Course Agenda

PART 1 ONLINE
Duration (in minutes) 7 H Total Pre-Live course contact time

COURSE OUTLINE

120 Pre-course reading: 5 articles to read followed by a 10-question online quiz.
ONLINE MODULES
TIME TOPIC INSTRUCTION
23:50 The History of Trigger Point Theories – Emergence of Dry Needling Video
30:56 Neurophysiology of Nociogenic Pain – Superficial Needling Video
49:14 Neurophysiology and the MTrP – Why it matters to Dry Needling Video
45:54 Ethics of Dry Needling – Safety, Contraindications and Precautions Video
12:00 Obtaining Consent Video
16:58 A Dry Needling Approach for Radiculopathy in the Cervical Spine Video
20:13 Tensegrity: The effect of MTrP’s on Tensegrity Video
19:45 The use of Electrical Stimulation with Dry Needling; Enhancing

Intramuscular Stimulation

Video
95:00 Assessments: each Video Module is followed by 6 Assessment questions;
participants are credited a total of 95:00 minutes of contact time for the
completion of all assessments. The last assessment is followed by a Course
Evaluation Survey

Assessment

It is MANDATORY for participants to COMPLETE the online portion of the course PRIOR to attending the live portion

PART 2 PRACTICAL COURSE
DAY 1 
TIME TOPIC INSTRUCTION
7:30-8:00am Registration
8:00-8:30am Pre-course quiz safety & consent Group work & Discussion
8:30-10:30am SDN, tendon, scar, periosteal pecking Lecture, Demo & Practical
10:45-12:15pm Needling upper arm: deltoid, triceps, brachialis, biceps & anconeus Anatomy,Lecture, Demo & Practical
12:15-12:45pm Lunch
12:45-2:00pm Forearm: brachioradialis, extensors, use of estim with needling Lecture, 
2:00-3:15pm Forearm: pronator terres, supinator, flexors, extrinsic muscles of the thumb Demo & Practical
3:15-4:00pm Muscles of the hand, thenar, hypothenar eminence, interossei Anatomy, Lecture, Demo
4:00-4:45pm Muscles of the hand, thenar, hypothenar eminence, interossei (continue) Practical
4:45-5:15pm Clinical Reasoning in Dry Needling Lecture
5:15-6:30pm Clinical examinations and practice Practical Exams Day 1

DAY 2

8:00-9:00am Shoulder Part 1: supraspin, infraspin, attachments of terres minor & major Anatomy, Lecture & Demo
9:00-10:00am Shoulder Part 1 Practical
10:00-12:00pm Shoulder 2: lat dorsi, terres major and minor, subscap, pectorals, serr ant Demo & Practical
12:00-12:30pm Lunch
12:30-1:30pm Upper trapezius, rhomboids, & levator scapulae & para dorsal Anatomy, Lecture & Demo
1:30-2:45pm Upper trapezius, rhomboids, & levator scapulae & para dorsal Practical
2:45-3:45pm Cervical spine Needling: cervical traps, splenii, semispinalis, occipitals Anatomy, Lecture & Demo
3:45-4:45pm Cervical Spine Needling Practical
4:45-5:30pm Case Studies Radiculopathy; Shoulder Pain; Epicondylitis; Hand Pain Group work & Discussion
5:30-6:30pm Clinical Examinations Practical Exams Part 2