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DN-1 Dry Needling for Craniofacial, Cervicothoracic & Upper Extremity Conditions: an Evidence-Based Approach
2023-09-15 08:00 - 2023-09-17 17:00 UTC | Cincinnati, OH, Cincinnati, OH, 45201, United States
Certification in Dry Needling® will be awarded upon successful completion of the DN-1 & DN-2 dry needling courses, giving 54 hours of hands-on dry needling education in total. Each 3-day dry needling course is $895. All dry needling courses are approved for CEUs for PTs, ATs, and DCs. AAMT faculty have published more clinical trials on the effectiveness of dry needling for musculoskeletal conditions than any other institute, university or continuing education company. AAMT has Certified more PTs, ATs and Chiropractors in dry needling than any other institute. AAMT is the worldwide leader in dry needling education, research and clinical practice!
No prerequisites are needed for this three-day 27-hour dry needling course; however, registrants must be a licensed PT, ATC, DC, MD, DO, NP, PA, OT, or acupuncturist in their respective state or country. DPT students in their 3rd year are also eligible to take DN-1 and DN-2. All AAMT dry needling courses run as follows: Friday 12 noon to 8 pm, Saturday 8 am to 6:30 pm, and Sunday 8 am to 3:30 pm. All dry needling courses are approved by the respective State PT Board/Association, BOC (Category A CEUs), APTA, TPTA, FPTA, FL CE Broker, New Jersey Board of Physical Therapy Examiners (80 hours), and FSBPT (ProCert).
Participants will learn superficial and deep dry needling techniques for the treatment of craniofacial, cervicothoracic and upper extremity musculoskeletal conditions. This course does include, but is not limited to, dry needling of taut bands of muscle (i.e. trigger points) as originally introduced by Travell & Simons. That is, peri-neural dry needling and needle puncture of tendons, ligaments, musculotendinous junctions, teno-osseous junctions, and bone (i.e. “periosteal pecking”) will also be taught as essential components of musculoskeletal needling practice. More specifically, peri-neural and peri-vascular dry needling will be instructed for the purpose of improving microcirculation and disrupting fibrosis in chronic neurogenic pain conditions (e.g. an impacted median nerve in carpal tunnel syndrome). Dry needling is certainly a lot more than sticking needles in trigger points!
Dry needling will be taught within the framework of western musculoskeletal diagnoses, not within the theoretical framework of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), and not for the purpose of altering the flow of Qi or energy along traditional Chinese meridians. More specifically, the participant will learn evidence-based guidelines, recommended “point” locations, and dosages for the use of dry needling in the treatment of specific neuromusculoskeletal conditions (not just individual muscles!) including: whiplash-associated disorders, cervicogenic headaches, tension-type headaches, migraine headaches, rib syndromes, facet joint syndromes, cervical radiculopathy, mechanical neck pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, shoulder impingement syndrome, lateral epicondylalgia, and temporomandibular dysfunction. In addition, the most recent evidence underpinning the mechanical, hypoalgesic (central, segmental, peripheral), neurophysiologic, chemical, and hormonal effects of dry needling will be presented.
Brain imaging studies have demonstrated that dry needling of “key” distal points (not trigger points), that are not “onsite” with the patient’s symptoms, stimulates the descending pain inhibitory systems or cortical areas of the brain that are involved in pain control. Furthermore, much of the literature that “dry needling” draws from uses the term “acupuncture” in its title, and many of these studies have used both traditional acupuncture points and myofascial trigger points in their treatment regimes. Thus, a foundational knowledge of the nomenclature and the location of several key traditional acupuncture points will be discussed on this course to help the clinician understand and interpret the existing biomedical acupuncture and dry needling literature within the context of neuromusculoskeletal conditions. However, this course in dry needling does not constitute training, of any kind, in the practice of traditional Chinese acupuncture or Oriental Medicine. More specifically, this course does not teach participants to needle acupuncture points within traditional Chinese meridians.
For the management of headache, cervical, thoracic, and upper extremity pain syndromes, dry needling will be taught as one part of the treatment package, but not the only part. That is, the most recent literature clearly supports the inclusion of upper cervical and/or cervicothoracic HVLA thrust manipulation for the effective treatment of TMJ disorders, subacromial pain syndrome and cervicogenic headaches. More specifically, upper cervical manipulation has been found to reduce headache frequency, intensity, duration, and disability associated with cervicogenic headaches in the short and long-term. Additionally, upper cervical spinal manipulation and dry needling have been found effective at reducing pain and improving active mouth opening in patients with TMD. Nevertheless, within the emerging literature, the combination of spinal manipulation and dry needling is showing the most promise for “best practice” models in a variety of musculoskeletal conditions. This is the Osteopractic approach in essence—the combination of spinal manipulation (SMT-1, SMT-2, SMT-3 & SMT-4), extremity manipulation (EMT-1), and dry needling (DN-1 & DN-2) for the evidence-based treatment of neuromusculoskeletal conditions.

DN-1 Dry Needling for Craniofacial, Cervicothoracic & Upper Extremity Conditions: an Evidence-Based Approach
2023-09-15 08:00 - 2023-09-17 17:00 UTC | Salt Lake City, UT, Salt Lake City, UT, 84044, United States

Dry Needling: Upper Quadrant
2023-09-15 08:00 - 2023-09-16 17:00 (America/Detroit) | Berryville Physical Therapy and Wellness, PLC, 322-A North Buckmarsh St, Berryville, VA, United States
Upper Quadrant Dry Needling by ICE brings a modern approach to dry needling education with contemporary methods and tactical e-stim applications for the upper quadrant. This weekend lab intensive will initially focus on safe and effective dry needling technique for the cervico-thoracic spine, anterior and posterior shoulder girdle, upper arm, and forearm; and then highlight strategic e-stim applications for common upper quadrant conditions. Quickly become a confident and proficient dry needling practitioner equipped with the tools, training, and knowledge to help your patients with everything from pain relief, to improved function and mobility, to athlete recovery.
Participants will also have access to pre-course lecture content including an introduction to dry needling, safety standards, current research-based rationale of therapeutic mechanisms, and advocacy; as well as video demonstration prep materials for the lab intensive component.

An Introduction to Vestibular Rehabilitation
2023-09-09 08:00 - 2023-09-10 17:30 (America/Detroit) | University Health Lakewood, 7900 Lee’s Summit Rd, Kansas City, MO, United States
The complexity of vestibular rehabilitation can be overwhelming and frustrating. This course first builds a foundation for understanding the vestibular system, followed by clearly delineated evidence-based practices for this patient population.
This course focuses on providing an excellent framework for the clinician to effectively treat vestibular disorders. One of the strengths of this course is that it applies to clinicians without any vestibular experience, while still maintaining the interest and expanding the capabilities of more experienced vestibular clinicians. BPPV is covered at great length in this course.​

SMT-1 HVLAT of the Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar, and SIJ
2023-09-09 08:00 - 2023-09-10 17:00 UTC | Chicago, IL, Chicago, IL, 60007, United States
This two-day spinal manipulation course includes 70% hands-on practical training and 30% didactic lecture instruction. This spinal manipulation course focuses on the technical and practical hands-on skills required to perform high-velocity low-amplitude thrust spinal manipulation techniques in a competent and safe manner for all of the spinal regions. We have taught more PTs, MDs and ATCs the art and science of spinal manipulation than any other institute (in the world!). In fact, most instructors of other spinal manipulation programs are graduates from Spinal Manipulation Institute. Learn from the source, the worldwide leaders in spinal manipulation education, research and practice.
No prerequisites are needed for this 2-day course in spinal manipulation; however, registrants must be a licensed PT (or 3rd year DPT student), ATC, DO, MD, DC, NP, or PA in their respective state or country. The SMT-1 course is approved for 15-hours by FSBPT (ProCert), BOC (NATA), APTA, TPTA, and the respective State PT Board.
Participants will learn HVLA thrust manipulation techniques for the following articulations: C0-1 (occipito-atlantal joint), C1-2 (atlanto-axial joint), C2-7 (mid and lower cervical segments), C7-T3 (cervicothoracic junction), upper ribs 1, 2 and 3 (costotransverse & costovertebral joints), T4-9 (mid-thoracic facet articulations), T10-L1 (thoracolumbar junction), L2-4 (mid-lumbar spine facets), L5-S1 (lumbosacral junction), and the SI (sacroiliac) joint.
Current evidence will also be presented that underpins the use of spinal manipulation for cervicogenic headaches, cervicothoracic dysfunction, shoulder pain and upper rib syndromes, acute and chronic low back pain, sacroiliac joint dysfunction, and mechanical neck pain.

SMT-1 HVLAT of the Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar, and SIJ
2023-09-09 08:00 - 2023-09-10 17:00 UTC | Atlanta, GA, Atlanta, GA, 30315, United States

Dry Needling: Lower Quadrant
2023-09-09 08:00 - 2023-09-10 17:00 (America/Detroit) | APEC, 2600 Alemeda St, Fort Worth, TX, United States
Lower Quadrant Dry Needling by ICE brings a modern approach to dry needling education with contemporary methods and tactical e-stim applications for the lower quadrant. This weekend lab intensive course will initially focus on safe and effective dry needling technique for the thoraco-lumbar spine, hip, anterior and posterior thigh, and lower leg; and then highlight strategic e-stim applications for common lower quadrant conditions. Quickly become a confident and proficient dry needling practitioner equipped with the tools, training, and knowledge to help your patients with everything from pain relief, to improved function and mobility, to athlete recovery.
Participants will also have access to pre-course lecture content including an introduction to dry needling, safety standards, current research-based rationale of therapeutic mechanisms, and advocacy; as well as video demonstration prep materials for the lab intensive component.

Cervical Spine: Manual Therapy Management
2023-09-09 08:00 - 2023-09-10 17:00 (America/Detroit) | Onward Atlanta, 700 Hembree Place, Roswell, GA, United States
This course will cover current best evidence in the physical therapy management of neck pain. Laboratory sessions will focus on the safe and effective delivery of thrust and non-thrust manipulation to the cervical spine, cervicothoracic spine, and upper ribs.
Additional labs will cover evaluation and treatment of the thoracic spine, management of cervical radiculopathy, upper cervical thrust manipulation/mobilization, and progressive exercise concepts with particular emphasis on performance and incorporation of the overhead press. Mobility and motor control exercises will be included to complement the manual therapy techniques.
Lecture material will summarize the developing body of literature regarding the subgrouping of cervical spine patients, differential diagnosis of cervical conditions, safety of manipulation, treatment of cervicogenic headaches, and cervical spine examination based on clinical practice guidelines.

Myokinematic Restoration
2023-09-09 08:00 - 2023-09-10 17:00 (America/Detroit) | Missoula, MT PRI, 308 W Pine St, Missoula, MT, United States
This advanced lecture and lab course explores the biomechanics of contralateral and ipsilateral myokinematic lumbo-pelvic-femoral dysfunction. Treatment emphasizes the restoration of pelvic-femoral alignment and recruitment of specific rotational muscles to reduce synergistic predictable patterns of pathomechanic asymmetry. Emphasis will be placed on restoration, recruitment, and retraining activities using internal and external rotators of the femur, pelvis, and lower trunk. Guidance will be provided on how to inhibit overactive musculature. This will enable the course participant to restore normal resting muscle position. Participants will be able to immediately apply PRI clinical assessment and management skills when treating diagnoses such as piriformis syndrome, ilio-sacral joint dysfunction, and low back strain.
Education Level: Advanced
​Student Faculty Ratio 16:1
Instructional Methods: Lecture, demonstration & lab, clinical application, case studies, and Q&A

Extremity Management
2023-09-09 08:00 - 2023-09-10 17:00 (America/Detroit) | Amarillo, TX, 616 S. Jackson St, Amarillo, TX, United States
This seminar covers current best evidence in the physical therapist’s management of the most common extremity syndromes seen in a general outpatient orthopedic practice. A special emphasis will be placed on fitness forward treatment progression and exercise prescription.
We will challenge several traditional philosophies regarding the assessment and treatment of orthopedic conditions. The laboratory component will focus on enhancing manual therapy and exercise skills, while the lectures will highlight the most up to date literature in extremity management.
As with all ICE courses, we strive to maintain a 15:1 student:teacher ratio or better.

DN-1 Dry Needling for Craniofacial, Cervicothoracic & Upper Extremity Conditions: an Evidence-Based Approach
2023-09-08 08:00 - 2023-09-10 17:00 UTC | Nashville, TN, Nashville, TN, 37152, United States

Advanced Neurologic Dry Needling for Pain Management and Performance Enhancement: IDN
2023-09-08 08:00 - 2023-09-10 17:00 (America/Detroit) | Philadelphia, PA IDN, 475 Allendale Road, King of Prussia, PA, United States
The Advanced Neurologic Dry Needling for Pain Management and Performance Enhancement course (3 days) is designed for licensed healthcare professionals that have a desire to elevate their treatment of musculoskeletal pain and dysfunction. This one of a kind course provides original information that can only be acquired through our institute. The participant will be provided with a deeper understanding of the physiologic and therapeutic effects of dry needling. Negative effects of neurogenic inflammation and microcirculation abnormalities will be discussed enhancing participants understanding for applying dry needling using the peripheral nerve mapping concept. Advanced neurological and musculoskeletal concepts, needling techniques and treatments will be presented and practiced in this primarily lab-based course. The integration of electrical nerve stimulation (ENS) will be emphasized as an important adjunct to dry needling treatment. Focus is on assuring safe and effective advanced dry needling skills with sound clinical decision-making.

Dry Needling 2: Foundations II Myopain
2023-09-08 08:00 - 2023-09-10 17:00 UTC | Orthopedic & Spine Therapy, 4000 N. Providence Avenue, Appleton, WI, United States
The DN-2 Foundations II course builds on the knowledge and skills of the DN-1 course. Students will be introduced to the clinical aspects of myofascial pain, peripheral and central sensitization, the etiology and scientific basis of myofascial pain and dry needling. The course includes an in-depth review of possible adverse events.
Many muscles commonly addressed in clinical practice are included, such as the posterior cervical muscles, the oblique capitis inferior, the cervical and thoracic and lumbar multifidi, levator scapula (partially), the scalenes, the latissimus dorsi, supraspinatus, pectoralis major, pectoralis minor, the coracobrachialis, pronator teres, wrist flexors, oblique abdominal muscles and rectus abdominus, the lumbar paraspinals, the deep hip rotators, the lower and middle trapezius, the serratus anterior, and the rhomboids muscles. Students will also be introduced to the current scientific basis for dry needling for scar tissue, fascial adhesions, enthesopathies, and tendinopathies.
Students will review the anatomy, function, and dry needling techniques for each muscle. The Instructor-student ratio is at least 1:10.
Pre-Course videos are provided after registration. If you prefer to review the presentations in a live webinar, you can register for the DN-2 Webinar.
Dry Needling 2: Foundations II is the second course in a three-course series by Myopain Seminars to attain certification as a Certified Myofascial Trigger Point Therapist – Dry Needling (CMTPT/DN). A minimum score of 70% on a multiple choice quiz plus demonstrated muscle competency are required to pass this course. Physical therapists licensed in Tennessee need to have a minimum score of 80%.

LEVEL 1 Blood Flow Restriction
2023-08-27 08:00 - 18:00 (America/Detroit) | UCI Health Rehabilitation Services, 200 S. Manchester Ave. Suite 100, Orange, CA, United States
What is the buzz all about surrounding blood flow restriction training (BFR)?
You should be asking yourself that as a health professional. With almost 200 peer-reviewed articles in the scientific literature the efficacy and safety cannot be denied.
By applying proper BFR techniques to exercising limbs you can:

Increase strength
Increase hypertrophy
Increase VO2 Max

BFR is the act of safely restricting venous blood flow from a working muscle, but allowing arterial blood flow to that working muscle. This is done primarily with low intensity resistance training. Since the ability of that blood to escape is dramatically reduced, metabolic stress and cellular swelling are greatly increased.
So what does this mean for you the health professional?

Drastically improve your patients’ post-surgical recovery time
Treat muscle atrophy in both acute and chronic pain patients
Use as accessory work into your client programming for less stress on joints and tendons
Increase your endurance athlete’s VO2 Max with as little as 2x/week BFR training
Separate yourself from other clinicians by performing the latest, evidenced-based rehab/exercise program

This course will cover:

The wide range of benefits of BFR training
Contraindications to BFR and when and where it should be applied
How to safely screen and assess your patient/client prior to BFR
How to safely apply BFR cuffs for the upper and lower extremity
Compare and contrast different uses of BFR from bed ridden to athletic performance training
Develop and devise a rehab program for your patients and clients

Want help your patients and clients safely and effectively reach their goals? Come check out this 1-day BFR certification course and revolutionize your practice and training program.

Functional Dry Needling 2
2023-08-26 08:00 - 2023-08-27 17:00 (America/Detroit) | Therapy Excellence, Therapy Excellence, Arlington, TX, 76001, United States
Successful completion of this advanced level of the dry needling course of study will deem you competent and proficient in becoming a Functional Dry Needling (FDN) Practitioner. Similar to the class model of FDN Level 1, this course includes theoretical and laboratory sessions which incorporate instruction in safety, needling technique, treatment rationales for various diagnoses, and education in contraindications, precautions, and possible complications of dry needling. Content is taught in a blended format including both pre-course online content and hands-on lab-intensive weekend course.
FDN Level 1 teaches important dry needling techniques and involves ample lab time to test, practice and perfect the art and science of Functional Dry Needling so you can offer this to your patients the very next day. Musculature taught in the introductory level involves areas of the hip, lower extremity, thigh, upper extremity, shoulder, lumbar spine and cervical spine. A strong emphasis on safety and precaution is reinforced, as well as clinical application, research, history of dry needling, and relevant case study.

SMT-1 HVLAT of the Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar, and SIJ
2023-08-26 08:00 - 2023-08-27 17:00 UTC | Denver, CO, Denver, CO, 80014, United States

SMT-1 HVLAT of the Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar, and SIJ
2023-08-26 08:00 - 2023-08-27 17:00 UTC | Boston, MA, Boston, MA, United States

Dry Needling: Upper Quadrant
2023-08-26 08:00 - 2023-08-27 17:00 (America/Detroit) | Exos, 2629 E Rose Garden Lane, Phoenix, AZ, United States

Cervical Spine: Manual Therapy Management
2023-08-26 08:00 - 2023-08-27 17:00 (America/Detroit) | Onward Charlotte, 535 Yellowstone Dr, Charlotte, NC, United States

Thrust Joint Manipulation Part 3
2023-08-26 08:00 - 2023-08-27 17:00 (America/Detroit) | San Diego, CA TJM, San Diego, CA, United States
This two-day course is comprised of 80% practical and 20% didactic training. The primary focus will be on the development of the psychomotor skills needed to safely and effectively deliver thrust joint manipulation (TJM) to all remaining diarthrodial and select synarthrodial joints. This will include techniques directed to the temporomandibular joint, the anterior rib articulations, and the extremities. Also provided will be a brief background of non-vertebral TJM, guidelines to direct appropriate use of non-vertebral TJM, and a review of the evidence regarding vertebral and non-vertebral TJM in the management of upper and lower quarter neuromusculoskeletal conditions. All IMMT TJM courses have been approved for 15 contact hours by PT state boards where the courses are held, as well as the Board of Certification (BOC) for athletic trainers.
*Special Note: TJM Part 1 does not have to be taken prior to this course, but the participant must sign up for TJM Part 1 before taking Part 3. The participant must also review the textbook for Part 1 prior to attending Part 3.

SMT-1 HVLAT of the Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar, and SIJ
2023-08-26 08:00 - 2023-08-27 17:00 (America/Detroit) | Northborough, MA, Northborough, MA, 01532, United States

Extremity Manipulative Therapy: Upper & Lower Extremity HVLA Thrust Manipulation
2023-08-26 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Detroit) | Oakland, CA, Oakland, CA, 94501, United States
Completion of SMT-1 is required prior to taking EMT-1 because musculoskeletal extremity pain and dysfunction rarely occur in isolation and have been found in the most recent literature to be frequently associated with underlying spinal dysfunction.
This two-day (15 contact hours) technique-based course will emphasize the actual physical delivery of high-velocity low-amplitude (HVLA) thrust manipulation procedures to the upper and lower extremity articulations for the management of a variety of peripheral musculoskeletal conditions.
Short lever, long-lever, and combined short and long-lever HVLA thrust manipulation techniques will be instructed and demonstrated for the following extremity articulations or bones: the acromioclavicular (AC) joint, glenohumeral (GH) joint, radiohumeral (RH) joint, ulnohumeral (UH) joint, distal radioulnar joint, capitate bone, lunate bone, scaphoid bone, 1st carpometacarpal (CMC) joint, metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joints, proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joints, distal interphalangeal (DIP) joints, acetabulofemoral (hip) joint, tibiofemoral (knee) joint, superior tibiofibular joint, inferior tibiofibular joint, talocrural (ankle) joint, subtalar joint, 1st tarsometatarsal (TMT) joint, cuboid bone, navicular bone, middle and lateral cuneiform bones, and the metatarsophalangeal (MTP) joints.
In addition, in order to appropriately frame the use of spinal and extremity manipulation within evidence-based practice, biomechanical (peripheral), spinal (segmental), and supraspinal (cortical) models will each be presented as possible mechanisms for the immediate hypoalgesic effects observed following HVLA thrust manipulation in the extremities and spine.

Functional Dry Needling 1
2023-08-25 08:00 - 2023-08-27 17:00 (America/Detroit) | Reactive Physiotherapy, ReActive Physiotherapy, London, Ontario, N5V, Canada
The Functional Dry Needling (FDN) Level 1 course gives clinicians the tools to elevate their practice to a new level of patient care. This foundational Functional Dry Needling course of study teaches the insertion of fine filament needles into neuromuscular junctions/motor points, stimulating the muscle, and bringing unbelievable pain relief and significantly improved function to athletes and patients who have been suffering for years.
FDN Level 1 teaches important dry needling techniques and involves ample lab time to test, practice and perfect the art and science of Functional Dry Needling so you can offer this to your patients the very next day. Musculature taught in the introductory level involves areas of the hip, lower extremity, thigh, upper extremity, shoulder, lumbar spine and cervical spine. A strong emphasis on safety and precaution is reinforced, as well as clinical application, research, history of dry needling, and relevant case study.

Functional Dry Needling 1
2023-08-25 08:00 - 2023-08-27 17:00 (America/Detroit) | Active Life and Sports Physical Therapy, Active Life and Sports Physical Therapy, Nottingham, MD, United States

DN-1 Dry Needling for Craniofacial, Cervicothoracic & Upper Extremity Conditions: an Evidence-Based Approach
2023-08-25 08:00 - 2023-08-27 17:00 UTC | Madison, WI, Madison, WI, 53715, United States

DN-1 Dry Needling for Craniofacial, Cervicothoracic & Upper Extremity Conditions: an Evidence-Based Approach
2023-08-25 08:00 - 2023-08-27 17:00 UTC | Silver Spring, MD, Silver Spring, MD, 20907, United States

DN-1 Dry Needling for Craniofacial, Cervicothoracic & Upper Extremity Conditions: an Evidence-Based Approach
2023-08-25 08:00 - 2023-08-27 17:00 UTC | Minneapolis, MN, Minneapolis, MN, 55407, United States

DN-1 Dry Needling for Craniofacial, Cervicothoracic & Upper Extremity Conditions: an Evidence-Based Approach
2023-08-25 08:00 - 2023-08-27 17:00 UTC | Vancouver, WA IPA, Balanced PT, Vancouver, WA, United States

DN-2 Dry Needling for Lumbopelvic & Lower Extremity Conditions: an Evidence-Based Approach
2023-08-25 08:00 - 2023-08-27 17:00 UTC | Phoenix, AZ AAMT, Phoenix, AZ, 72901, United States
No prerequisites are needed for this three-day 27-hour dry needling course; however, registrants must be a licensed PT (or 3rd year DPT student), ATC, DC, MD, DO, NP, PA, OT, or acupuncturist in their respective state or country. Certification in Dry Needling® (Cert. DN) will be awarded upon successful completion (i.e. written and practical examination) of both the DN-1 & DN-2 dry needling courses, giving 54 hours of hands-on dry needling education in total. All dry needling courses are approved by FSBPT (ProCert), BOC (Category A CEUs), APTA, TPTA, FPTA, and the respective State PT Board. Note: DN-2 may be taken before DN-1 as each course covers different bodily regions.
Participants will learn superficial and deep dry needling techniques for the treatment of lumbopelvic and lower extremity musculoskeletal conditions. This course does include, but is not limited to, dry needling of taut bands of muscle (i.e. trigger points) as originally introduced by Travell & Simons. That is, peri-neural needling and needle puncture of tendons, ligaments, musculotendinous junctions, teno-osseous junctions, and bone (“periosteal pecking”) will also be taught as essential components of musculoskeletal needling practice. More specifically, peri-neural and peri-vascular dry needling will be instructed for the purpose of improving microcirculation and disrupting fibrosis in chronic neurogenic pain syndromes. Dry needling is certainly a lot more than sticking needles in trigger points!
Dry needling will be taught within the framework of western musculoskeletal diagnoses, not within the theoretical framework of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), and not for the purpose of altering the flow of Qi or energy along traditional Chinese meridians. More specifically, the participant will learn evidence-based guidelines, recommended “point” locations, and dosages for the use of dry needling in the treatment of specific neuromusculoskeletal conditions (not just individual muscles!) including: mechanical low back pain, multifidus dysfunction, primary piriformis syndrome, acute lumbar radiculopathy (“sciatica”), hip dysfunction, knee osteoarthritis, patellofemoral pain syndrome, medial collateral ligament injuries, “shin splints”, ankle “sprains”, Achilles tendinosis, and plantar fasciitis. In addition, the most recent evidence underpinning the mechanical, hypoalgesic (central, segmental, peripheral), neurophysiologic, chemical, and hormonal effects of dry needling will be presented.
Brain imaging studies have demonstrated that dry needling of “key” distal points (not trigger points), that are not “onsite” with the patient’s symptoms, stimulates the descending pain inhibitory systems or cortical areas of the brain that are involved in pain control. Furthermore, much of the literature that “dry needling” draws from uses the term “acupuncture” in its title, and many of these studies have used both traditional acupuncture points and myofascial trigger points in their treatment regimes. Thus, a foundational knowledge of the nomenclature and the location of several key traditional acupuncture points will be taught on this course to help the clinician understand and interpret the existing biomedical acupuncture and dry needling literature within the context of neuromusculoskeletal conditions. However, this course in dry needling does not constitute training, of any kind, in the practice of traditional Chinese acupuncture or Oriental Medicine. More specifically, this course does not teach participants to needle acupuncture points within traditional Chinese meridians.
For the management of lumbopelvic and lower extremity pain syndromes, dry needling will be taught as one part of the treatment package, but not the only part. That is, there is high-quality evidence that spinal manipulation has a clinically relevant effect on pain and disability in patients with acute and chronic low back pain (Rubinstein et al, 2011; Standaert et al, 2011; UK BEAM Trial, 2004); furthermore, patients with low back pain who do not receive lumbopelvic HVLA thrust manipulation as part of the treatment package are 8 times more likely to experience a worsening in disability than those patients who do receive spinal manipulation (Childs et al, 2007). Additionally, HVLA thrust manipulation of the sacrum has been found to increase the strength and basal tonus of the pelvic floor muscles (Almeida et al, 2010); and sacroiliac joint manipulation has been shown to improve the feed-forward activation timing of the transverse abdominus muscle (Marshall & Murphy, 2006).
Nevertheless, within the emerging literature, the combination of spinal manipulation and dry needling is showing the most promise for “best practice” models in a variety of musculoskeletal conditions. This is the “Osteopractic” approach in essence—the combination of spinal manipulation (SMT-1, SMT-2, SMT-3 & SMT-4), extremity manipulation (EMT-1), and dry needling (DN-1 & DN-2) for the evidence-based treatment of neuromusculoskeletal conditions.

DN-2 Dry Needling for Lumbopelvic & Lower Extremity Conditions: an Evidence-Based Approach
2023-08-25 08:00 - 2023-08-27 17:00 UTC | Lehi, UT, Lehi, UT, 84043, United States
