Sports Massage: Continued Professional Development (CPD)

Dry Needling certification course – Level 1&2 with Craig Smith

Date: 3rd to 7th June 2024.
Where: University of Bath.
Price: £889.
Sign up online: Click here (external website).

Treat myofascial trigger point pain with Dry Needling (DN), a skilled intervention that uses a thin filiform needle to penetrate the skin and stimulate underlying myofascial trigger points, muscular, and connective tissues for the management of neuromusculoskeletal pain and movement impairments.

DN – used to treat dysfunctions in skeletal muscle, fascia and connective tissue leading to improved activity and participation – can be divided into deep and superficial DN.

Deep DN has been shown to inactivate trigger points (TrPs) by eliciting local twitch responses (LTR) which are modulated by the central nervous system. Deep DN of TrPs is associated with reduced local and referred pain, improved range of motion and decreased TrP irritability both locally and more remotely.

Superficial DN is associated with reduced local and referred pain and improved range of motion.

TrPs have been identified in numerous diagnoses and can treat radiculopathies, joint dysfunction, disk pathology, tendinopathies, cranio-mandibular dysfunction, headaches and migraines, tension-type headaches, carpal tunnel syndrome, computer-related or repetitive strain disorders, whiplash associated injury, spinal dysfunction, pelvic pain, post-herpetic neuralgia, complex regional pain syndromes, sports injuries, nocturnal cramps and other relatively uncommon disorders.

If you are a soft tissue therapist and DN is in your scope of practice, then is it time for you to learn this amazing new technique to help your patients and clients overcome their pain and dysfunction.

A Club Physio Dry Needling Courses registration includes:

  • All supplies needed for the course as needles, tissues.
  • Coloured and illustrated electronic course manual.
  • Tea, coffee and snacks on each day.
  • Certificate of attendance in a digital form.

No minimum dry needling or previous acupuncture experience required but presumed anatomy, advanced palpation skills and clinical expertise is expected due to the advanced nature and in depth structure of our DN courses. Professional indemnity insurance as per your professional body is also a pre-requisite. If you are not sure whether DN falls within your scope of practice, ask your professional organisation or email training-development@bath.ac.uk.

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