About KinetaCore

Our Company

The HISTORY OF KINETACORE:

KinetaCore was founded in 2007 and has the mission of offering quality continuing education courses for the manual therapist while actively participating in elevating the profession of physical therapy across the globe.

Kinetacore began when Edo Zylstra developed an introductory and advanced dry needling course in 2006.  The course development was based off of his previous IMS/TDN training and the combination of the many different philosophies of Trigger Points and Dry Needling.  Edo utilized his extensive experience with the technique while working in a pain management clinic under a physician, before Physical Therapists had TDN in their scope of practice.  During this time he was able to utilize live fluroscopy and the aid of a physician to develop a unique technique in which every muscle treated has a specific approach in which safety is always kept in mind as well as the function of the muscle and how it relates to the body, movement and pain. Edo's technique also utilizes treating the segment and the referral patterns in a certain way so that it minimizes the number of needles and treatment sessions necessary to achieve immediate and lasting results.  

In 2003 Edo Zylstra and Robert De Nardis, an Australian trained Physio and expert in whiplash and sports related injuries, presented together on topics related to whiplash and neck pain.  In 2007 they teamed up and created GEMt - Global Education of Manual Therapist with the goal of offering the highest quality dry needling courses across the globe.  With the collaboration of Edo and Robert the course quality and content was drastically improved so that any skilled physio or like provider could incorporate this amazing technique into their current practice rather than having to commit to a complete paradigm shift with treatment.  As of 2010 the North American branch name was changed to Kinetacore and Edo Zylstra remains the director while Robert Denardis remains the Director for GEMt currently located in Australia.  The goal of both companies is to offer world class education for the manual therapist/provider while specializing in Trigger Point Dry Needling Courses.

Currently TDN courses have had the highest demand of all of the manual courses offered by Kinetacore.  The courses will benefit manual therapists and clinicians who work with patients and athletes suffering from acute and chronic musculoskeletal conditions.  Since the start of the company, Kinetacore has certified nearly 1000 North American providers in TDN / IMT techniques and continues to fight the battle of getting TDN accepted into the scope of practice for physical therapists across the country.

Edo Zylstra PT, MS, OCS, IMSp
Owner and CEO

Edo Zylstra currently practices as a Physical Therapist and is owner of KinetaCare Physical Therapy (formerly Sport and Spine Physical Therapy), located in Brighton, Colorado and owner of Kinetacore.  Edo received his degree in physical therapy in 2000 from Regis University in Denver, CO. He spent over four years working in a chronic pain clinic specializing in manual therapy utilizing intramuscular stimulation (IMS), and trigger point dry needling. He received his certification for dry needling from The Institute for the Study and Treatment Of Pain (iSTOP) in Vancouver, British Columbia. He then took a second training course through Pain and Rehabilitation in Bethesda, Maryland,  where he learned Travell & Simon's techniques for diagnosis and treatment of myofascial pain and trigger points. Edo was instrumental in the process of getting trigger point dry needling accepted as a treatment technique within the scope of practice for physical therapists in Colorado and continues to do the same for other states in the US.  In 2006 he developed and began instructing both Introductory and Advanced Trigger Point Dry Needling (Intramuscular Manual Therapy) Courses. In 2007 he joined Robert De Nardis to develop and instruct the TDN courses in Australia and in 2008 Edo and Robert founded GEMT - Global Education of Manual Therapists.  As of 2010 the North American Branch was renamed Kinetacore and Edo became the sole director while Robert DeNardis serves as the Director for the Australian branch which remains GEMt.

In 2009, Edo became an Orthopedic Certified Specialist and in 2011 was accepted as affiliate faculty at Regis University.  He is currently working on his Doctorate in Physical Therapy at Regis University.