Practical training ACUPUNCTURE (connective tissue and muscle technique – DRY NEEDLING) TOP 30 COURSE
Practical training ACUPUNCTURE (connective tissue and muscle technique – DRY NEEDLING) TOP 30 COURSE
450.00€
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Tutor: DIEGO LEONI – Lecturer at the David G. Simons Academy (DGSA) (Switzerland), physiotherapist.
DATE/TIME:
TOP 30 DN (Basic): March 28-30, 2025. 8 hours per day.
DURATION: 24 hours.
TRAINING TYPE: In-person training at J. Basanavičiaus St. 26-101, B NORDIC 26 Business Center, Vilnius.
The training will be conducted live in English, with translation into Lithuanian.
PRICE: €450 (early registration for the first 10 participants, price will increase later).
Installment payment options available – for inquiries, contact mokymai@empatija.lt.
Limited spots available!
The program is registered on the VASPVT Competency Platform and approved by the Hygiene Institute.
Participants receive 24 hours for competency group development in the following fields: PMR physicians, sports medicine doctors, physiotherapists, PASP acupuncture specialists, and PASP applied kinesiology specialists.
All participants will receive certificates approved by the Competency Center of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Lithuania and the DGS Academy (Switzerland) cerfiticate! More about DGS Academy: https://www.dgs-academy.com/en/
All necessary information about the training (address, arrival time, attire, etc.) will be sent to the email you provided 1-2 weeks before the training from mokymai@empatija.lt.
TRAINING PROGRAM:
This three-day introductory course covers the foundations of dry needling, myofascial pain syndrome, trigger points and the clinical highlights of dry needling. It is a hands-on course. Participants practice dry needling of the Top 30 muscles under consistent supervision with each other.
Please note, recognition of dry needling depends on the country of practice, and it is the responsibility of each graduate to follow the local regulations.
Upon completion of the course, participants will:
– understand the basic scientific backgrounds of the myofascial pain syndrome and of trigger points.
be able to identify the Top 30 muscles by surface anatomy, palpation and function. They will also – understand their clinical symptoms and perpetuating factors.
be able to identify the features of trigger points by physical examination and apply this knowledge to the Top 30 muscles.
– understand the specific indications and contraindications of dry needling.
– have the ability to apply the safety rules for dry needling.
– be able to perform dry needling of the Top 30 muscles.
– understand the possible side effects and complications of dry needling and will be able to react appropritately.
LECTURER: DIEGO LEONI is a physiotherapist working in clinical, research and education. He graduated in 2001 with a Bachelor’s degree in Physiotherapy at the Brescia University (Italy), and after that, he specialized in musculoskeletal rehabilitation. In 2005, he completed a Master in Musculoskeletal Disorders Rehabilitation at the University of Genoa (Italy), in collaboration with the Vrije Universiteit of Brussel (Belgium). From 2008 to 2013, he taught theory and practice of manual therapy of the spine for the same Master program. In 2014, he earned a Master of Science in Physical Therapy Science at the Landquart University College Physiotherapy Thim van der Laan (Switzerland). In his daily clinical practice, in Lugano and Milano (the city where he lives), he’s taking care of ‘0-99 years old’ patients with neuro-musculoskeletal disorders (www.leoni-fisioterapia.com). Since 2010 he is a researcher at the Rehabilitation Research Laboratory of the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland, with a special interest in pain assessment methods, spinal manipulation techniques, trigger point therapy and neurodynamics.
