Level 2 Dry Needling with Cadaver Anatomy
Part 1 Online
Duration (in minutes): 5H Total On-Line Contact Time
120.00 Pre-course reading: 5 articles to read followed by a 10 question online quiz
20:13 Part 1: Tensegrity: The effect of MTrP’s on Tensegrity
19:45 Part 2: The use of Electrical Stimulation with Dry Needling; Enhancing Intramuscular Stimulation
25:39 Part 3: Adverse Events in Dry Needling
15:22 Part 4: Nutritional Deficiencies as Perpetuating Factors in Myofascial Pain
39:22 Part 5: Temporomandibular Dysfunction; The Use of Dry Needling in Treatment of TMD
60:00 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
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 = 29.0 CEU hours.
Day 1 – 04h00 Total Contact Time
| Time | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| 16:30 | Registration with Snacks | |
| 17:00 – 18:30 | Pectorals, deltoids, Serratus Ant | Lecture, Demo & Practical |
| 18:30 – 20:00 | Needling upper arm: triceps, brachialis, biceps & anconeus | Demo & Practical |
| 20:00 – 21:00 | Use of EStim with Needling | Demo & Practical |
Day 2 – 09h00 Total Contact Time
| Time | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00-9:00 | Cadaver Anatomy of the UE & Face | Cadaver Lab |
| 9:00-10:00 | Forearm Extensors and brachioradialis | Lecture, Demo & Practical |
| 10:00-11:30 | Forearm: supinator, wrist flexors, pronator teres | Lecture, Demo & Practical |
| 11:30-1:00 | Muscles of the hand, thumb extrinsics, hypothenar eminence, interossei | Lecture, Demo & Practical |
| 1:00-13:30 | Lunch | |
| 13:30-15:30 | TMJ masseter, temporalis, lateral pterygoids, sternocleidomastoid | Anatomy, Demo & Practical |
| 15:30-16:00 | Cadaver Anatomy of Thorax and Abdomen | Cadaver Lab |
| 16:00-17:30 | Thorax: Quadratus Lumborum, Iliocostalis thoracus, serratus post-sup and Inf | Demo & Practical |
Day 3 – 08h30 Total Contact Time
| Time | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| 8:00-9:30 | Rectus abdominis, abdominal obliques, Quadratus Lumborum | Lecture, Demo & Practical |
| 9:30-10:30 | Cadaver Anatomy of the LE & Review | Cadaver Lab |
| 10:30-11:30 | Needling of the calf | Lecture, Demo & Practical |
| 11:30-12:30 | Tib ant, EDL, Peronei | Demo & Practical |
| 12:30-13:00 | Lunch | |
| 13:00-14:30 | Needling of the Foot | Lecture, Demo & Practical |
| 14:30-15:30 | Case Studies : knee pain, ankle sprain, students case studies | Case Studies |
| 15:30-17:00 | Competency Examinations | Practical Testing |