Structure & Function: Dry Needling
[shaker_image]Sue Falsone started the enterprise, Structure & Function: Dry Needling (SFDN), with the intention to introduce dry needling to sports professionals. She teaches seminars throughout America to improve the knowledge of health care professionals. SFDN offers dry needling courses, twenty-five hours in length, in Clarksville, Tennessee and other big cities all over the United States. Spread across 3 days, the seminar offers lectures on using fundamental dry needling approaches to curing a range of acute & chronic problems in athletes.
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Sue Falsone and Dry Needling
[shaker_image]Combining the art and science of dry needling, a approved physiotherapist works with acupuncture needles to penetrate the epidermis and stimulate the muscles of the professional athlete. At Structure & Function Dry Needling, founder and CEO Sue Falsone started a dry needling approach called Structure & Function: Dry Needling. The approach is characterized by a mix of techniques Sue developed and improved over the course of a couple of decades in the industry. As a real leader in her field, Sue served as Head Athletic Trainer for the Los Angeles Dodgers organization, making her the very first female to assume the position of Head Athletic Trainer in the 4 major sports in America. The the United States Men’s National Soccer team also recognized her competence and gave her the job of Head Athletic Trainer.
Course Objectives
The purpose of the course is:
- to better understand general and respective anatomies of the subject in order to make sure they are safe while practicing the technique of dry needling on them;
- to teach proper use of dry needling techniques in addressing common sports-related ailments;
- to employ intramuscular stimulation when curing different and sports-related pathologies; and become proficient in the use of cupping techniques.
- to show the clinician the contraindications and precautions when using said technique;
- to understand secure needle usage techniques, and prevent risk of exposure to blood borne diseases;
When the course is finished, the participants will be able to use their newfound abilities to treat various conditions in ortho and sports medicine.
Course Info
[shaker_image]The classes come at a price of one thousand two hundred ninety five dollars, and for every ten people someone registers, they (their sports club or department) get free tuition for 1 person. It is recommended that participants take a few specific items with them: a TENS unit, alligator clamps, and an anatomy book. Dry needles will be made available to everyone by the course staff. In addition to being in the process of approving CEUs (Continuing Education Units) for their courses, SFDN is licensed by the Board of Certification, Inc. to offer continuing education services to certified Athletic Trainers. In some fields, Continuing Education Units are obligatory for people to retain their licenses and be able to go on working in their field.
Presently, the following cities allow you to partake in continuing education activities approved by ProCert for Physiotherapists to earn twenty-six Continuing Education Units: Clarksville. Further, NATA BOC (National Athletic Trainers’ Association) (P10069) provides the means to earn 25 CEUs, Arizona Physical Therapy Association 2.5 Continuing Education Units, and Georgia Physical Therapy Association 25 CEUs.
Information Regarding How to Host a Course
If they would like to hold a dry needling course, physical therapists and other health care experts can register for it on the SFDNís website. Structure & Function’s dry needling courses provide the modern techniques and methods in the science and art of dry needling, and also intramuscular stimulation and cupping. Sue Falsone made use of her knowledge and experience in order to blend pain management, dry needling, fascial manipulation, visceral manipulation, movement efficacy, soft tissue mobilization, and differential diagnosis to form the dry needling system as of now respected and admired throughout the nation.
In using the SFDN system, apart from increasing the general base of sports therapy knowledge, practitioners can to better the treatment of their patients.
Contact Us
If you want to find out more about dry needling events offered by Structure & Function: Dry Needling, go to our webpage and browse the list of our upcoming classes here.
You will be able to reach out to Sue Falsone and her crew by using the Contact us section of our webpage, telephone at (602) 888-1998, or by sending an e-mail, as stated here on our Contact page.
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