Course Description:

This three-day, interactive course will facilitate advanced dry needling application and standards of practice to varying clinical presentations. The intent of the course is to build on previous educational experiences with dry needling with a course prerequisite of PT Solutions Primary Dry Needling for the Physical Therapist. The course will promote advancement in application of dry needling practice utilizing didactic, laboratory and case study learning experiences. The course will advance concepts previously taught in primary dry needling course including: understanding of dry needling physiologic mechanisms, review and enhance the neuroanatomical/physiologic knowledge of trigger points, dry needling pain
management concepts and safety issues related to dry needling practice including informed consent, preventing and managing adverse responses to treatment. The course will also focus on the evaluation and assessment of current evidence- based practice related to dry needling as well as education on appropriate utilization based on the clinician’s state practice act.