Dry Needling Course

Integrative Dry Needling for Pain Management aka Dry Needling for Physical Therapy / Intramascular Manual Therapy (IMT), Dry Needling Therapy (TDN) for Physical Therapists and Chiropractors

Contemporary Integrative Dry Needling ™ aka Dry Needling for Physical Therapy is the manual therapy that organically combines works of Dr J. Travell (1982, 1992), Dr C. Gunn (1978), clinical evidence, evidence-based research and Dr Ma’s own 40 years of clinical and research experience and neuroscience training, representing a new medical modality. Dr Ma’s Integrative Dry Needling system for physical therapy applies both analytical and synthetic approaches and treats both local and systemic symptoms.

Our Certification Integrative Dry Needling Course is  approved by  appropriate licensing boards for Physical Therapists and Chiropractors

Dry needling course / Dry Needling for Physical Therapy based on Dr Yun-tao Ma’s:

• 40 years of clinical needling experience
• 30 years of research experience (neuroscience and pain management research, including research in National Institute of Health (NIH))
• publications in Journal of Neuroscience (1998), Brain Research ( 2000), Max Plank Institute (2005)
• textbooks published by Elsevier, USA 2005 and 2010; in Germany 2007; in China 2000, 2007;
• experience working in the postgraduate physical therapy program at the University of Iowa and Dept. of Experimental Therapeutics, University of Maryland Medical School
• Visiting Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Nantong Medical School, China
• Visiting Professor, Medical Faculty, University Paris IX (Orsay), France.

“Dr. Ma has formulated a unique approach that addresses both local and systemic effects of dry needling for normalizing myofascial and soft tissue function, regulating body homeostasis, preventing injuries, treating movement dysfunctions and enhancing athletic performance beyond conventional methods.” Professor M.R. Nourbakhsh, PT, PhD, Department of Physical Therapy, North Georgia College, GA

You will learn:

• clinical dry needling procedures developed by Dr Ma for pain management and trauma rehabilitation
• virtually pain-free dry needling techniques (about 80% of needling is  pain-free)
• tried and tested detailed safety techniques (None of our students has had any clinical accidents.)
• flexible contemporary dry needling system easily adjusted to your specific professional field and specific needs of your patients

(1) symptomatic approach (neuromyofascial pain in the head, neck, shoulder, upper limbs, upper and lower back, hip and lower limbs, etc) and

(2) homeostatic approach (physiological and biomechanical approach)

(3) integrative Dry Needling therapy to treat all types of neuromyofascial pain.

Our “Olympian” Students:

Michael Reed, D.C., M.S., DACBSP, Medical Director, United States Olympic Committee,	Eric St. Pierre, DC, DACBSP a prominent provider for the United States Olympic Medical Team at the Vancouver Olympic Games, where he served as a team doctor and head medical trainer for the 2010 U.S. Short-Track Speedskating

“I choose this program after meeting with Dr Ma. He is very qualified to provide and teach this information. I enjoy course very much.” – Michael P. Reed, DC.,MS., United States Olympic Committee, Medical Director

“Dr. Yun-tao Ma’s virtually painless dry needling techniques allow for dynamic treatment of the body. I am amazed at the body’s reaction to Dr Ma’s dry needling – the rapid reduction of pain, edema and muscle spasm which in turn restores proper postural alignment enhancing total body function”. Janine K. Rodriguez, PT, Colorado, 25 years of experience

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