As a therapist…

You may be working with post-surgical patients where scars are an issue, either painful or irregular in appearance, and bother the patient.  Being able to facilitate the healing of scars is a skill all clinicians struggle with. How do we keep it mobile? Can you help it heal optimally?  Being able to help your patient manage scar healing and allowing their scars to have a more uniform appearance is vital for their psychological interaction with their scar.

Understanding how to utilize dry needling to help manipulate the healing process of a scar can significantly impact the overall well-being of your client. Using needling, you can address the healing trajectory of a scar and make it more uniform and mobile with less pain. It will truly become a game-changer.

Are you dealing with patients who have post-surgical scars?

Help your patient’s scars heal faster, improve their mobility and sensitivity with dry needling.

Do you want to learn ways to improve the results with a better understanding of scar needling?

• Understand healing and scar tissue formation.
• Understand the development of hypertrophic or keloid scars
• Get a better understanding of the psychology of scars
• Understand the effects of the biomechanical, chemical, and vascular mechanisms on healing

Learn about…

• Scar tissue formation.
• The biomechanical, chemical, and vascular mechanisms effects on healing.
• The psychology of scars.
• The application of the techniques.

This course is for you if you are you looking to…

Understand how dry needling impacts scar tissue healing. Modules 1&2 shows you how.

Understand how scars impact your patients psychologically. Module 1 shows you how.

Understand the clinical considerations and applications of dry needling to aid in scar healing. Module 2&3 show you how.

Your instructor Brian will discuss…

• The physiologic process of scar healing
• How dry needling impacts the healing process.
• The techniques used that impact healing (with video demos).

Are there Continuing Education Units (CEU)?

Athletic Trainers:

Structure and Function Education (BOC AP# P10069) is approved by the Board of Certification, Inc. to provide continuing education to Athletic Trainers. This program is approved for a maximum of 3 Category A CEUs. ATs should claim only those hours actually spent in the educational program.

Physical Therapists:

Texas Physical Therapy Association has approved this course for 3 CEUs.

Chiropractors:

Structure and Function Education is a PACE Recognized Provider. This course is designated for 3 Continuing Education Units.

PACE is a division of the Federation of Chiropractic Licensing Boards, and serves Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington and Wyoming.

Full Course description

What will you learn as a student in this Course?

• To review healing and scar tissue formation
  • The 4-stage process of healing
  • What is driving the process
• To discuss how this process may go awry
  • Development of hypertrophic or keloid scars
• Discuss the psychology of scars
  • How they impact those who have them. 
• Explain a rationale for dry needling for scar 
• Understand the physiologic mechanisms
  • Biomechanical, chemical, and vascular effects
  • Effects of needling on healing
• Review the results of studies that utilized Dry Needling for treatment of scars
• Video Demos of the techniques used

What’s included in this course?

• “3” lessons including, “1” hour of video
• A complete downloadable transcript for you to follow along.
• “6” article readings
• Course completion quiz

Reading materials

All reading materials are downloaded through PubMed free PMC.

• Dunning J, Butts R, Mourad F, Young I, Flannagan S, Perreault T. Dry needling: a literature review with implications for clinical practice guidelines. Phys Ther Rev. 2014;19(4):252‐265. doi:10.1179/108331913X13844245102034
• Gauglitz GG, Korting HC, Pavicic T, Ruzicka T, Jeschke MG. Hypertrophic scarring and keloids: pathomechanisms and current and emerging treatment strategies. Mol Med. 2011;17(1-2):113‐125. doi:10.2119/molmed.2009.00153
• Langevin HM, Bouffard NA, Churchill DL, Badger GJ. Connective tissue fibroblast response to acupuncture: dose-dependent effect of bidirectional needle rotation. J Altern Complement Med. 2007;13(3):355‐360. doi:10.1089/acm.2007.6351
• Ngaage M, Agius M. The Psychology of Scars: A Mini-Review. Psychiatr Danub. 2018;30(Suppl 7):633‐638.
• Tuckey C, Kohut S, Edgar DW. Efficacy of acupuncture in treating scars following tissue trauma. Scars Burn Heal. 2019;5:2059513119831911. Published 2019 Mar 11. doi:10.1177/2059513119831911
• Iosifidis C, Goutos I. Percutaneous collagen induction (microneedling) for the management of non-atrophic scars: literature review. Scars Burn Heal. 2019;5:2059513119880301. Published 2019 Nov 26. doi:10.1177/2059513119880301

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Meet Your Instructor(s)

Brian Hortz, PhD AT

Born in Camden, NJ, Brian received a B.A. in physical education with a concentration in sports medicine from Denison University, a masters degree in sports medicine from Ohio University and his doctoral degree in Exercise Science from Ohio State University. Dr. Hortz is an Instructor and the Director of Research and Education for Structure & Function Education. He has been teaching with Structure & Function Education for several years. Dr. Hortz teaches the Foundations and Advanced courses. In addition to his work with Structure & Function Education, he also has a concierge practice and continues to work one-on-one with athletes to make them well.

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Satisfaction Guarantee

If you aren’t satisfied with the course within the first 30 days after your first payment but before you have taken the final exam, you can get a refund. We’ll cancel the course immediately upon your refund request and issue the refund to your credit card though our processor Stripe.

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