Dry Needling Course- Anatomical Acupuncture Program

What is Dry Needling? How does it differ to Acupuncture? Looking for a new tool to add to your Clinical Kit? Have you noticed your hands ache after a day of soft tissue work? Hyper mobile thumbs perhaps?

All great questions, and all have been asked by the 1000s of manual therapists that have previously attended our range of courses that make up our Anatomical Acupuncture Dry Needling Program.

a personal experience......

One of my earliest dry needling experiences, that was literally transformational, involved a young netball player who presented on a Friday and "had torn her calf" 6 weeks prior. She had been receiving standard physiotherapy care 3 times a week and was still ambulating on crutches, with minimal weight bearing and in nearly as much pain as the first day of injury if she tried to put her heel down. (It still amazes me how these challenges seem to always present on Friday afternoons).

Her physiotherapists was pretty frustrated with the lack of progress and asked if I could assess and provide some treatment suggestions. At the time I was very new to dry needling, had just completed my post graduate in manipulative physiotherapy and wondered what I could offer this seemingly recalcitrant calf tear. Logically, a muscle tear would have resolved, yet she had a major functional limitation and still pain.

Following assessment, which revealed a localised trigger point in her medial head gastrocnemius, I recommended trialing a dry needling approach. She agreed and a single 0.25 * 40mm needle was inserted. A strong, local twitch response was achieved. She was instructed to use heat, regular range of motion exercises, walk as much as able and to make a followup appointment for Monday.

On Monday I noticed that she had cancelled her appointment. Concerned about her situation, I rang and asked how her weekend had played out. She stated, that after being sore that afternoon, she woke able to walk without crutches and through the course of the weekend, had resumed normal walking. As she was now able to go to work on Monday, she figured she no longer needed her appointment, "thank you so much, your a miracle worker". I replied, "actually, thank you, because you have helped me learn so much".

Dry Needling Course Comparison

Here is a comparison of dry needling courses available in Australia as advertised on the web (10/3/2013). Information is based upon what is displayed on each courses' website. 'No' indicates that the information wasn't freely available on the website.

Attendee Comment

I have completed three Anatomical Acupuncture courses, traveling from Brisbane to Perth for each course. Prior to the first course I researched the available Dry Needling courses and based on participant feedback and course outlines decided the Anatomical Acupuncture course best suited my professional requirements.

Denise Krklec - Physiotherapist

What Sets the Anatomical Acupuncture Program Apart from the Crowd?

YOU RISK NOTHING! Attend an AAP Education course and if you are not absolutely convinced that it will improve how you treat your clients, we will provide you with a complete refund. Try doing that with one of our competitors. We are the only ones who give a 100% No Risk Satisfaction Guarantee. Why? Because we are sure the course content quality and clinical insights you receive, guarantee you exceptional value for your money. P.S. No one in 16 years has ever asked for a refund from us. Ever!

LIFETIME SUPPORT. Why go through the same pitfalls? Why reinvent the wheel? Your dry needling skills will develop through a series of progressively challenging courses, from Introductory to Master Needling. Along the way you learn in a supportive environment, combining theory practical, case studies and clinical reasoning. Even when not at a course and you have access to the course director for answers, post questions on the Members forum, receive fortnightly ezines packed with clinical information and have access to a large online Resources Library with webinars, documents and research papers. Why? Learning shouldn’t be threatening! We want learning to be clinically relevant and fun. We offer the only progressive, COMPLETE dry needling program with LIFETIME support.

EXPERTISE. You will benefit from a presenter who is a specialist musculoskeletal physiotherapist (member of the Australian College of Physiotherapists) with 25+ years fulltime clinical experience, teaching dry needling for 16+ years and involved in ongoing research at Curtin University. Do other course presenters have such a diverse clinical palate? You will obtain practical insights that cross the spectrum of research into clinical practice and can be applied immediately in your clinic.

BONUS LEARNING TOOLS. Most people don’t recall everything. For this reason you receive an Anatomical Acupuncture Dry Needling course DVD (Value $100) of all the techniques demonstrated during that course. Isn’t that a great resource? Yet NONE of our competitors will provide you with such an important learning tool. In addition to your course DVD, you receive a box of 100 premium Japanese needles, and a BONUS study pack (Value $60) that contains several other essential tools to enhance your learning. Some competitors provide lessor quality needles, but none provide a bonus study pack.

COMPLETE LEARNING MATERIALS. From the moment you enroll you are learning. You receive a bronze membership, access to online anatomy quizzes and online articles. All to maximise your on the day learning. Wet Laboratory Anatomy workshops are available, to enable important review of anatomy ‘in the flesh’. No competitor provides access to anatomy workshops with a dry needling emphasis. At the course you receive a bound, full text (no power point handouts) and a fully EndNote-referenced bound course manual (Value $85). You can sit back, take notes, absorb information and review references later. It all makes your learning easy and for your PD portfolio we provide individualised Course Completion Certificates (Value $25). No extra charge.

TIME CREATION. I find when using dry needling to treat clients, it creates 3-4 EXTRA minutes every client if I am treating pain, trigger points or muscle spasm. Over a day of 15-20 clients, this is an extra hour, which I choose to spend providing more comprehensive client education and home exercise development. In this way dry needling improves client outcomes through short-term pain relief and long-term functional improvements.

Some of the key benefits you will receive from completing this program include;

Course Outline

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After completion of course enrolment you will be granted access to Pre Reading Materials and Anatomy Quiz.

Text Recommendations

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Course Participation Requirements

Continuing Professional Development Credits

All courses are AAP Accredited and provide between 16-22 hours of National Registration CPD requirements

Select from one of the following course links for further specific information. We recommend you start with the Introductory/ Refresher Course.