Structure & Function: Dry Needling
[shaker_image]Sue Falsone created her own company, Structure & Function: Dry Needling, in order to educate and teach dry needling to sports professionals. She teaches seminars across the United States to improve the knowledge of sports professionals. They offer a twenty-five hour dry needling course across the US, with upcoming events in Round Rock! Over 3 days, the seminar is comprised of different topics on the important dry needling techniques for curing various acute and chronic ailments in athletes.
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Dry Needling and Sue Falsone
Dry needling, as a combination of skill and art, is done by an expert health professional who uses his knowledge of acupuncture needles to stimulate the muscles of the professional athlete. Sue Falsone, the woman behind the company and Chief Executive Officer of Structure and Function Dry Needling, launched a real-world dry needling concept that is called SFDN, which shares a name with her business. In the course of her years in the industry, Sue Falsone garnered a great amount of experience which she used to invent her dry needling concept. Sue Falsoneís experience includes stints as Head Athletic Trainer for the LA Dodgers organization, a period where she was the first woman to assume the role of Head Athletic Trainer in all of the 4 most important sports in the US. Also, Sue spent some time working as the Head Athletic Coach for the American Men’s National Soccer team.
Course Curriculum
The course wants to do the following:
- to get a better understanding of the external anatomy of the subject in terms of his well-being while working with acupuncture needles;
- to enable the clinicians to use dry needling techniques when curing different orthopedic and sports-related injuries;
- to successfully employ intramuscular stimulation when curing various ortho and sports-related pathologies; as well as become proficient in the knowledge vacuum therapy techniques.
- to point out to the practitioner the contraindications and safety measures when using the aforementioned technique;
- to be able to handle dry needles in a secure manner, as well as adhere to health guidelines and regulations;
After the course is over, the students will manage to combine their new skills in order to treat various conditions and issues in sports and ortho medicine.
Course Info
[shaker_image]The seminars come at a price of one thousand two hundred ninety five dollars, and for every ten people someone signs up, they (their sports club or department) get registration fees waived for 1 person. It is advisable that students take a couple of specific things along with them to class: a TENS unit (Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation), alligator clips, and a comprehensive book about the human anatomy. Dry needles for use in class will be supplied to all participants by the course staff. SFDN is licensed by the Board of Certification, Inc. (BOC) to provide continuing education to licensed Athletic Trainers and is right now approving CEUs. Continuing Education Units are obligatory by those working in various fields to retain their working licenses.
Presently, these places allow you to partake in continuing education classes approved by ProCert for Physical Therapists to earn 26 CEUs: Round Rock, Texas. As well as mentioned above, NATA BOC (National Athletic Trainers’ Association) (P10069) offers the means to get 25 Continuing Education Units, Arizona Physical Therapy Association two and a half Continuing Education Units, and Georgia Physical Therapy Association 25 Continuing Education Units.
How to Host a Class
If they want to offer a dry needling course, physiotherapists and other medical experts may sign up for it on the SFDNís website. The latest research and knowledge of intramuscular stimulation, cupping, and dry needling goes into the courses. Sue Falsone brought forth her skills and expertise in order to combine dry needling, pain management, differential diagnosis, fascial manipulation, soft tissue mobilization, visceral manipulation, and movement efficacy to form the dry needling system now recognized and admired across the US.
Using the latest available methodology and information allows students to improve their knowledge in curing the many pathologies in sports rehabilitation, and also expand the proficiency of medical professionals in sports therapy.
Sign Up For a Event
Go to SFDN’s website in case you want to find out more information about our upcoming events; on our website.
You may reach out to Sue Falsone and her crew by using the Contact us form on our web site, phone at (602) 888-1998, or by sending an e-mail, as listed here on our Contact page.