Dry Needling is a unique form of treatment technique that can be learnt by any medical professionals, who deal with pain emanating from musculoskeletal Sources. However, it is the physical therapists, who treat such conditions more often than others. So it is a must learn technique for musculoskeletal physiotherapists. Our courses are of very high quality, with a blend of applied anatomy, pathophysiology, patho-mechanics and practical hands on training. Our student’s trainer ratio is less in order to ascertain that transfer of skills happens without any compromise in quality. The Course fee is very affordable in comparison with international price but the course contents and delivery are at par with international standards. To keep up with the recent research developments, we constant update the course contents every 3 months.
This is a five day course that is split in to two modules. Module 1 is a basic course, which is conducted for 2 days. Module 2 is an advanced course, which is for 3 days. Participants can attend module 2 only after attending module 1 with a minimum of 6 months interval between basic and advanced course.
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Module 1 is a two day basic course that covers the following topics.
Day 1
- Myofascial Trigger Points- Causes, Characteristics & Pathophysiology.
- Pain Referral Pattern and Diagnosis of MTrPs
- Palpation Technique: Muscle and MTrPs
- Treatment of Myofascial Trigger Points
- History and Concepts of Dry Needling
- Dry Needling- Shoulder Girdle Muscles(Basic)
Day 2:
- Guidelines – Principles of Practice
- Guidelines- Safety, Precautions, Indications, Adverse Effects & Contraindications
- Dry Needling- Forearm Muscles(Basic)
- Dry Needling- Hip, Thigh and Leg Muscles(Basic)
- Mechanism and Effects of Dry Needling
- Clinical Decision Making and Research Evidences
Total Contact Hours: 16
Module 2 is a two day advanced course that covers difficult and deeply located muscles.
Finishing Module 2 will lead you to obtain the licensure certificate by our Institute.
Day 1
- Myofascial Pain Syndrome: Current Perspectives.
- Needling of deep Cervical and Neck Muscles.
- Needling of Chest and thorax Muscles.
- Needling of arm and forearm.
- Needling of Hand muscles
- Scar Needling
Day 2
- Needling of Abdominal and Lumbar Region
- Needling of Deep Thigh and hip muscles
- Needling– Leg and Foot
- Dry Needling in TMD and Headache
- Dry Needling in Spasticity
- Tendon Needling
Anatomy Test - 50 mins objective type test will be conducted
Practicals – Each participant must demonstrate competence in needling
These tests will be conducted during the course itself.
Total Contact Hours: 16
Eligibility for Module 2 :
Participants who had already finished Module 1 from us.
At least 3 months of Dry Needling Experience after Module 1.
Licensure Process:
Participants who completed both Module 1 and Module 2 and upon successfully passing both Theory, Practical exam and 2 Case Study evaluation, Licensure certificate will be provided with a License number. Clinician listing will be done in our website also. Trascript will be provided for the Licensured Cadidates upon request.
Upon completion of the both Module 1 and Module 2, the participants will receive the licensure certificate, with a license number issued by APTER Institute and Dry Needling Association. This will be after the participants passing the Theory, Practical, Viva and Case studies. The theory and practical exam will be conducted during the advanced course itself. And the case studies must be submitted within 45 days of completing the advanced course. The passing minimum is 70% for all the above mentioned components of the exam. All participants must furnish the attested copy of their degree certification for background verification.
Participants who receive our licensure certificate will be listed in our Dry Needling Association website. We also provide transcript to the participants upon request with an additional cost.
Professional who attend our advanced course are the one, who is more refined, proficient and successful in obtaining results from dry needling.
Learning Muscle Palpation is an important prerequisite for performing accurate Dry Needling Technique. Most of the other Dry Needling courses conducted elsewhere do not emphasis on Muscle palpation. The anatomy that is taught in the schools is dissection anatomy with cadavers. But when treating real patients, one needs to know the palpation anatomy, which is more applicable in the treatment process. With skilled Muscle Palpation in three dimensional orientation, one can not only improve their diagnostic accuracy but also their treatment specificity. Given that most of the musculoskeletal pain emanates from Myofascial sources, we offer high standard Palpation courses (with 3D Anatomical Model, Virtual Model and Human model) exclusively for Upper Quadrant and Lower Quadrant. It is recommended to finish our Muscle Palpation (though not mandatory) course before doing their Dry Needling course. One can attend this palpation course in any order.
Course Contents: Upper Quadrant – One Day Program
- Principles of Muscle Palpation
- Types of palpation
- Palpation of muscles of Head, Neck and its Applied Anatomy
- Palpation of muscles of Shoulder Girdle, Arm, Forearm, Hand and its Applied Anatomy
- Condition Specific Palpation: Head Ache, Whiplash injury, TMD, TOS.
- Condition Specific Palpation: Cervical Spondylosis, Frozen Shoulder, Impingement syndrome.
- Condition Specific Palpation: Tennis Elbow, Carpel Tunnel Syndrome, Dequervain’s tenosynovitis.
- Trigger Point pain referral patterns and its pathophysiology muscles
Total Contact Hours: 8
Course Contents: Lower Quadrant – One Day Program
- Palpation of muscles of Thoracic, Lumbar vertebral/paravertebral region and its Applied Anatomy
- Palpation of muscles of Abdominal wall & Pelvic Girdle and its Applied Anatomy
- Palpation of muscles of Hip, Thigh and its Applied Anatomy
- Palpation of muscles of Leg, Foot and its Applied Anatomy
- Condition Specific Palpation: Pelvic Pain Syndrome, Abdominal Muscle pain, Low Back Ache& Costal pain
- Condition Specific Palpation: Disc Prolapse, OA Hip, Groin Pain
- Condition Specific Palpation: OA Knee, Patellar Pain Syndrome, Calf Cramp, Plantar Fasciitis
- Trigger Point pain referral patterns and its pathophysiology for Lower quadrant muscles.
Total Contact Hours: 8
