Course Description:

This 3-day 28-hour course in dry needling is a compliment to Course 1 in terms of evidence-based practice, safety, advancing the range of muscles needled, and practical employment of this treatment tool using clinical reasoning in more complicated cases. The purpose of this course is to refine and expand the clinician’s skills in the utilization of dry needling in clinical practice. At the end of this course, the clinician will have the foundation to move from a novice level regarding dry needling of trigger points to a master level of treating musculoskeletal disorders with a myofascial component. Clinical case reports/studies will be discussed and analyzed. Student cases will be presented and worked through with instructor and student feedback. Participants will advance palpation skills to effectively and safely identify trigger points and then learn the specific safety techniques over the thorax. Students will learn how to integrate trigger point dry needling into a full PT evaluation and treatment plan resolve trigger points and restore function in the thoracic spine, hand, foot, and face for the treatment of musculoskeletal disorders.