Dry Needling for Pain Management

This is a hands on practical course in dry needling for pain management. Dry needling is a fantastic treatment which can be used to effectively aid and improve a wide range of issues for your client. Through this qualification you will develop the skills, knowledge and understanding needed to apply dry needling methods competently to soft tissue injury and pre-existing conditions and will include a range of appropriate dry needling techniques suitable for each area of the body. You will also develop your subjective and objective assessment skills to include clinical reasoning.

Entry requirements

The pre-requisite for this qualification is Level 4 Certificate in Sports Massage Therapy or equivalent.

Qualification Units

This qualification comprises of the following units:

Understand the history and background of dry needling
Understand what dry needling is and the needles involved in this treatment
Understand the effects of dry needling and pathophysiology of trigger pointing
Understand the anatomy and physiology of the nerve.
Know the precautions to dry needling and managing adverse effects
Understand common conditions.
Be able to provide assessment and dry needling treatment of the upper body (shoulder, arm, hand, head and neck muscles)
Be able to provide assessment and dry needling treatment of the lower body (trunk, abdominal and low back muscles, hip, leg and foot muscles)

Assessment

Assessment will consist of 5 case studies in which you will have to plan and providing the correct needling treatment for 5 different areas

Course Format

The tuition will take place both online and face to face over 3 days

Tuition will include both theory and practical, you will need to view some theory content online via the Sports Fitness Academy HUB

The workshop is heavily weighted towards practical

This course is endorsed by the Sports Fitness Academy and will allow students to gain Professional Indemnity with Balens to practice dry needling therapy.