[shaker_image]Sue Falsone created her own business, Structure & Function: Dry Needling (SFDN), with the intention to introduce dry needling to sports professionals. She teaches courses throughout the United States to empower medical professionals. They offer dry needling courses, 25 hours in length, in Tempe and other big towns across America. Over 3 days, the seminar provides training sessions on using basic dry needling approaches to treating a variety of acute & serious ailments in athletes. During the seminar, Sue Falsone presents ways to use techniques like intra-muscular electric stimulation (short: IMS) and cupping.
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What is Dry Needling and Who is Sue Falsone?
Dry needling, a combination of skill and art, is performed by an expert health professional who uses his knowledge of acupuncture needles to stimulate the athlete’s muscles. At SFDN, creator and Chief Executive Officer Sue Falsone started a practical dry needling system named SFDN. This approach is regarded as a blend of techniques Sue Falsone introduced and enhanced over a couple of decades in the business. As a true leader in her area, she worked as Head Athletic Coach for the LA Dodgers organization, which made her the first female to assume the role of Head Athletic Coach in the 4 major sports in the US. The the United States Men’s National Soccer team also saw her accomplishments and made her Head Athletic Trainer.
Curriculum
The course wants to allow the health care professional:
- to teach the practitioners to utilize dry needling techniques when addressing various ortho and sports-related conditions;
- to be able to use intramuscular stimulation in curing everyday ortho pathologies; and master different cupping techniques.
- to comprehend the external anatomy of the patient in terms of his well-being while using dry needles;
- to master proper needle usage methods, and avoid exposure to diseases transmitted by blood;
- to be sure the practitioner knows of the contraindications and safeguards in in terms of dry needling;
After the course is done, the participants will be able to use their new abilities, and will be able to successfully use them when working on their athletes.
Information About the Class
[shaker_image]The fee for the seminars is one thousand two hundred ninety five dollars, however one individual may take the class at no cost if their club or facility brings ten other course participants. Students ought to bring these three items: a book about human anatomy (edition and author not specified), a Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation unit, along with alligator clamps. The staff will supply the needles for all students to use throughout the course. Structure & Function: Dry Needling is recognized by the Board of Certification, Inc. to offer continuing education services to certified Athletic Trainers and is right now in the process of approving CEUs. Continuing Education Units are mandatory by those employed in different fields to keep their working licenses.
Continuing education events certified by ProCert for Physiotherapists are presently being held at these places for twenty-six CEUs: Tempe, Arizona. Further, National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA BOC) (P10069) provides the ability to get 25 Continuing Education Units, Arizona Physical Therapy Association two and a half Continuing Education Units, and Georgia Physical Therapy Association 25 Continuing Education Units.
Hosting a Seminar
Physiotherapists as well as various other clinicians who are interested in hosting a course can do so upon filling out the form and submitting an application on the Structure & Function: Dry Needling’s web site. SFDN’s dry needling courses teach the latest knowledge in the art of dry needling, and also intramuscular stimulation and cupping. The brilliant and esteemed dry needling approach started by Sue Falsone draws on her several decades of expertise to become an effective mix of dry needling, pain management, differential diagnosis, fascial manipulation, soft tissue mobilization, visceral manipulation, and movement efficiency.
Using the Structure & Function method, apart from increasing the general repository of sports therapy knowledge, practitioners are able to improve the care for their athletes.
Get in Contact
Go to Structure & Function: Dry needling’s webpage if you wish to learn more info about our upcoming courses; available on our website.
Phone SFDN at (602) 888-1998, or send an email which can be found on our Contact Page.