ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Dr. Minesh Naran
MD CAFCI
Dr. Naran is a family doctor focusing in Muscular Pain Relief using Trigger Point Therapy and Laser Acupuncture. He received his first qualification as a medical doctor in South Africa in 1987. He moved to North Vancouver in 1993 and practiced as a family doctor for 25 years. Since then he has transitioned his practice into treating muscular pain.
Throughout his journey, as a medical practitioner, he has encountered many patients with injuries and sprains and has always wanted to find an alternate and more natural form of pain relief for his patients.
He obtained his Acupuncture qualification at the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1995.
In 2008, he obtained his certification in Trigger Point Therapy at the George Washington University, home of Janet Travell. He is a registrant with the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Canada since 1990 and a member of the Canadian Foundation of Acupuncture.
Dr. Naran has realized the importance of a rehabilitation program in conjunction with his pain treatments. That has led to the creation of a kinesiology-based fitness program; Rejuv Medical Fitness. www.rejuvfitness.ca
My Approach & Values
My name is Dr. Minesh Naran. My journey in medicine began in South Africa, where I qualified as a physician before devoting over two decades to full-service family practice. Throughout those years, I also practiced acupuncture for pain conditions, constantly searching for better, more effective ways to help patients who were living with chronic pain.
Early in my career, I realized how limited our standard medical tools could be when addressing chronic pain in primary care. Skeletal muscle is truly the “orphan” of modern medicine. Because soft-tissue trigger points cannot be seen on standard radiology, such as routine X-rays, MRIs, or ultrasounds, medicine frequently defaults to joint- or disc-based diagnoses like osteoarthritis or degenerative disc disease. In reality, bone degeneration itself rarely generates pain unless there is a fracture or malignancy; the pain patients feel is driven by secondary irritation and overload in the surrounding soft tissues, tendons, and muscles.
Twenty years ago, I discovered Myofascial Trigger Point Therapy. For the first ten years, I integrated trigger point care directly into my family practice, witnessing remarkable functional recoveries in patients who had previously exhausted their options. Seeing its transformative potential, I made the decision ten years ago to leave general family practice completely. Since then, I have dedicated 100% of my clinical focus to trigger point therapy, musculoskeletal pain management, and teaching these techniques to fellow physicians.
My Experience
- 15+ years of clinical expertise in Myofascial pain management
- Opened family practice in 1993
- Holder of Trigger Point Therapy certificate for 18+ years
My Education
- Received MD in 1990 in South Africa
- Received Acupuncture qualification from University of California, Los Angeles, in 1995
- Obtained certification in Trigger Point Therapy at the George Washington University, home of Janet Travell in 2008
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