By all means, read up on and gather Dr.Travell's, two volume bible on trigger points.  I'm not sure your ortho managers will buy into your gaining knowledge of trigger point therapy because you could, in fact, ward off many proposed surgeries with a knowledge of trigger points.  People come to me all the time, especially athletes and those with back, shoulder, and knee issues...already scheduled for surgery or the diagnosis includes surgery...and I have been able to get rid of the triggers causing the pain...and hence, no surgery.  One local ortho here called me one day, after I had helped three of his patients avoid carpel tunnel surgery.  Guess what his first words were..."do you know how much money you've cost men?  Stay away from my patients!"

Thanks Whitney, I have just been listening to you on utube talking about the virtues of online learning. Sounds exciting.

Thanks Larry, we are quite lucky here although I'm sure some surgeons are all about making a profit - the surgeons I work with recommend non surgical options to their clients before resorting to the knife...lucky for me:)  I will look in to Dr Travell's books - I remember they were strongly recommended to me years ago when I did a neuromuscular therapy workshop.