ICE Physio Certified
Dry Needling
This is not your “hunt and peck” DN series. This dry needling certification is completely reimagined, comprehensive, and contemporary. Get ready to leverage 6 channel e-stim protocols that match perfectly with the intention of your treatment: pain relief, neuromuscular facilitation, recovery, and more. This certification STARTS with mastering the basics – relevant anatomy and specific muscle needling; but then moves into case-based protocols to ensure you know the “who, when, and why”, not just the psychomotor skill.
At completion of this certification you will be able to identify patient presentations that pair with specific needle placement and e-stim setting protocols to maximize clinical outcomes.
Why Choose ICE PHYSIO CERTIFIED: DRY NEEDLING?
Comprehensive E-Stim Education
Learn strategies to leverage e-stim for a wide variety of clinical intentions. Every ICE Physio dry needling course provides a 6-channel unit at each table, ensuring loads of repetitions on this invaluable piece of equipment.
Contemporary Practice
Move well beyond “muscle only” application and into the world of applying e-stim to peripheral nerves and more. Our “Advanced” course is exactly that, the course where you get to explore the very forefront of needling research and clinical application.
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Needling is important, but is only as good as the follow-up loading strategies you pair it with. You can expect to learn comprehensive strategies for each patient walking through your doors and understand how needling fits into a multi-modal fitness-forward approach.
About the ICE Physio Dry Needling Certification
3 Live Courses
Assessment
Testing
Three Live Weekend Courses
Course Curriculum and Requirements
Lower Body DN
Safe, specific dry needling + strategic e-stim applications for the lower quadrant. Offered 20+ times throughout the year.
Upper Body DN
Safe, specific dry needling + strategic e-stim applications for the upper quadrant. Offered 20+ times throughout the year.
Advanced DN
Capstone course focused on elevated techniques beyond muscular needling. Must have completed Lower OR Upper DN.
Assessment
Each course includes a practical skills competency assessment designed to ensure two critical elements:
Safety
You must demonstrate the ability to safely locate, palpate, and needle anatomical structures while avoiding high-risk areas (such as major blood vessels, pleura, nerves, and organs). This includes proper needle handling, clean technique, and appropriate management of adverse events.
Psychomotor Competence
You must show consistent, accurate, and confident needle placement and manipulation technique. This is evaluated through direct faculty observation to confirm that you can reliably reproduce the techniques taught and apply them effectively with patients.
Each course also includes a written exam to verify retention of key knowledge, clinical reasoning, and application strategies.
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Who can attend this class?
Only individuals with an active healthcare license who have the authority to perform dry needling granted by their state’s scope of practice can attend this course. In general, this limits dry needling to physical therapists, occupational therapists, physicians, chiropractors, and athletic trainers. You are ultimately responsible for knowing the laws that apply to you based on the state that you practice in.
Do I have to be needled?
To receive our dry needling certification, you must complete dry needling training, as it is important to understand the experience to reassure and educate patients. Additionally, having dry needling performed on you gives invaluable insight into how slight technique alterations can significantly affect the client experience.
I’m pregnant, can I still attend?
Yes! If, for medical reasons, you are unable to receive needles, you’ll need to bring another participant for you to practice with throughout the weekend.
Should I choose the 2 or 3-day course?
Often clinicians choose the most cost-effective option that meets their state’s requirements to allow them to legally perform dry needling. The courses are identical in philosophy; the 3-day course simply offers additional muscular targets, more repetitions with existing protocols, and several bonus case studies to work on clinical reasoning through the lens of dry needling.
How can I best prepare for each dry needling course?
We recommend completing the required pre-course online modules and quizzes before arriving. Review relevant anatomy for the body region being covered. Come prepared to move and be needled (most participants find this extremely valuable). Wearing comfortable, loose-fitting clothing that allows easy access to the areas being treated is ideal.
Does my state require two or three-day courses?
Head to the bottom of this page to review state-by-state requirements and a map to give a lay of the land across the country!
How does pricing work for the full certification? (New FAQ)
You can purchase courses individually or buy the complete ICE Physio Dry Needling Certification Package, which locks in current pricing and protects you from future increases. Learn more about the dry needling course package and current pricing here.
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