabilization, and repetitive use overload the forearm muscles Functional Assessment Considering posture, shoulder mechanics, movement control, and upper limb loading patterns Clinical Reasoning and Rehabilitation Integrating trigger point therapy into broader rehabilitation planning and recovery support

Course Content

The course combines trigger point therapy principles, practical demonstrations, anatomy education, and rehabilitation-focused clinical reasoning to help practitioners better understand upper limb dysfunction and treatment integration.

Module Focus Introduction to Upper Limb Trigger Point Therapy Understanding trigger point contributions to elbow, wrist, forearm, and hand pain Referred Pain and Symptom Presentation Why trigger point referral may resemble tendon, nerve, or joint-related symptoms Grip Demand and Functional Overload How repetitive loading, gripping mechanics, and wrist positioning influence dysfunction Shoulder, Posture, and Movement Considerations Broader upper limb mechanics and their relationship to distal symptoms Practical Treatment Demonstrations Hands-on trigger point therapy applications and clinical treatment strategies Load Management and Rehabilitation Planning Movement variability, pacing, recovery support, and long-term functional management

Who This Course Is For

This course is suitable for massage therapists, manual therapists, physical therapists, physiotherapists, athletic trainers, Doctors of Chiropractic, osteopaths, occupational therapists, sports therapists, soft tissue therapists, and other qualified rehabilitation and movement professionals working within their scope of practice.

It is especially relevant for practitioners who work with repetitive strain presentations, upper limb dysfunction, trigger point therapy, rehabilitation planning, movement-based care, and functional recovery support.

About Dr. Jonathan Kuttner

Dr. Jonathan Kuttner DPT is an experienced clinician, educator, and internationally recognized authority on trigger point therapy and myofascial pain.

His teaching combines practical treatment application with detailed clinical reasoning, helping practitioners better understand the relationship between trigger points, referred pain, movement dysfunction, and rehabilitation-focused care.

In this course, Dr. Kuttner presents upper limb trigger point therapy through a thoughtful, clinically grounded approach focused on function, assessment, and responsible treatment integration.

Included With This Course

Included Details Video-Based Instruction Practical treatment demonstrations and clinical explanation presented by Dr. Jonathan Kuttner Anatomy and Clinical Education Upper limb anatomy, trigger point patterns, and rehabilitation-focused learning material Illustrated Course Workbook Supporting material for study, review, and clinical reinforcement Companion Course Learning Additional educational content and reflective learning quizzes Final Exam Multiple-choice assessment included for course completion Certificate Downloadable 2.5 Hours CE/CPD certificate following successful completion Lifetime Access Study at your own pace and revisit the material anytime

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Course: Treating Elbow, Wrist and Hand Pain — Trigger Point Therapy
Approvals Listed: 67
CE Broker Provider: #20-626117 Approvals in alphabetical order Alabama Board of Massage Therapy Approved Hours: 2.5 Alabama Board of Physical Therapy Approved Hours: 2.5 Alabama State Board of Occupational Therapy *General* Approved Hours: 2.5 Alaska Board of Massage Therapists Approved Hours: 2.5 American Chiropractic Board of Sports Physicians (ACBSP) Approved Hours: 2.5 Arizona Board of Occupational Therapy Approved Hours: 2.5 Arizona State Board of Massage Therapy Approved Hours: 2.5 Arkansas Board of Massage Approved Hours: 2.5 Association of Massage Therapists (AMT) Approved Hours: 2.5 Australian Traditional Medicine Society Approved Hours: 2.5 Board of Certification for the Athletic Trainer (BOC) Approved Hours: 2.5 Canadian Athletic Trainers Association (CATA) Approved Hours: 1 Canadian Massage & Manual Osteopathic Therapists Association (CMMOTA) Approved Hours: 1.25 CEU/CPD Self-Cert Approved Hours: 2.5 Chiropractic Board of Australia Approved Hours: 2.5 College of Complementary Health Professionals of British Columbia (CCHPBC) Approved Hours: 2.5 College of Massage Therapists of New Brunswick (CMTNB) Approved Hours: 2.5 College of Massage Therapists of Newfoundland and Labrador (CMTNL) Approved Hours: 1.25 College of Massage Therapists Ontario (CMTO) Approved Hours: 2.5 College of Naturopathic Physicians of British Columbia (CNPBC) Approved Hours: 2.5 Connecticut Board of Chiropractors Approved Hours: 2.5 Connecticut Board of Massage Therapy Approved Hours: 2.5 Deleware Board of Massage and Bodywork Approved Hours: 2.5 Distrcit of Columbia Board of Massage Therapy Approved Hours: 2.5 Florida Board of Massage Therapy Approved Hours: 2.5 Georgia Board of Massage Therapy *General* Approved Hours: 2.5 Georgia Board of Nursing Approved Hours: 2.5 Georgia State Board of Occupational Therapy Approved Hours: 2.5 Indiana Board of Massage Therapy Approved Hours: 2.5 Iowa Board of Chiropractic Approved Hours: 2.5 Iowa Board of Massage Therapy Approved Hours: 2.5 Kansas Chiropractic Association Approved Hours: 2.5 Maine Board of Massage Therapy Approved Hours: 2.5 Maryland Board of Massage Therapy Examiners Approved Hours: 2.5 Massage Therapists' Association of Nova Scotia (MTANS) Approved Hours: 2.5 Massage Therapy Assc of Manitoba (MTAM) Approved Hours: 2.5 Massage Therapy Assc of Saskatchewan (MTAS) Approved Hours: 2.5 Mississippi State Board of Massage Therapy (MSBMT) Approved Hours: 2.5 Missouri Board of Therapeutic Massage Approved Hours: 2.5 Missouri State Board of Chiropractic Examiners Approved Hours: 2.5 Montana Board of Massage Therapy Approved Hours: 2.5 National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA) Approved Hours: 2.5 National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork (NCBTMB) Approved Hours: 2.5 Natural Health Practitioners of Canada (NHPC) Approved Hours: 2.5 NCBTMB - New York Approved Hours: 2.5 Nebraska Massage Licensure Board Approved Hours: 2.5 Nevada Board of Massage Therapists Approved Hours: 2.5 New Hampshire Advisory Board of Massage Therapists Approved Hours: 2.5 New Jersey Board of Massage & Bodywork Therapy Approved Hours: 2.5 North Carolina Board of Massage & Bodywork Therapy Approved Hours: 2.5 North Dakota Board of Massage Therapy Approved Hours: 2.5 Ohio Chiropractic Board Approved Hours: 2.5 Oklahoma Board of Massage Therapy Approved Hours: 2.5 Oregon Board of Chiropractic Examiners Approved Hours: 2.5 Oregon Board of Massage Therapists Approved Hours: 2.5 Pennsylvania State Board of Massage Therapy Approved Hours: 2.5 Prince Edward Island Massage Therapy Association (PEIMTA) Approved Hours: 2.5 Registered Massage Therapists' Association of Ontario (RMTAO) Approved Hours: 2.5 South Carolina Massage/Bodywork Panel Approved Hours: 2.5 South Dakota Board of Massage Therapy Approved Hours: 2.5 Tennessee Board of Massage Licensure Approved Hours: 2.5 Virginia Department of Health Professions (Massage Therapy) Approved Hours: 2.5 Washington Board of Massage Approved Hours: 2.5 Washington Board of Physical Therapy Approved Hours: 2.5 West Virginia Massage Licensure Board Approved Hours: 2.5 Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services (Athletic Training) Approved Hours: 2.5 Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services (Massage Therapy) Approved Hours: 2.5

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