Ultrasound-guided needling for musculoskeletal pain and movement-related symptoms — when results are “normal” but symptoms remain.
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Patients often come to Soichiro when pain persists despite physiotherapy, exercise, rest, or standard medical explanations. He works in close collaboration with physiotherapist Hide Kuwabara, offering a complementary clinical pathway. His approach combines Japanese acupuncture, musculoskeletal anatomy, ultrasound-guided precision, and functional movement assessment.
Manual palpation combined with ultrasound imaging. Ultrasound is used to visualize relevant anatomical structures in real time, allowing more precise and safer needle placement in complex areas.
Ultra-fine needles with a signature gentle touch. Unlike standard dry needling, this technique is essentially painless — and works on the autonomic nervous system as well as the tissue itself.
The goal is full return to function — not temporary relief. With a physio-informed mindset, Soichiro targets deep-tissue triggers that massage and stretching alone cannot reach.
Soichiro Funo is a Japanese licensed acupuncturist with clinical experience in orthopaedic and musculoskeletal settings. He has treated complex cases across Europe, the Americas, and Asia — and is the specialist Hide refers patients to when symptoms persist beyond what physiotherapy or standard care can resolve.
His approach is analytical, precise, and movement-informed — combining Japanese acupuncture, musculoskeletal anatomy, ultrasound-guided precision, and functional assessment.
Ultrasound is used to guide needle placement, identify relevant anatomical structures, and improve safety and precision — not as a diagnostic substitute. Not every case requires it, but when it does, it ensures the highest level of accuracy.
While the anatomical focus is similar, Japanese technique uses significantly finer needles and is essentially painless. It also addresses the autonomic nervous system and internal organs — dimensions that standard dry needling often overlooks.
Many patients come to Soichiro after years without answers. His holistic yet clinical approach is designed specifically to find the root cause of long-standing conditions — including those that have puzzled other practitioners.
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Qualified in Japanese acupuncture (not registered with a Dutch acupuncture association). Because of this, Dutch health insurance does not reimburse these sessions. International / expat insurance may cover them — please check your own policy.
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