Online Dry Needling & The Autonomic Nervous System

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  • Price: $299
  • CEU’s: 15
  • Target Audience: PT’s, PTA’s, AT’s, OT’s, OTA’s, DC’s, MD’s, PA’s, DO’s, Nurses, anyone who wants to learn about dry needling. You do not need to be a medical professional to glean useful information from these courses to improve your health.

CEU State Board Approval

  • Athletic Trainers: BOC Approved Provider # 10256
  • Physical Therapists: Texas Physical Therapy Association: Approval # 77386TX
  • APTA TN Approval number #2024-340 (1.5 CEUs/15 contact hours)

Note: If your state/jurisdiction does not accept the above approvals, we will provide you with the information needed for you to self-submit.

Overview

In our online dry needling 1 course, we cover much of the latest evidence-informed needling research, both experimental and theoretical, with a focus on autonomic nervous system homeostasis. You will learn our unique autonomic nervous system-centered needling methodology and how to help any impairment with dry needling, including why electric auricular vagus nerve needling is a key to success.

Autonomic nervous system homeostasis and how to achieve it with needling is covered in-depth. The gut-brain axis and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, key players of the autonomic nervous system, are strongly and positively affected by thoughtful needling. You will learn why. Electrical needling is discussed and you will learn why it increases efficacy, pain relief, and comfort of treatment. Advanced neurophysiology is discussed at length in regard to utilizing thoughtful dry needling to positively affect our autonomic nervous system and regulate it toward homeostasis. The key to health.

Intricate Art online needling courses are for both new and experienced needlers alike. We discuss the advanced application of dry needling using our unique methodology of treating the autonomic nervous system itself.

If you already know how to needle, implementing these new ways of thinking about needling treatment is something you can do immediately, and will result in significantly improved in patient outcomes. This is one of the most frequent complements we receive from experienced needlers who have taken our online courses.

If you do not already needle, you will walk away from these courses with the background information, knowledge, and understanding to begin your needling career with the most advanced, effective needling technique created to date.

“Very thorough, well thought out, and 100% clinically useful. Actually, this course may change my life, my family’s life and the life of many of my patients for the better.” Ernest B., MS, PT

Course Outline

Part 1: Dry Needling & the Autonomic Nervous System.

  • Dry Needling & the Autonomic Nervous System.
  • Needling Scar Tissue to Regulate the Autonomic Nervous System.
  • The Autonomic Nervous System & Mental Health.

Part 2: Signs & Symptoms of Sympathetic Autonomic Hyperactivity.

Part 3: Stimulating Parasympathetics to Depress Sympathetics & Induce Autonomic Nervous System Homeostasis.

  • Electrical Auricular Vagus Nerve Stimulation.
  • Trigeminal Nerve (Otic Ganglion) Stimulation.
  • Sacral Plexus (S2-S4) & Pelvic Floor Needling.
  • C2 Spinous Process & Suboccipital Needling.

Part 4: To Piston or Not to Piston: Should I Utilize the “Pistoning” Technique When Performing Dry Needling?

Part 5: The Sympathetic Chain, Sclerotomal Quantum Entanglement, & Autonomic Homeostasis.

Part 6: Tools to Maximize Dry Needling Treatment Comfort, efficacy, & Outcome.

  • 7 Easy Tricks to Maximize the Awesome Autonomic Homeostatic & Neuroplastic Healing Effects of Dry Needling Treatment.
  • How to Introduce Needling to Hypersensitive or Hesitant Patients.

Part 7: Nutrition, Supplementation, & the Epigenome.

Part 8: Dry Needling to Treat & Resolve Hiccups with Autonomic Nervous System Homeostasis.

Part 9: Dry Needling to Treat & Resolve Post-Shingles Neuralgia & Fibromyalgia with Autonomic Nervous System Homeostasis.

Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:

  1. Identify the 3 primary regions of the body to target the parasympathetic autonomic nervous system and describe why targeting them maximizes Autonomic Nervous System homeostasis.
  2. Explain what the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) does, how it causes ANS dysfunction, and how we can manipulate it with needling.
  3. Discuss how dysfunction of the enteric nervous system and gut-brain-axis leads to systemic impairments and how vagus nerve stimulation leads to amazing improvements in intestinal health.
  4. Educate patients on natural supplements that amplify the anti-inflammatory and homeostatic effects of thoughtful needling.
  5. Describe the reason using low frequency microcurrent is the best for pain relief and how it affects the brain.
  6. Elucidate upon the reason behind connecting spinal levels to their corresponding distal impairments.
  7. Extrapolate on the overall sympathetic depressing action needling has on the nervous systems and how to amplify this response.
  8. Clarify why needling tendons, ligaments and periosteum is essential to achieving Autonomic Nervous System homeostasis.
  9. Expound upon the reason to place the cathode (positive lead, usually red) over the most hyperactive tissue.
  10. Discuss how needling improves mental health by restoring more homeostatic levels of mood-altering chemicals in the brain, intestines, and throughout the body.
  11. Discuss mechanisms by which needling the face regulates the Autonomic Nervous System toward homeostasis secondary to systemic, body wide vasodilation.
  12. Accurately describe the basic differences between traditional acupuncture and dry needling.
  13. Discuss the physiologic importance of needling the portions of the ear innervated by the auricular branch of the vagus nerve, to improve organ function and Autonomic Nervous System homeostasis.
  14. Discuss the neurophysiologic importance of needling around the sacral plexus to stimulate the Parasympathetic Autonomic Nervous System.
  15. Extrapolate upon why targeting the Otic ganglion of the trigeminal nerve is helpful in inducing Autonomic Nervous System homeostasis.

Disclaimer
These online courses do not teach you how to needle, they teach you how to think about needling to optimize treatment efficacy. Our online courses are not intended to replace in-person dry needling instruction. Each course provides a theoretical discussion with practical application for those who already have needling experience or are looking to gain valuable background knowledge prior to learning, or for those who would simply like to learn about dry needling and its potent regulatory effect on the autonomic nervous system.

These courses may, or may not satisfy state licensure requirements to allow you to practice dry needling. Please refer to your state practice act for rules and regulations associated with obtaining and maintaining a license to practice dry needling in your state, according to your health care license.

We have made every effort to provide CEUs for the various health professions. However, we cannot guarantee, CEU approval for every state and every profession. It is your responsibility to verify that Intricate Art Spine & Body Solution’s course work will satisfy the continuing education requirements for your state licensure or certification.

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Scope of Practice
The American Physical Therapy Association states that dry needling & manipulation are within the scope of practice for a Physical Therapist. Several other health professions cite that dry needling & manipulation are within their specific scope of practice as well. There are however, specific U.S. state rules, regulations and guidelines that do not permit the practice of dry needling and/or manipulation. It is your responsibility to know, understand and practice within the specific rules, regulations and guidelines of your state, jurisdiction and professional license.

Intricate Art Spine & Body Solutions is solely an educational resource to provide the knowledge and technical skills necessary to deliver safe and effective dry needling and manipulation treatment. Intricate Art Spine & Body Solutions does not make policy, claims, or interpretation on professional licensure or scope of practice. Intricate Art Spine & Body Solutions encourages all participants to contact their licensing board for official positions and rulings related to the practice of dry needling and spinal manipulation.

For AT’s:
All our courses are certified through the Athletic Training Board, BOC #P10256.

For DC’s:
Please contact us for any information required to submit a course for individual certification for any of our 4 Dry Needling courses.

For OT’s:
We are an AOTA Approved Provider of Continuing Education: #0000000738.
DN 1 AOTA# 0000004453. DN 2 AOTA# 0000004573. Lumbopelvic DN (includes pelvic floor) AOTA# 0000005390.

For PT’s:
As of January 1, 2020, the FSBPT (Pro cert.) and the APTA no longer approve CE courses. Currently, states either:
1) Require their own specific approval.
2) (this is most common) They accept courses approved by any other state sub-chapter of the APTA, which all of our courses have.

Please contact us if you have any questions regarding this new system of course certification. It is the registrants’ responsibility to understand their specific state requirements and to request any specific state certification upon signing up for the course.

States Requiring Specific State Certification:

Some states, including but not limited to: LA, MN, NJ, NY, NV, OH, and TX require CE courses to have specific state certification. We are certified in the majority of these states.

Maryland requires their own certification for dry needling.

Please see below for a list of states where our CEU’s are currently accepted either due to specific certification or due to reciprocity: If you do not see your state below or your state requires specific course certification, please contact us prior to signing up. Course numbers are listed for states requiring specific certification, or states using online CE systems like CE Broker. It is the registrants’ responsibility to understand their specific state requirements and to double check with their state board if the particular course they are interested in is certified in their state. Again, we are more than happy to acquire any certification requested by upcoming participants, just let us know.

  • Alabama
  • Alaska
  • Arizona
  • Arkansas
  • Colorado
  • Connecticut
  • Florida (CE Broker #’s: DN1:20-907142, DN2:20-796551, DN3:20-907144, Lumbopelvic DN:20-907146, C/T Manip:20-907148, L/P Manip:20-907150, Extremity Manip:20-907152)
  • Georgia
  • Idaho
  • Illinois
  • Indiana
  • Iowa
  • Kansas
  • Kentucky
  • Louisiana (All courses approved. LA does not provide specific #’s)
  • Maine
  • Maryland
  • Massachusetts
  • Michigan
  • Minnesota (DN1: #8375 DN2: #8374 DN3: #8373 LumboPelvic DN #8372)
  • Mississippi
  • Missouri
  • Montana
  • Nebraska
  • New Jersey (NJ board approval #’s) Total CEU’s for our 4 DN courses = 86 (43 academic/theory hours & 43 practical/hands-on hour. DN1: 2201-113, 27 hours total, 14 hours academic/theory, 13 hours practical/hands-on. DN2:2201-114, 27 hours total, 13 hours academic/theory, 14 hours practical/hands-on. DN3: 2201-115, 16 hours total, 10 hours academic/theory, 6 hours practical/hands-on. Lumbopelvic DN: 2201-116, 16 hours total, 6 hours academic/theory, 10 hours practical/hands-on. Advanced Clinical Dry Needling: 2404‐53, 27 hours total: 13 hours academic/theory 14 hours practical/hands‐on.
  • New Mexico
  • New Hampshire
  • New York (Will acquire if requested)
  • Nevada (All courses approved. NV does not provide specific #’s)
  • North Carolina
  • North Dakota
  • Ohio (DN 1 Approval #25S0956, DN 2 Approval #25S0112, DN 3 Approval #25S0957)
  • Oklahoma
  • Pennsylvania
  • Rhode Island
  • South Carolina
  • South Dakota
  • Tennessee (APTA TN Approval #’s: DN1:2023-143, DN2:2023-144, DN3:2023-145, L/P DN: 2023-146)
  • Texas (TPTA Approval #’s: DN1:76773TX, DN2:77612TX, DN3:77611TX, L/P DN:76330TX, L/P Manip:77600TX, C/T Manip:77610TX, Ext. Manip:77599TX)
  • Utah
  • Virginia
  • Washington
  • West Virgina
  • Wisconsin
  • Wyoming

Requesting Course Certification: Such requests must be received by Intricate Art Spine & Body Solutions 10 business days prior to any deadlines imposed by law or regulation of the state in which a registrant practices. Such deadlines vary by state, and it is the sole responsibility of the registrant to make such requests according the law and regulation of their state licensing entity.

Disclaimer Notice: We have made every effort to provide CEUs for the various health professions. However, we cannot guarantee, CEU approval for every state and every profession. It is your responsibility to verify that Intricate Art Spine & Body Solution’s course work will satisfy the continuing education requirements for your state licensure or certification.

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