Dr. Gary Estadt

Dr. Gary Estadt has been a practicing chiropractor for over 45 years. He is Board Certified in both Chiropractic Rehabilitation and Chiropractic Acupuncture. After retiring from private practice, he was hired to initiate the Chiropractic Acupuncture program at the Cleveland VA Medical Center. He is currently the President of Estadt Healthcare Consulting, LLC and a managing partner in Fusion Care LLC.

In his professional capacity, he has served as President of the Council on Chiropractic Acupuncture for the ACA, President of the American Board of Chiropractic Acupuncture, and President of the Ohio State Chiropractic Association. He helped develop the Dry Needling Codes that were accepted by the AMA CPT Coding Committee in 2018.

Dr. Estadt currently does extensive lecturing on acupuncture, neuromuscular trigger point dry needling, and manual therapy & rehab. His lectures, both in the chiropractic and medical communities, offer a unique and innovative approach to the treatment of NMS conditions.

In his spare time, Dr. Estadt is a musician, avid golfer and skier.

Course Description

PERIPHERAL NERVE ENTRAPMENT SYNDROMES

4 Hour Program

Instructor: Gary M. Estadt, DC, DABCA, DACRB

Target Audience: Chiropractic physicians / Medical physicians / Physical therapists practicing with dry needling or trigger point acupuncture techniques.

Program Description: This course will prepare the clinician to identify, differentially diagnose and treat the most common peripheral nerve entrapment syndromes.

Program Goals & Objectives:

Upon successful completion of this program, the registrant will be able to:

Develop an understanding of the various causes of peripheral nerve entrapment syndromes in the human body.
Distinguish the different characteristics of Peripheral Nerve Entrapment from spinal radicular pathology.
Understand various treatment protocols for treating Peripheral Nerve Entrapment Syndromes.

Program Topics:

Trigger point Needling Techniques, Differential Diagnosis, Examination Techniques.

Format:

We will be utilizing PowerPoint presentations, narrated lecture, challenge questions and examination techniques.

Outline:

Hour 1

Discuss the identification, evaluation, differential diagnosis & basic treatment protocols for nerve entrapment syndromes of lower extremity
Nerve entrapments to include: sciatic, lateral femoral cutaneous, femoral, saphenous, peroneal, tibial & Baxter’s nerves at various locations.

Hour 2

Discuss the identification, evaluation, differential diagnosis & basic treatment protocols for nerve entrapment syndromes of upper extremity
Nerve entrapments to include: suprascapular, axillary, radial, ulnar, median, & brachial plexus nerves at various locations.

Hour 3

Discuss the identification, evaluation, differential diagnosis & basic treatment protocols for nerve entrapment syndromes of trunk, including cranial nerve, pudendal nerve and abdominal cutaneous nerve.
Nerve entrapments to include: trigeminal, supraorbital, infraorbital, mental, auriculotemporal, pudendal, and abdominal cutaneous nerves at various locations.

Hour 4

Discussion of actual case studies of various peripheral nerve entrapment syndromes.
Identify how to differentially diagnose these from spinal radicular pathologies.

ELECTRO-DRY NEEDLING AND ACUPUNCTURE (EDNA)

2 Hour Program