Dry Needling for Hand Therapists
Part 1 Online
Duration: 8H Total On-Line Contact Time
2h Pre-course reading: 5 articles to read followed by a 10 question online quiz
24min – Part 1: The History of Trigger Point Theories – Emergence of Dry Needling
31min – Part 2: Neurophysiology of Nociogenic Pain – Superficial Needling
50min – Part 3: Neurophysiology and the MTrP – Why it matters to Dry Needling
46min – Part 4: Ethics of Dry Needling – Safety, Contraindications and Precautions
17min – Part 5: A Dry Needling Approach for Radiculopathy in the Cervical Spine
21min – Part 6: Tensegrity: The effect of MTrP’s on Tensegrity
20min – Part 7: The use of Electrical Stimulation with Dry Needling; Enhancing Intramuscular Stimulation
16min – Part 8: Nutritional Deficiencies as Perpetuating Factors in Myofascial Pain
12min – Part 9: Obtaining Consent
2h – Assessments: each Video Module is followed by 6 Assessment questions, participants are credited a total of 120:00 minutes of contact time for the completion of all assessments. The last assessment is followed by a Course Evaluation Survey.
Part 2 Practical
It is Mandatory for course participants to complete the on-line portion of this course PRIOR to the in-class portion. Completion of the online portion and live portion of this course = 27.0 CEUs
Day 1 – 09h30 Total Contact Time
| Time | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| 7:30-8:00 | Registration | |
| 8:00-10:00 | Consent, Needling Technique, SDN including fascia and scars; | Demo & Practical |
| 10:00-11:00 | Cervical spine Needling: cervical traps, splenii, semispinalis, occipitals | Anatomy, Lecture & Demo |
| 11:00-12:00 | Cervical Spine Needling | Practical |
| 12:00-12:30 | Lunch | |
| 12:30-13:30 | Upper trapezius, rhomboids, & levator scapulae & para dorsal | Anatomy, Lecture & Demo |
| 13:30-14:30 | Upper trapezius, rhomboids, & levator scapulae & para dorsal | Practical |
| 14:30-15:30 | Shoulder Part 1: supraspin, infraspin, attachments of terres minor & major | Anatomy, Lecture & Demo |
| 15:30-16:30 | Shoulder Part 1 | Practical |
| 16:30-18:00 | Clinical examinations and practice | Practical Exams Day 1 |
Day 2 – 09h30 Total Contact Time
| Time | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00-8:30 | Clinical Reasoning in Dry Needling | Lecture |
| 8:30-10:00 | Shoulder 2: lat dorsi, terres major and minor, subscap, pectorals, serr ant | Demo & Practical |
| 10:00-10:30 | Anatomy Review of the UE including surface anatomy | Lecture & Practical |
| 10:30-11:30 | Needling upper arm: triceps, brachialis, biceps & anconeus | Demo & Practical |
| 11:30-12:30 | Forearm: brachioradialis, extensors | Lecture, Demo & Practical |
| 12:30-13:00 | Lunch | |
| 13:00-13:30 | Use of Estim with needling | Demo & Practical |
| 13:30-15:00 | Forearm: pronator terres, supinator, flexors, long muscles of the thumb | Demo & Practical |
| 15:00-16:00 | Muscles of the hand, thenar, hypothenar eminence, interossei | Lecture, Demo & Practical |
| 16:00-16:30 | Case Studies Radiculopathy; Shoulder Pain; Epicondylitis; Hand Pain | Case Studies |
| 16:30-18:00 | Clinical Examinations | Practical Exams Part 2 |