From Foundations to Precision: Dry Needling Course for Beginners and Intermediates

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  • Author: Mickey Shah, PT, D.Sc
  • Level: Beginner-Intermediate
  • Live Course Date:
     MARCH 9-10 2024,
  • Online Pre-course
  • Credit: 20 CEU hours
Course overview
Join us on MARCH 9-10 2024, for the next installment of our three part Dry Needling program.

This Beginner to intermediate Dry Needling (DN) course is meticulously crafted for physical therapist and physical therapist assistants eager to elevate their proficiency in dry needling beyond the fundamentals. 

This next course involves application of dry needling techniques various regions throughout the body.

 - Learn advanced insertion points - spine, facial, extremity
- DN Clinical Decision making
- Master the various DN techniques
- DN applications in headache and chronic pain management

 
DPT student discount code available on request

Previous DN course work accepted toward certification
live patient examination & treatment

Course: Live
Cost: $625
Students: $200 (will require discount code)
Audience: PTs and PTAs (Illinois ONLY)
Level – Beginner to Intermediate

Live Course Location - Homer Glen, IL


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CEU Certification included

Lesson series

What's included?

This course will focus on progressing and improving psycho-motor DN skills.

Participants will be provided ample time to learn and practice the various DN skills presented in the course.

Specific topics discussed will include application of DN in chronic pain and headache management.

Intended Audience:
Physical Therapists and Physical Therapists Assistants

Level: Beginner to Intermediate.  Prior dry needling experience is not required

Course Series: Dry Needling 1 and 2 can be taken out of sequence.  Dry Needling 1 and 2 must be completed prior to Advanced Dry Needling and Credentialing Exam

Course Credit:
Prior coursework with written documentation may be transferred and credit can be applied to our certification.

Program Certification  


Meets IDFPR requirements (Illinois Approved Program)

Requirements: Illinois

(b) A physical therapist or physical therapist assistant licensed under this Act may only perform dry needling after completion of requirements, as determined by the Department by rule, that meet or exceed the following:

 (1) 50 hours of instructional courses that include, but are not limited to, studies in the musculoskeletal and neuromuscular system, the anatomical basis of pain mechanisms, chronic and referred pain, myofascial trigger point theory, and universal precautions;
•(2) completion of at least 30 hours of didactic coursework specific to dry needling;
•(3) successful completion of at least 54 practicum hours in dry needling course work;
•(4) completion of at least 200 supervised patient treatment sessions; and
•(5) successful completion of a competency examination. Dry needling shall only be
•performed by a licensed physical therapist or licensed physical therapist assistant

Meet the instructor

Mickey Shah

More details coming soon!
Patrick Jones - Course author
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