Course Description:

No prerequisites are needed for this three day 27-hour course in dry needling; however registrants must be a licensed physical therapist, osteopath, medical doctor, naturopathic, or acupuncturist in their respective state or country. Certification in Dy Needling (Cert. DN) will be awarded upon successful completion (i.e. oral and practical examination) of both the DN1 & DN2 courses, giving 54 hours of hands on dry needling education in total. Participants will learn superficial and deep dry needling techniques for the treatment of craniofacial, cervicothoracic and upper extremity musculoskeletal conditions. This cause does include, but is not limited to, needling of taut bands of muscle (i.e. trigger points) as classically introduced by Travell & Simons. Needle puncture of tendons, ligaments, musculotendinous junctions, tenneosseus junctions, and bone ("periostal pecking") will also be taught as essential components of musculoskeletal needling practice.