About GEMt
Our Company
GEMt has been presenting lectures internationally for several years now. Their Dry Needling courses have been very well received and will benefit manual therapists and clinicians who work with patients and athletes suffering acute and chronic musculoskeletal conditions. In 2008 Edo Zylstra and Robert De Nardis officially started GEMt - Global Education of Manual Therapists currently located in the United States and Australia. Currently they are the only instructors for GEMt but look forward to the addition of instructors for various manual therapy courses and topics to GEMt in the future.
Our Directors and Instructors
Robert De Nardis
Physiotherapist (AUS) , Director of GEMt
Robert De Nardis is an experienced practicing Melbourne Physiotherapist who has an extensive background in two defined areas. Firstly, as the director of Sandringham Sports Medicine, he has been involved with sporting athletes and teams at all levels. Secondly, as the director of the Melbourne Whiplash Centre he has been actively engaged in whiplash evaluation, treatment and research since 1998. He received certification for dry needling from The Institute for the Study and Treatment of Pain (iSTOP) in Vancouver, British Columbia and has extensively utilized IMS/Trigger Point Dry Needling in his clinics in Melbourne, Australia. Robert is a recognized expert in the field of cervical spine rehabilitation, having served as a panel member of the International Whiplash Force.
Edo Zylstra PT, MS, IMSp
Physical Therapist (USA), Director of GEMt
Edo Zylstra currently practices as a PT and is co-owner of Sport and Spine Physical Therapy, Brighton in Colorado. He received his degree in physical therapy 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. Edo has been instructing both Level I and Level II TDN courses for approximately 3 years now. In 2007 he joined Robert De Nardis to develop and instruct the same courses in Australia. In 2008 Edo and Robert founded GEMt - Global Education of Manual Therapists located internationally in the United States and Australia.
What People Are Saying about Dry Needling Courses and Treatment
"this is one of the best courses to be conducted in NZ for many years"...
"I haven't felt this good in weeks, and it's only been 3 treatments." - Stacy S.
"This treatment has made every aspect of my life better - I feel like I am becoming my old self again . . ." - Linda B.
