Dry Needling of Athletes – Level 2 (Advanced)

Description

NOTE: A similar course (Sports DN) is available in a 3-course format with each course lasting 2 days . The two different course formats are not interchangeable! Once you start with one format, you cannot switch to the other format. This page describes the second course of the 2-course format.

Introduction

The DN-AT 2/2 course builds on the knowledge and skills of the DN-AT 1/2 course.

Students will be introduced to the clinical aspects of myofascial pain, the etiology and scientific basis of myofascial pain and dry needling, and dry needling for injury prevention, maintenance, and performance enhancement of athletes.

The DN-AT 2/2 course will bring the athletic trainer to the highest level of clinical proficiency in the management of athletes with myofascial pain.  All muscles of the DN-AT 1 course will be reviewed in detail, preparing students for the final practical examinations leading to the CMTPT/DN-AT qualification! The pertinent theoretical information discussed during the DN-AT 1 will also be reviewed in preparation for the theoretical examination.

Many muscles commonly addressed in clinical practice are included, such as the pronator teres, wrist flexors, hand muscles, the posterior neck muscles, the sternocleidomastoid muscles, the upper trapezius muscles, the lumbar paraspinals, the quadratus lumborum, the psoas and iliacus muscles, the deep hip rotators, and several lower extremity and foot muscles. Students will also be introduced to the current scientific basis for dry needling for scar tissue, fascial adhesions, enthesopathies, and tendinopathies.

Students will review the anatomy, function, and dry needling techniques for each muscle.

Prerequisites

Successful completion of the Myopain Seminars DN-AT 1/2 course.

Who Should Attend

Athletic Trainers

Sports Physical Therapists

Chiropractors

Physicians

Required Textbook

Trigger Point Dry Needling: An Evidence and Clinical-Based Approach, 2nd Edition by Jan Dommerholt and Fernández-de-las-Peñas. 

Course CEUs

The Myopain Seminars DN-AT 2/2 course has been approved for 2.8 Category A continuing education units (CEUs) for Athletic Trainers (28 hours). The BOC Approved Provider (AP) number is P8248.

Course Schedule

Day 1

07:00 - 07:30	Registration
07:30 - 08:30	Pre-quiz & Review of Intro Lecture
08:30 - 09:30	Wrist Flexors and Pronator Teres
09:30 - 09:45	Questions & Answers
09:45 - 10:45	Hand muscles
10:45 - 11:45	Foot muscles
11:45 - 12:45	Lunch
12:45 - 02:00	Anterior and lateral compartment lower leg
02:00 - 03:15	Popliteus, FDL, FHL, posterior tibialis
03:15 - 03:30	Questions & Answers
03:30 - 04:30	Posterior neck muscles
04:15 - 05:30	Sternocleidomastoid and upper trapezius
05:30 - 06:30	Deep hip rotators

Day 2

07:00 - 07:30	Registration
07:30 - 08:30	Theoretical Lecture
08:30 - 10:00	Quadratus lumborum, psoas, and iliacus
10:30 - 10:15	Questions & Answers
10:15 - 11:00	Scar Tissue, Adhesions, Enthesopathies, and Tendinopathies
11:00 - 12:30	Review of Theory
12:15 - 01:15	Lunch
01:15 - 02:30	Review of the upper extremity
02:30 - 03:45	Review of the lower extremity
03:45 - 04:00	Questions & Answers
04:00 - 06:30	Clinical case review / Specific considerations for Athletic Training

Day 3

07:30 – 08:00	Registration
08:00 - 10:30	Theoretical Review and Examinations
10:30 - 11:00	Last Minute Practice Prep
11:00 – 03:00	Practical Review and Examinations

Course Objectives

• Discuss three different dry needling techniques for needling the intrinsic hand muscles.
• Discuss the basic premise of three different trigger point hypotheses.
• Discuss at least 4 different forms of muscle overload that can lead to the formation of trigger points.
• Describe common referred pain patterns of 25 muscles covered in this course.
• Describe a treatment strategy incorporating dry needling for,injury prevention, maintenance, or performance enhancement of athletes

Course Discounts

Multiple discounts are available, i.e., active military, veterans, university faculty, multiple course discounts, among others.

Required Reading

Chapters 2, 3, and 4, Sections of chapters 7-12 describing the muscles included in the DN-AT 2/2 course.

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