Structure & Function: Dry Needling
[shaker_image]Sue Falsone created her own enterprise, Structure & Function: Dry Needling (SFDN), with the intention to introduce dry needling to health care professionals. She coordinates lectures all over America to develop the proficiency of health care professionals. SFDN offers dry needling classes, 25 hrs in length, in Billings, Montana and other major towns all over America! Over the course of 3 days, the course offers training sessions on the use of important dry needling approaches to treating a variety of acute and serious problems in athletes.
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About Sue Falsone and Dry Needling
Dry needling, a blend of skill and art, is performed by an expert health professional who uses acupuncture needles to stimulate the professional athlete’s muscles. Sue Falsone, the founder and CEO of SFDN, launched a real-world dry needling concept called SFDN, the namesake of her organization! Throughout the decade in the field, Sue Falsone garnered a tremendous amount of experience which she used to perfect her dry needling approach. As a real pioneer in her area of expertise, she served as Head Athletic Coach for the LA Dodgers, making her the very first female to assume the position of Head Athletic Coach in the 4 most important sports in the United States. The the US Men’s National Soccer team also saw her accomplishments and offered her the role of Head Athletic Trainer.
Course Curriculum
The course wants to do the following:
- to be able to work with acupuncture needles in a proper manner, as well as abide by official health guidelines and regulations;
- to get to know the anatomies of the patient in order to make sure they are safe when using dry needling on them;
- to successfully use intramuscular stimulation when curing various sports-related conditions; and excel when using cupping techniques.
- to be certain the health professional knows of the contraindications and precautionary measures in regards to dry needling;
- to allow the practitioners to employ dry needling techniques when curing different orthopedic and sports-related conditions;
After the course is over, the practitioners will be confident enough to put together their new knowledge to cure various problems within the fields of orthopedic and sports medicine.
Class Information
[shaker_image]The fee for the course is $1295, although 1 individual is eligible to take the class at no cost when their sports club or facility brings 10 other students. It is recommended that course participants take a couple of specific things along with them to class: a TENS unit, alligator clamps, and a human anatomy book. Dry needles for use in class will be supplied to all participants by the seminar lecturers. As well as currently approving Continued Education Units (CEUs) for their courses, SFDN is licensed by the Board of Certification, Inc. to provide continuing education services to certified Athletic Trainers. In certain fields, CEUs are mandatory for to keep on working in their industry.
Continuing education courses approved by ProCert for Physical Therapists are right now offered in the following places for 26 CEUs: Billings, Montana. National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA BOC) (P10069) allows the practitioner to get twenty-five CEUs, Arizona Physical Therapy Association 2.5 CEUs, and Georgia Physical Therapy Association 25 Continuing Education Units.
Information on How to Host a Course
Physical therapists as well as various other practitioners who would like to host an event are able to do so upon filling out the form and submitting an application on the SFDN’s website. The newest info about intramuscular stimulation, dry needling, and cupping is taught in the courses. Sue Falsone made use of her competence and expertise gained at the highest levels in the industry, in order to blend dry needling, pain management, differential diagnosis, fascial manipulation, soft tissue mobilization, visceral manipulation, and movement efficacy to form the dry needling approach currently recognized and admired across the nation.
Utilizing the latest available methodology and info allows health care professionals to increase their knowledge in treating different ailments in rehabilitation of athletes, as well as expand the skills of medical professionals in sports therapy.
Get in Contact
Go to Structure & Function: Dry needling’s web page in case you’d like to learn more info about our seminars; available on our Courses Page.
Phone Structure & Function: Dry Needling at (602) 888-1998, or send them an e-mail which can be found at our Contact Page.