Structure & Function Education Certification Programs

What are Structure & Function Education’s certification programs?

Structure & Function Education offers two certifications for dry needling. Our original certification is SFDN and in 2026 we added SFDN+. Both represent a healthcare practitioner has dedicated the time to learn, understand, synthesize and apply Structure & Function Education’s pentamodal method of dry needling and have successfully implemented this into their patient practice. The practitioner has at least 72 hours of education (variable by profession based on CEU approvals and classes taken) and have taken our needling competency exams, presented a case study, and written a case study applicable to your patient population based on the Structure & Function Education model.

Healthcare practitioners with the SFDN+ certification have complete additional course work, and a final competency exam to complete the pentamodal training in local, segmental, perineural and systemic treatments. This higher certification allows the practitioner to treat full body complex problems for orthopedic rehabilitation and sport performance.

It is important to note there is no universal dry needling certification program in the US. Obtaining a certification in dry needling through S&F Education may or may not satisfy the requirements to perform dry needling in the state in which you practice, and does not supersede the laws, rules and regulations of the state practice act in which you are governed. A certification through S&F Education will most likely not qualify you to take other dry needling education companies advanced course work without taking their foundational courses first.

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