Structure & Function: Dry Needling
[shaker_image]Structure & Function: Dry Needling (SFDN) is an education enterprise focused on introducing dry needling to physical therapists, managed by Sue Falsone. She runs lectures throughout the US to better the skills of sports professionals. SFDN offers a 25 hour dry needling course all over the country, with future events in Sandy Springs! Spanning 3 days, the course provides training sessions on how to use fundamental dry needling techniques on handling a range of acute and serious conditions in athletes. As part of the lectures, Sue Falsone presents using techniques such as cupping and intramuscular electrical stimulation (abbreviated: IMS).
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About Dry Needling and Sue Falsone
Dry needling, a mix of skill and art, is done by a skilled physiotherapist who works with dry needles to stimulate the athlete’s muscles. Sue Falsone, the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Structure and Function Dry Needling, started a practical dry needling approach named Structure and Function Dry Needling, the namesake of her business. The concept is defined by a combination of techniques Falsone combined and perfected over several years in the business. As a true leader in her area, Sue Falsone worked as Head Athletic Coach for the Los Angeles Dodgers, making her the first woman in the position of Head Athletic Trainer in the 4 most important sports in America. The the United States 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 allow the students to utilize dry needling techniques when treating various ortho and sports-related conditions;
- to use intramuscular stimulation in curing commonplace ortho and sports-related problems; and to master different cupping techniques.
- to better comprehend the anatomy of the patient in terms of his well-being when using acupuncture needles;
- to learn proper needle usage practices, and prevent risk of blood borne diseases;
- to make sure the clinician understands the contraindications and precautions in regarding dry needling;
After the course is done, the practitioners will be proficient in the use of their new abilities, and will be able to use them to treat their athletes.
Information About Our Classes
[shaker_image]The fee for the classes is $1295, however one individual can take the class for free if their department or facility brings 10 other participants. It is recommended that the practitioners take a couple of specific items along with them: a TENS unit, alligator clips, and a comprehensive book about human anatomy. Dry needles will be given to everyone by the class lecturers. Structure & Function: Dry Needling is licensed by the Board of Certification, Inc. (BOC) to provide continuing education services to licensed Athletic Trainers and is right now approving CEUs. CEUs are obligatory by professionals in all sorts of fields to retain their professional licenses.
Presently, these places offer the ability to partake in continuing education activities approved by ProCert for Physiotherapists to get 26 CEUs: Sandy Springs, Georgia. National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA BOC) (P10069) offers the student to earn twenty-five Continuing Education Units, Arizona Physical Therapy Association two and a half Continuing Education Units, and Georgia Physical Therapy Association 25 CEUs.
Information Regarding How to Host a Course
[shaker_image]Physical therapists and various other clinicians who are interested in hosting an event may do so upon filling out the form and submitting an application. Structure & Function’s dry needling seminars provide the latest approach to the art of dry needling, as well as intramuscular stimulation and cupping. Sue Falsone used her skills and expertise to blend pain management, dry needling, fascial manipulation, visceral manipulation, movement efficacy, soft tissue mobilization, and differential diagnosis into the dry needling approach now recognized and praised across America.
Using the modern methodology and research, it enables practitioners to better their knowledge in treating various conditions in athletes’ recovery, as well as further expand the proficiency of medical professionals in sports therapy.
Sign Up For a Class
In order to find out more about dry needling courses by SFDN, go to our web site and go through the schedule of our future classes.
You will be able to get in touch with Sue Falsone and her crew via the Contact us section of our webpage, by phone at (602) 888-1998, or by forwarding an email, on our Contact page.