JUNE 20 + 21, 2026 | 20 PDA
Pelvic Acupuncture Practical - Chicago
Course Description
Pelvic Care for Acupuncturists is a 2 Day Live, in person, practical, hands on experience for acupuncturists who wish to bring pelvic care into their practice (20 PDAs/CEUs). Our practical classes encompass safety/ethics, a complete evaluation, palpation, treatment of the concomitant structures including Dry Needling, Treatment of the Pelvic Floor Including Dry Needling, and treatment planning which incorporates the use of TCM Patterns, Spirit of the Points, Sinew Treatments, Dry Needling, Manual Therapy and Client Education.
You’ll learn how to palpate the structures of the pelvic floor and surrounding tissues, look at posture and treat your findings.
❋ Palpation + Posture
We keep our classes to 16 acupuncturists or less, that means you get the support you need and your questions answered.
❋ Supportive Environment
You’ll learn to confidently use muscle specific ash points and motor points in the pelvic floor and the concomitant structures.
❋ Pelvic Floor Dry Needling
Our mission is to build a community of confidence pelvic care acupuncturists who can lean in and learn together.
❋ Building Community
Pelvic Care Practical Details
June 20 + 21, 2026 | 8:30AM – 5:30PM
PACIFIC COLLEGE OF HEALTH + SCIENCES - Chicago
Address: 230 W. Monroe St. Suite 900, Chicago, IL 60606
Parking: Nearby paid parking garage or public transit available
Lodging: Airbnb's/Hotel's available in area, discounted room rates at LaQuinta
About Your Registration
Registration includes 20 NCBAHM / ABORM / CA / FL PDAs.
This is a hands-on practical workshop experience.
Participants are expected to participate in demonstrations and practice opportunities.
Earn up to 48 PDAs with our Pelvic Care Advanced Certificate.
Course Details
All recordings and demonstrations should be viewed prior to attending class. Upon purchase, you'll have access to my Resources, Palpation Demonstrations, Muscle Specific Ashi Point / Dry Needling Demonstrations and Needling Techniques videos.
Please print and bring any handouts from the online materials you viewed – no printed handouts will be provided in class.
Please complete the Course Agreement, Consent Form and Health History prior to your attendance.
This course is designed for licensed acupuncturists. In order to participate, you must be licensed in accordance with your state or country.
Each day, we'll provide light snacks and refreshments. We'll have access to a kitchen space for your convenience. Lunch breaks will last for 1 hour and will be on your own.
Agenda
Day 1:
8:30 Safety & Ethics
9:30 Anatomy Review
10:30 Postural Practice
11:30 Palpation Practice
12:30 LUNCH
1:30 MSAP/DN Demo
2:30 Practice
3:30 MSAP/DN Demo (abs)
4:30 Practice
Day 2:
8:30 Application Techniques
9:30 Application Practice
10:30 MSAP/DN Demo (back)
11:30 Practice
12:30 LUNCH
1:30 MSAP/DN Demo (PF)
2:30 Practice
3:30 Treatment Integration
4:30 Case Studies
$1597
Meet Dr. Krystal Lynn Couture, PT, LAc - The Pelvic Acu **
Meet Dr. Krystal Lynn Couture, PT, LAc - The Pelvic Acu **
Dr. Krystal Lynn Couture, DPT, LAc, The Pelvic Acu, is an acupuncturist and physical therapist specializing in Pelvic Health. As a pelvic care acupuncturist, she brings to her practice a background steeped in both biomedical and holistic knowledge. She has an extensive formal background, with a Doctorate in physical therapy from Husson University as well as a Master of Science in acupuncture from the Institute of Taoist Education and Acupuncture.
Dr. Krystal has been published in Acupuncture Today and Medicinal Roots Magazine. She's been featured on Michelle Grasek's Acupuncture Marketing School Podcast, Qiological, The American Acupuncture Council, Hofstra Radio and Dao Labs.
Krystal teaches Pelvic Care to Acupuncturists around the globe!
"It is my greatest passion to share the sacred medicine of the pelvis with acupuncturists around the globe. Over the past decade, I have developed a comprehensive approach that incorporates a range of acupuncture tools, including Traditional Chinese Medicine, the Spirit of the Points, Manual Therapy, and Muscle-Specific Ashi Point Needling (Dry Needling), to effectively treat the pelvis and the whole person. I'd love to have you join me in sharing this work with your clients."
Frequently Asked Questions
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Absolutely, you’ll have the opportunity to watch demonstrations, practice and feel dry needling (muscle specific ashi point needling) of the pelvic floor and the concomitant structures.
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We’ll work with the concomitant structures of the pelvis which includes the abdomen, the back, the glutes and posterior rotators of the hip, the anterior hip muscles and the pelvic floor. The muscles and points are needled externally between the ischial bones, pubic bone and sacrum/coccyx.
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We believe in autonomy at The Pelvic Acu, you have the right to refuse being needled. No questions asked. That said, there is a tremendous opportunity to experience the medicine you’ll be practicing.
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Absolutely. Please make certain that Dr. Krystal know you are pregnant or may be pregnant at the time of the practical. There are certain points and muscles we want to avoid during pregnancy.
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Generally, we don’t recommend pelvic floor needling to our clients when someone is menstruating, but it isn’t contraindicated. As far as the practical, many students have been needled while menstruating to have the experience. The choice is yours.
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In all of our practical experiences, we have cloth drapes to ensure privacy.
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Yes, we accept acupuncturists of any gender into our classes. As a participant, you can choose your partner/partners and we will honor your gender choices.
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Most practitioners feel that they are immediately able to translate the techniques they’ve learned into practice and have a starting point for seeing pelvic health clients. Of course, as with any specialty, the more time you spend with the topic, the more enhanced your skills become.
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Lots! We do about an hour and a half of lecture daily and the rest of the time, we are doing demonstrations, practicing and practically answering your questions with hands-on learning.
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The best way to prepare for a practical is to complete the 4 hours of online training prior to attendance. Otherwise, show up with your mind and your heart open.
Why you need The Pelvic Acu practical…
Chances are, if you’ve made it this far, you’re interested in Pelvic Health as an acupuncturist! Maybe you specialize in women’s health, men’s health, fertility or orthopedics.
Here’s the reality:
There is a 76% correlation between back pain and pelvic pain (Vermani et al 2010).
24-45% of women suffer from urinary incontinence (Milsom 2009).
Up to 71% of women struggle with dysmenorrhea throughout their lifetime (Ju 2014).
~322 million men worldwide present with erectile dysfunction (Ayta 2009).
Here’s how acupuncture can help:
A number of related clinical trials have confirmed that acupuncture intervention CPPS has achieved positive results, studies include acupuncture, electroacupuncture, auricular acupuncture and direct needling to the pelvic floor (Hu 2023).
A systematic review and meta-analysis indicates that acupuncture, including electroacupuncture and pelvic floor acupuncture is associated with improved symptoms and quality of life in women with stress urinary incontinence (Jian et al 2025).
Acupuncture treatment reduced menstrual pain intensity and duration after three months of treatment and this was sustained for up to one year (Armour 2017).
Modern acupuncture treatment (including dry needling) for erectile dysfunction can regulate nerve sensitivity and improve the blood supply of peripheral blood vessel (Xiaoming et al 2016).