QLD | 2 Day Dry Needling Course (Townsville)

2 Day Workshop: Exploring Dry Needling and its Clinical Representations

** This course can be booked as a one-day course should you wish. You can attend and complete ONLY Day 1 (Friday 17 August) OR attend and complete ONLY Day 2 (Saturday 18 August)

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About the presenter, Nicole Reilly:

• Board Director of the Podiatry Association NSW/ACT
• BApp Sci (Pod) MAPodA
• Motivational Health Speaker and Consultant
• Casual Academic Lecturer and Tutorial Teacher at the University of Western Sydney, Health Sciences Podiatry Division
• Founder, Director, CEO - Sole Therapy PL

Nicole is a passionate holistic sports podiatrist and business owner. She is striving to create an innovative centre of excellence that leads the way in health care. Nicole's vision is to build communities of trust where we can empower and inspire individuals to transform their lives. Nicole believes the bodies posture can improve over time with the right training and guidance, and with this belief she inspires many through her innovative methods at Sole Therapy.

Feed back from participants at our 2017 Brisbane courses was excellent, Nicole is a great facilitator and trainer and ensures you go home with the skills and knowledge to utilise dry needling in your clinic to improve patient outcomes.

Friday 17 August

Trigger Point Dry Needling and its Clinical Applications for Pain Management and Sports Injuries
This workshop introduction day will explore myofascial pain syndrome, trigger point therapy and dry needling in an easy to comprehend clinical approach training method

Course Outline:

• Definitions of Trigger Points and myofascial pain syndrome
• Palpation and massage techniques of the lower limb
• Active release techniques
• Neutral Testing
• Dry Needling in the management of musculoskeletal pain of the calf, Achilles, Heel and ball of foot regions in detail
• Spray and stretch techniques
• Case studies

Saturday 18 August

Advanced Needling for Podiatrists
This workshop will expand the practical needling skills of eligible participants** and includes an introduction to anatomy trains and functional fitness movement testing and screening.

Course Outline:

• This workshop will introduce more needling skills and further increase your clinical effectiveness
• The advanced workshop will continue with hands on practical sessions. After a review of previous content we will focus on specific techniques used for working through the complex management required for dealing with chronic pain, sports and musculoskeletal injuries
• Explore the use of acupuncture and advanced dry needling techniques
• Explore knee thigh and lower back needling techniques
• You will be taught Dry Needling with the use of some traditional acupuncture points that when used can help to relieve chronic pain and improve homeostasis of tissue injuries
• Nicole will also introduce Anatomy Trains (Tom Myers) and the use of functional Fitness Testing and movement screening in a clinical setting

All workshop resources, morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea will be provided.

Location: Rydges Southbank. 23 Palmer Street, Townsville
Dates: Friday 17 August and Saturday 18 August, 2018
Time: 9:30am daily for 10:00am start until 5:00pm Cost: Members $400 + GST | Non Member $700 + GST