Dry Needling Course

Courses

Dry Needling 1: Lumbar Region & Lower Extremities

Dry Needling 2: Coming Soon!

Overview:

Dry Needling 1 is the first course in a two-part certification series, meeting Indiana’s 50-hour training requirement to begin practicing dry needling. It focuses on the lumbar region and lower quarter, teaching clinicians safe, effective, and functional integration of dry needling into patient care. Participants will learn to identify when DN can improve outcomes, understand trigger point referral patterns, and distinguish them from other conditions. The course also introduces advanced techniques such as peri-neural needling, tendon needling, and periosteal pecking for addressing chronic pain, fibrosis, and mobility restrictions

Course Description:

Dry Needling 1 is a foundational dry needling (DN) course designed to give the participant the necessary tools to safely, successfully, and efficiently implement dry needling into their practice with a functional approach to treatment for the lumbar region and lower quarter. This is one of a two part certification series to optimize learning and practice while meeting Indiana’s requirement of 50 hours in approved course training for the participant to begin implementing DN into their treatment “toolbox.”

This course will instruct the clinician on the historical understanding and defining of trigger point DN as an effective strategy for reducing neuromuscular pain contributions to their patients’ impairments. Clinicians will learn when DN is likely to enhance treatment outcomes, how to effectively integrate DN into a comprehensive treatment plan, and why it may or may not be suitable for various population groups. A thorough understanding of expected trigger point referral patterns will be developed while differentiating these from other neuromuscular symptoms and musculoskeletal disease presentations. The attendee will become more confident in their physical assessment and clinical rationale during the development of an effective treatment plan using the evidence and strategies learned in this course

This course will include the dry needling of trigger points but also introduce the concepts of peri-neural needling, tendon needling, and “periosteal pecking” as additional components of musculoskeletal needling practice. Peri-neural dry needling will be instructed primarily for the intent of improving microcirculation and disrupting fibrosis in chronic neurogenic pain syndromes and neural mobility restrictions.

Prerequisites:

Registrants must be a licensed PT in their respective state or in their third year of DPT school with evidence in the form of official transcripts or written confirmation of status as a third year student in a DPT program from one the program’s administrators, such as Dean of Students. Certification for DN-1 will be awarded upon successful completion of within-course assessments of both practical skills and clinical reasoning and a post-course written examination receiving a passing score.

Upcoming Course Dates & Locations

• TBD or Coming Soon!
• What needs to be on this page:
  Dates – should be clickable link that will send them to a registration page
  • List Location (Likely Trine, but leave blank for now)
  • Course hours
    • Day 1: Check in – 7:30AM
    • Day 1: 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM
    • Day 2: Check in – 7:45 AM
    • Day 2: 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM
    • Day 3: Check in – 7:45 AM
    • Day 3: 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM
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Objectives 1-9 will be assessed through direct questioning during the lab portions of the course and written short answer questions

• Discuss the history of dry needling in modern medicine and the evidence building up to current application methods
• Discuss dry needling mechanisms and be able to articulate theories about how trigger points develop to patients
• Compare and contrast active versus latent trigger points
• Compare and contrast the differences between acupuncture and dry needling.
• Review and Discuss the APTA descriptions of dry needling, scope of practice and describe indiana state practice act regulations
• Discuss risks and adverse events associated with dry needling and how to minimize these risks
• Describe indications, relative contraindications and absolute contraindications of dry needling
• Describe OSHA’s Blood Borne Pathogen Standards
• Verbalize and demonstrate clean needle technique

Objectives 10-16 will be assessed through simulated patient case scenarios and participant direct questioning


• Detect and identify patients that are likely to respond to dry needling of musculoskeletal structures
• Proficiently and accurately identify trigger points in the muscles instructed in this course via skilled palpation techniques and verbalize their expected referral patterns
• Proficiently and competently handle a needle from initial preparation to discard.
• Verbalize vulnerable structures with each muscle being needled and methods of mitigating adverse events at the region
• Proficiently and competently perform safe, effective, and appropriate dry needling to the muscles described in this course
• Describe the integration of dry needling as part of a comprehensive treatment program for patients with lumbar or lower quarter dysfunction.
• Articulate and Discuss ethical and legal issues related to dry needling

• Make note that light Breakfast Snacks and Coffee will be provided, along with a boxed lunch.
• Cost: $1,200
• Registration page
  • First Name
  • Last Name
  • Address
  • Email
  • Phone
  • Profession – Only PT at this time
  • Medical License #
  • State in which license is valid (we are only approved in IN)
  • Student Box -If they are a student, I need a way for them to upload documentation proving they are in their 3 year of an accredited program
    • Also need a box for them to enter their school
  • Payment method (Glo is working on this)
    • Need a box to enter a PROMO CODE
  • Lunch – Lunch will be provided – Have the option for Wrap or Salad. Also an area for food allergies that they can fill in.
• Instructor Bios – Request Bios
  • Riley
  • Ashley
    • Emily B
    • Jordan Tait
    • Nick Skinner
    • Lauren Gura