DRY NEEDLING PROGRAM

Course Description

The program extends for 4 days (the first two days will be the foundation and then the advanced level) of theoretical and practical explanation of the dry needle technique and its clinical uses.

The history of dry needles will be reviewed, the definition of myofascial trigger points and their impact on the patient's quality of life, their role in the development of chronic pain, and how to treat each muscle by dry needles, through reviewing the muscles anatomy and actions.

After that, a theoretical and practical exam will be on the fifth day. Upon passing the exam, the participants will title as Certified Dry Needling Practitioner (CDNP) from PHYSIOPOD.

Course Schedule:

DAY 1

07:45-08:00 Registration

08:00-09:00 Pre-quiz & Review of Intro Lecture

09:00-09:30 Palpation Lab and needle Handling Lab

09:30-10:00 Precautions, adverse events , OSHA, Blood Borne Pathogen

10:00-11:00 Infraspinatus and Deltoid

11:00-11:30 Questions & Answers

11:30-12:00 Supraspinatus, Teres Maj/Min, Subscapularis

12:00-01:00 Lunch

01:00-02:00 SCM & upper Trapezius

02:00-02:30 Triceps & Anconeus

02:30-03:30 Biceps, Brachialis and coracobrachialis

03:30-04:00 Pronator teres & wrist flexors

04:00-05:00 Brachioradialis and Wrist Extensors Supinator

DAY 2

7:45-08:00 Registration

08:00-09:00 Features of MTPs

09:00-09:30 QL and Psoas

09:30-10:00 Lat Dorsi, & Pec Major

10:00-11:00 Gluteus max/med/min & TFL

11:00-11:30 Quads and Hamstrings

11:30-12:00 Adductor longus, brevis, magnus, Pectineus

12:00-01:00 Lunch

01:00-02:00 Gastroc/Soleus

02:00-02:30 Anterior and lateral compartment lower leg

02:30-03:30 Popliteus, FDL, FHL, posterior tibialis

03:30-04:00 Prevelance

04:00-05:00 Summury

DAY 3

7:45-08:00 Registration

08:00-09:00 Etiology & MTP Role in sestazition

09:00-09:30 Questions and answers

09:30-10:00 Lavator scapula + prctoralis minor

10:00-11:00 Posterior neck muscles and Oblique capitis inferior

11:00-11:30 Scalene Muscles Longus Colli Muscle, Digastric Muscles

11:30-12:00 Lumbar & thoracic multifidi

12:00-01:00 Lunch

01:00-02:00 Latissimus dorsi & iliocostalis & Serratus anterior

02:00-02:30 Abdominal muscles

02:30-03:30 Pectoralis major, rhomboids, & middle trapezius

03:30-04:00 Questions and answers

04:00-05:00 Summary and Review

DAY 4

7:45-08:00 Registration

08:00-09:00 Longissimus & lower trapezius

09:00-09:30 Questions & Answers

09:30-10:00 Iliacus & Deep hip rotators

10:00-11:00 The foot

11:00-11:30 The hand

11:30-12:00 Temporalis, masseter

12:00-01:00 Lunch

01:00-02:00 Digastric Muscles

02:00-02:30 Longus Colli Muscle

02:30-03:30 Lateral and Medial pterygoid

03:30-04:00 Scar Tissue, Adhesions, Enthesopathies, and Tendinopathies

04:00-05:00 Exam details

Summary Selected muscles review

Course Objective

Identify Myofascial Trigger points (MTPs) aetiology, examination and management options.
Identify the types of MTP
Identify the end plate noise
Identify the local twitch respond (LTR)
identify the role of MTP in central and peripheral sensitisation
Clear the role of MTP in decreasing the quality of life, sleep disturbance ,fatigue , anxiety and depression.
Discusses the role of MTP in developing chronic pain with various pathological conditions in different clinics and age groups including musculoskeletal, neurological, gynaecological, oncological and cardiological conditions Clear the adverse events of dry needling
Identify the precaution and contraindication of DN
Review the anatomy and the action for the skeletal muscles.
Demonstrate a proper needling technique for the skeletal muscles.