Dry Needling Courses in Atlanta, Georgia

[shaker_image]Structure & Function: Dry Needling (SFDN) is an education company focused on introducing dry needling techniques to physiotherapists, created by Sue Falsone. She teaches seminars throughout America to improve the knowledge of medical professionals. They offer a 25 hour dry needling course all over the United States, with events in Atlanta! Over the course of 3 days, the seminar provides lectures on using basic dry needling techniques on curing a number of acute & serious issues in athletes. During the seminar program, Sue Falsone also describes ways to use intramuscular electrical stimulation (abbreviated: IMS) and cupping.

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About Dry Needling and Sue Falsone

Using the technique of dry needling, an expert approved physical therapist uses acupuncture needles to enter the dermis and stimulate the professional athlete’s muscles. Sue Falsone, the creator and Chief Executive Officer of Structure and Function Dry Needling, developed a hands-on dry needling approach that is called SFDN, which shares a name with her company. The approach is regarded as a mix of techniques Sue combined and perfected over the course of a couple of years in the field. Sue Falsone worked as Head Athletic Trainer for the LA Dodgers, where she worked as the first female Head Athletic Coach in any of the four major sports in America. She also spent some time working as the Head Athletic Coach for the American Men’s National Soccer team.

Course Curriculum

The course wants to achieve the following:

  • to enable the students to employ dry needling techniques when treating various ortho and sports-related injuries;
  • to be able to use intramuscular stimulation in curing commonplace orthopedic problems; and also learn various cupping techniques.
  • to understand the anatomy of the patient in terms of his safety when working with needles;
  • to handle dry needles in a secure way, and abide by official health rules and guidelines;
  • to point out to the health professional the contraindications and safety measures for using said technique;

After the course is over, the practitioners will manage to use their newfound knowledge to cure varying conditions and issues within the fields of sports and ortho medicine.

Course Info

The courses cost one thousand two hundred ninety five dollars, and for every ten people someone registers, they (their facility or department) get free tuition for 1 person. It is recommended that course participants bring a few specific items with them to class: a TENS unit (Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation), alligator clips, and a book teaching human anatomy. The staff will supply the needles for all students to use in class. In addition to approving Continued Education Units (CEUs) for their courses, SFDN is approved by the Board of Certification, Inc. to offer continuing education to certified Athletic Trainers. In certain fields, Continuing Education Units are obligatory for to keep on working in their field.

Continuing education seminars approved by ProCert for Physiotherapists are currently being held here for 26 CEUs: Atlanta, Georgia. Further, NATA BOC (National Athletic Trainers’ Association) (P10069) offers the means to earn twenty-five Continuing Education Units, Arizona Physical Therapy Association 2.5 Continuing Education Units, and Georgia Physical Therapy Association twenty-five Continuing Education Units.

Information Regarding How to Host a Class

[shaker_image]Physiotherapists as well as various other practitioners who would like to host a class may do so after filling out the form and submitting an application. Our dry needling seminars teach the latest techniques and methods in the science of dry needling, and also intramuscular stimulation and cupping. The outstanding and highly regarded dry needling approach developed by Sue Falsone was developed thanks to her several decades of experience to serve as a quality mix of pain management, dry needling, fascial manipulation, visceral manipulation, movement efficiency, soft tissue mobilization, and differential diagnosis.

Utilizing the modern methodology and information allows sports medical professionals to better their knowledge in curing various ailments in rehabilitation of athletes, as well as expand the knowledge of sports medical professionals.

Get in Contact

Stop over at Structure & Function: Dry needling’s website in case you want to hear more info about our future seminars; on our website.
Give SFDN a call at (602) 888-1998, or send an e-mail which can be found on our Contact Page.

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