ISOMT Sports & Orthopedic Dry Needling - Basic - Level 1
Course Overview
Course Description Basic Level -1 (More Demonstrations & Practice)
Course Objectives:
- Review Indications and Contraindications for Dry Needling
- Review pertinent functional anatomy including muscles, skeleton, vascular system, lung fields using palpation and bony landmarks.
- Define Dry Needling and review its history.
- Distinguish Dry Needling from other similar treatments (acupuncture)
- Describe the local and systemic mechanisms and effects of Dry Needling
- Demonstrate and practice Basic Dry Needling for the whole body (excludes pelvic floor and face)
- Clinical reasoning pertaining to the application of Dry Needling during the history and examination and treatment of a patient
- Describe clinical applications for Dry Needling in sports & orthopedic patients
- Extrapolate the evidence to any potential Dry Needling patient.
Chapters & Learning Objectives
Chapter 1- What is Dry Needling ?
: 00:13 Hour
Dry Needling definition
Chapter 2- Dry Needling Vs Acupuncture
: 00:04 Hour
Differences between
Chapter 3 - Current Evidence on Dry Needling
: 00:19 Hour
Chapter 3 - Current Evidence on Dry Needling
Chapter 4- Basic Conceptual Models of Dry Needling
: 00:10 Hour
Dr Stephen discusses basic conceptual models including Neurophysiological aspects of Dry Needling
Chapter 5- Basic Dry Needling Kit & Orange (DN) Demonstration
: Hour
Dr Stephen demonstrates the DN Basic technique with a simple Orange.
Chapter 6- Myofascial Trigger points & their Characteristics
: 00:14 Hour
Dr Steophen discusses various types of Myofascial Trigger points and their definitions, and how we at ISOMT approach them to treat the patient.
Chapter 7- Dry Needling Procedures- Mechanism, Indications, Contraindications, Safety Precautions
: 00:35 Hour
Various Mechanisms, Safety considerations, precautions, indications and contraindications are discussed in the capsule whicih is very important for one to understand before start practicing Dry Needling
Chapter 8- Dry Needling Techniques on Cervical, Shoulder and Scapular Muscles (Demonstration & Practice)
: 01:00 Hour
Dr Stephen demonstrates and practices various DN Techniques along with different Cervical, Scapular Muscles, their Anatomy, and conditions.
Chapter 9-Dry Needling Techniques of Shoulder & Scapular muscles continued
: 01:00 Hour
Dr Stephen continues to discuss & demonstrates in detail about Dry Needling techniques on Shoulder , Scapular muscles, and how you can reduce the myofascial trigger points and help improve the performance of those muscles in any Sports person, or any patient.
Chapter 10- Q & A session, Dry Needling techniques for Forearm & Pectoralis muscle
: 00:54 Hour
Different questions from the participants are answered here by Dr Stephen. He demonstrates and practices different Dry Needling techniques on a Real patient Forearm, - both volar & dorsal aspect, his chest - pectorals muscles.
Chapter 11- Dry Needling techniques of Low Back & Glutes region muscles
: 00:12 Hour
Various Dry Needling techniques are discussed and demonstrated for Low Back Pain, and different hip and gluteal regions.
Chapter 12- Dry Needling techniques of Thigh Region, lower leg and foot muscles
: 00:27 Hour
On a real live patient, Dr Stephen Fort demonstrates the Dry Needling techniques on a real live patient for his thigh region , lower leg, and foot muscles.
chapter 1- How to get visceral improvements using manual therapy
: 1:05:52 Hour
Course and Leraning Objetives
In this one hour lecture Dr.vince Baugher discusses about how to get visceral improvements using manual therapy and he also discusses about the zone therapy.
