Functional Dry Needling (FDN) Level 1 teaches technical proficiency in foundational dry needling techniques. This course givesclinicians the tools to elevate their practice and fosters confidence and competence to integrate dry needling into practice the very next day. Musculature taught includes the lumbar spine, posterior hip, thigh and lower extremity, cervical spine, shoulder, and upper extremity.

Anatomy, safety, precautions, and psychomotor aspects of needling are reinforced alongside instruction in history, supportive evidence, clinical application and reasoning, and the use of electrical stimulation with needling. FDN Level 1 is a hybrid learning experience that integrates online learning prior to the lab-based weekend intensive.

FDN Level 2 is an intermediate-level course that builds upon the skill set developed in FDN Level 1.   This course focuses on technical proficiency in foundational dry needling techniques in more complex regions of the body, expanding the skill set to bolster application in clinical practice. Musculature taught includes advanced spine, trunk, and upper and lower quadrants.

Anatomy, safety, precautions, and psychomotor aspects of needling are reinforced alongside in-depth instruction in neurophysiology behind dry needling mechanisms and critical appraisal of current evidence.  FDN Level 2 is a hybrid learning experience that integrates online learning prior to the lab-based weekend intensive.

This intermediate to advanced level Clinical Integration course is perfect for FDN1 and FDN2 graduates. The course allows practitioners to expand upon their practice of Level 1 techniques, learn new Level 2 muscles, and incorporate dynamic positioning techniques and more e-stim. It will teach the dry needling practitioner not just how to treat a muscle, but also how to utilize dry needling in treatment of the whole patient. Clinicians will learn how to incorporate dry needling within the scope of other modalities, and will learn to think and treat more globally. This course is vital to those wanting to integrate dry needling into their clinical practice and understand the treatment of the whole patient from start to finish.

This two-day advanced clinical integration course focuses on the complex patient and advanced strategies when other treatments have not worked. This course reviews neuroanatomy and neurophysiology and how to apply it into dry needling and clinical practice for the experienced needler who has been trained in the past but wants to advance their skills to where modern dry needling has progressed.

Functional Dry Needling (FDN) Upper Quadrant 1 is an intermediate level course that teaches technical proficiency in foundational dry needling techniques for the upper quadrant. This course gives clinicians the tools to elevate their practice and fosters confidence and competence to integrate dry needling into practice the very next day. Musculature taught includes cervical spine, shoulder, upper extremity and hand. Anatomy, safety, precautions, and psychomotor aspects of needling are reinforced alongside instruction in history, supportive evidence, and clinical application and reasoning. FDN Upper Quadrant 1 is a hybrid learning experience that integrates online learning prior to the lab-based weekend intensive.

The Functional Dry Needling® Specialist Certification is an advanced clinical competency pathway building off of our Functional Dry Needling® (FDN) series. Candidates are trained by world-class dry needling instructors through faculty-led online coursework and weekend intensives to become sophisticated and highly skilled in their application of FDN® in the clinic.